Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany Mahomes welcomed their third child on Sunday, a daughter named Golden Raye Mahomes, the couple announced in a joint social media post Monday. They already have a daughter, Sterling Skye, born in February of 2021, and a son, Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III, born in November of 2022.
Mahomes may have not have played in a game this weekend, with the Chiefs earning the No. 1 seed and therefore the lone bye in the AFC, but his Sunday was still very eventful. The timing was perfect for Mahomes to be there for the birth, rather than be at Arrowhead Stadium during a playoff game.
The Chiefs will face the No. 4 Houston Texans, who defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 32-12 in the wild-card round, next Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET in the divisional round.
On Christmas Day, the Chiefs secured the bye week with a victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, which was not only important to Mahomes for football reasons, but for personal reasons as well. He said his family was hoping he’d get the week off, so they’d have a better chance of the baby arriving while he was home.
“I told my pregnant wife I was gonna get her that No. 1 seed so we can go have…