{"id":5019,"date":"2024-11-27T03:13:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2024-11-27T03:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:13:19","slug":"taylor-swift-made-special-gift-for-chiefs-coach-after-last-second-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5019","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Made Special Gift for Chiefs Coach After Last-Second Win.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday afternoon the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0took down the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0thanks to a last-second field goal from Harrison Butker replacement Spencer Shrader, who hit a 31-yard field goal for a 30-27 win.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Kansas City improved to 10-1 on the season and still holds the No. 1 seed in the AFC over the\u00a0Buffalo Bills, who beat the Chiefs 30-21 the previous week. The three-point win over the Panthers was the team&#8217;s eighth one-score victory of the season &#8211; out of eight tries.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-f96727bd2ca54c278704e4e99205755d\" data-google-query-id=\"CPq6wNfB-4kDFTJbDwIdycUt2g\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Following the latest win, Chiefs defensive backs coach David Merritt revealed he received a special treat from a very famous fan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.jpg 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.jpg 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.jpg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Taylor Swift\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEwNDc1Mzg4MDA1MDAxMTkz\/taylor-swift.jpg\" \/><\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Taylor Swift and her mom Andrea Swift arrive at a Chiefs game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Taylor Swift\u00a0baked homemade victory Pop Tarts for me!&#8221;\u00a0Merritt touted on social media. His wife, Yolonda, took him down a few notches by revealing Swift has been baking special treats for different players and coaches all season long.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GdWqFpjXcAACi3v?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"324\" height=\"701\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GdWqGDJXQAAfPo_?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" \/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-053eb42d509442ffa5793d15c0c3c9a3\" data-google-query-id=\"COims9fB-4kDFZdZDwIdfzYWSw\" data-ad-size=\"fixedBottomD\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/c22ae479f7694d87e8a6132b250edbc2.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Yolonda Merritt said, &#8216;She\u2019s done it all season for different people Dave,&#8217; I thought I was SPECIAL Sweet young woman regardless!&#8221; he joked.<\/p>\n<p>Merritt has been an assistant coach with the Chiefs for six seasons &#8211; winning three\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0titles over that span. 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The team will be back on the field on a short week as they face off against the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. ET on Prime Video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday afternoon the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0took down the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0thanks to a last-second field goal from Harrison Butker replacement Spencer Shrader, who hit a 31-yard field goal for&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taylor Swift Made Special Gift for Chiefs Coach After Last-Second Win.. - 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