Erin Andrews may have been nowhere near the Las Vegas sideline on Sunday, but Brittany Mahomes still managed to get her attention.
Andrews was in Philadelphia for the afternoon, yet a post from Mahomes pulled her right back into the Chiefs’ world once the night settled in. The FOX reporter has already been part of the September buzz after a Taylor Swift Chiefs tank top from her line sold out at Arrowhead, and this latest exchange fit neatly into that same orbit.
The moment started with a halftime scene at Allegiant Stadium, where the Raiders were up 13-10 and feeling good about themselves. CBS caught Klint Kubiak in a sideline interview with Tracy Wolfson before he headed off the field, and his words were as blunt as they were optimistic.
“Gotta be better, but you know what? We’re winning.
We’re gonna win the game,” Kubiak said.
That confidence didn’t hold up for long.
Kansas City took over in the fourth quarter and ripped the game away, putting up 20 points in the final period to escape with a 30-27 win and move to 4-0. Las Vegas, which had been unbeaten through three weeks, fell to 3-1 for its first loss of the season.
Patrick Mahomes threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns, while Kenneth Walker powered the ground game with 177 rushing yards and two scores. Walker’s long run helped spark the comeback, and Taron Johnson’s viral chase only delayed the scoring push that followed.
The turning point came late, when Walker punched in a two-yard touchdown with 3:21 remaining to put the Chiefs in front for good. A kickoff fumble then set up his 22-yard touchdown just moments later. Kirk Cousins answered with a Brock Bowers touchdown and a two-point conversion, but a late interception shut the door on the rally.
After the game, Brittany Mahomes posted Kubiak’s halftime words on Instagram, and Andrews responded with a string of fire emojis: “🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥,” she commented under the post.
Mahomes, meanwhile, stayed respectful in his own postgame comments. He praised the Raiders’ defense for making life difficult even as Kansas City found its rhythm late. “That’s a good football team,” Mahomes told reporters postgame.
Andy Reid also took issue with a late officiating sequence that nearly complicated the finish, though the interception made that complaint less central by the end.
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