NFL fans have apparently had enough of seeing the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl contention.
But the television ratings say otherwise.
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The Chiefs are playing their seventh straight AFC Championship Game this Sunday.
It’s a remarkable streak and just one shy of a feat the New England Patriots managed during the Tom Brady era.
The way things are going in Kansas City, who’s to say they won’t reach that mark in 2025 and then surpass it?
Should Patrick Mahomes and Co. win two more games in the next three weeks, they will achieve a seemingly impossible feat.
Three straight Super Bowl wins has never been seen before, and could never be achieved again.
It’s no wonder fans claim they’ve had enough of watching the Chiefs.
It’s because every big game seems to involve them.
Television ratings from the last 12 months tell a different story on supposed “Chiefs fatigue.”
The NFL leaned into Taylor Swift’s romance with Kelce, which helped it to reach a new audience of young females.
Swift’s presence was a key factor in last year’s Super Bowl being the most watched ever.
Around 120 million Americans tuned in to watch the big game in Las Vegas, and Swift’s reactions in a private suite.
Kansas City is the ratings machine, and the NFL never misses an opportunity to showcase them on big occasions.
Black Friday Football on Amazon Prime this year was a Kansas City Chiefs home game, against the Las Vegas Raiders.
The first ever streaming playoff game on Peacock last season followed a similar theme with the Chiefs hosting the Miami Dolphins.
And Netflix’s first ever Christmas Day game this year involved, yep you guessed it, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Ratings for the playoffs this year also tell a story.
ESPN claimed to have their most watched game in history when they showed the Chiefs defeat the Houston Texans Saturday.
A bumper audience of 38.3 million tuned in across ESPN and ABC.
And the network claimed it was the most watched division round game in the Saturday 4.30 pm ET slot since 2016.
The big game of division round weekend was the Baltimore Ravens against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday at 6.30 pm ET.
An audience of 42.2 million people tuned in for the mega AFC clash between MVP favorites Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.
The game on CBS was the most watched of the weekend as expected.
But it was down sharply on the clash in the same slot last year.
That featured, of course, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Their win over the Buffalo Bills in the division round was watched by 50.4 million Americans.
A huge audience is expected this weekend on CBS for the AFC Championship Game, a rematch of that division clash from last year.
And the Super Bowl next month will likely draw over 100 million viewers again.
But there’s no doubt that the Chiefs still move the needed and, despite fans saying they’re bored, keep people tuned in.
