The football team in Kansas City couldn’t be called the Texans. Here’s how Lamar Hunt picked the Chiefs for Kansas City.

Football fans and devoted Swifties alike didn’t watch Super Bowl champ tight end Travis Kelce take the field in the Kansas City Chiefs’ final game of the regular season. Prior to the Chiefs’ Sunday, January 5 matchup against the Denver Broncos,

The Kansas City Chiefs are taking some well-deserved time off after securing a 15-2 record in the regular season, which earned the team a first-round bye in the AFC playoffs. Though Kansas City's players may have been looking forward to spending some time around

Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs runs with the ball during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Rams at Arrowhead Stadium on

The NFL playoffs begin on Saturday afternoon, with the first game of the wild-card round between the Chargers and Texans.

Grant Halverson/Getty Images The first round of the NFL postseason kicks off this weekend with Wild Card Playoffs in both the AFC and the NFC conferences — but the reigning Super Bowl champs will not be playing a game.

NFL Playoffs get underway with wild card round games being played Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The Kansas City Chiefs earned the No. 1 seed in the AFC and the Detroit Lions earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC for the first time in franchise history.