Patrick Mahomes and wife Brittany welcome third child during Chiefs’ bye week in NFL playoffs

Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany Mahomes welcomed their third child, a daughter named Golden Raye Mahomes, on Sunday, the couple announced in a joint social media post Monday. They already have a daughter, Sterling Skye, born in February 2021, and a son, Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III, born in November 2022.

Mahomes may not have played a game this weekend, with the Chiefs earning the No. 1 seed and thus the AFC’s only bye, but his Sunday was still very eventful. The timing was perfect for Mahomes to be there for the birth, rather than being at Arrowhead Stadium during a playoff game.

The Chiefs will face the No. 4 Houston Texans, who beat 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 important to Mahomes not only for football reasons, but also for personal reasons. He said his family hoped he would have a week offthat way they would have a better chance of the baby arriving while he was at home.

“I told my pregnant wife I was going to get her the No. 1 seed so we could have this baby, so we got the 1 seed,” Mahomes said at the time.

Before this game, Mahomes mentioned how it hadn’t been the easiest season for his wife and he wanted to do what was within his control (get the win) to help reduce the stress.

“Brittany says I’ve stressed her out too much this season, so I have to try not to put so much stress on her through these football games and get this time off. And I hope God works the right way and we Maybe we can have this baby during the bye week somewhere and everything will be perfect,” Mahomes said before the game. “(She’s the) MVP because she’s going to go out there and crush it and what, three babies? I can take a break for a long time and just focus on football and raising these babies.”

It certainly worked out perfectly for the Mahomes family, who are no strangers to the playoffs.

Many of Kansas City’s starters haven’t played since Dec. 25, as the team opted to rest several of its stars to ensure they would be healthy for the playoffs. KC is looking to become the first team to complete a three-peat in the Super Bowl era, but will have to go through the Texans and whoever wins between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills before punching a ticket to the Super Bowl.