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NFL fans have hit back at\u00a0Patrick Mahomes<\/span>, after the\u00a0Kansas<\/span>\u00a0City Chiefs superstar bemoaned the NFL’s grueling Christmas schedule.<\/p>\n

Quarterback Mahomes, who is on a 10-year, $460million contract, is heading into a brutal stretch that will see him and his teammates play three times in 11 days.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier this week, Mahomes slammed the NFL and told reporters ‘it’s not a good feeling’, adding: ‘I’m excited to play on Christmas to hopefully get back from what we did last year [when the Chiefs lost to the Raiders], but you never want to play this many games in this short of time.<\/p>\n

‘It’s just not great for your body. But at the end of the day, it’s your job, your profession. You have to come to work and do it.’<\/p>\n

Perhaps unsurprisingly, football fans took umbrage with Mahomes’ comments, comparing the multi-millionaire’s schedule to their own.<\/p>\n

On social media, one wrote: ‘Is whittle [sic] Mahomes\u00a0going to be ok with a toughy woughy schedule coming up? Try working my schedule, you crybaby.<\/p>\n

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Patrick Mahomes moaned earlier this week about the Chiefs’ relentless upcoming schedule<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fans have now taken aim at Mahomes, who earns around $46m a year as his base salary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Someone get this baby his passy [pacifier] to “suck it up buttercup.”‘<\/p>\n

Another added: ‘Aweee Mahomes has to \u201cwork\u201d 3 days in 2 weeks and is only getting paid $961k in that span.’<\/p>\n

Others pointed out that the\u00a0Steelers, Ravens, and Texans are all doing the same but to much less fanfare than the reigning Super Bowl champions.<\/p>\n

Andy Reid’s team of superstars will\u00a0embark on their brutal three-game stretch beginning this weekend when they face the Browns on Sunday, before hosting the Texans on December 21 and then traveling to the Steelers on\u00a0Christmas<\/span>\u00a0Day.<\/p>\n

And while the Chiefs are sitting pretty atop the AFC with a 12-1 record, Mahomes seems to be dreading his team’s next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

In this week’s comments, he added: ‘All you can do is focus on the game and the practice that you had that day. I try to prepare my body all year long for this stretch by tailoring my workouts, tailoring how you practice and you prepare.<\/p>\n

‘The coaches do a great job of taking care of us on the practice field. We practice hard as anybody, but they know how to kind of dial it back when we need it.’<\/p>\n

The Chiefs haven’t had a rest since they returned from their Week 6 bye – a fact that defensive star Chris Jones was eager to point out.<\/p>\n

‘This is one thing I’m doing this offseason is I’m going to the NFLPA, especially with us having three games in [an 11-day] span, that we’re mandatory to have a late bye week,’ he said.<\/p>\n

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Mahomes poses with his wife Brittany (left) in a recent photo posted to her Instagram account<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mahomes (back) and teammate Travis Kelce (left) lead busy lives on and off the NFL field<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘With our schedule, it’s kind of awkward, to say the least. … That’s a conversation to have this offseason. If a team has somewhat of a schedule like that, they should get a late-season bye. We don’t need a Week [6] bye … Give it to us in Week 8, Week 10, something like that.’<\/p>\n

Mahomes and Co. will have a week-and-a-half to recover after their Christmas Day game before facing the Broncos in Week 18 on January 5.<\/p>\n

And if Kansas City manages to wrap up a first-round playoff bye before Week 18 – as they currently have a two-game AFC lead over the Bills – Mahomes and the team’s other starters could be held out of the final regular season game.<\/p>\n

The quarterback then wouldn’t play until January 18 or 19 in the divisional round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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