Brittany Mahomes got the last laugh on Sunday after her husband and the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium.
Ahead of the Sunday Night Football showdown, Lions star Terrion Arnold had added an extra layer of tension when he taunted Patrick Mahomes on social media.
The cornerback shared a photoshopped image showing Detroit head coach Dan Campbell sneaking up on a laughing Mahomes.
The meme, which originally features WWE star AJ Styles prematurely celebrating a WrestleMania win against The Undertaker, is popularly used on social media to suggest that the person smiling is unaware of the trouble that’s coming their way.
However, the Chiefs quarterback flipped the script on Sunday night, as he led Kansas City to a 30-17 win over the Lions.
Arnold was left red-faced as his attempt to mock Mahomes backfired and Brittany sought social media revenge.
Brittany Mahomes got the last laugh after her husband Patrick led the Chiefs to a win Sunday
The mom-of-three reposted a meme that Lions star Terrion Arnold had used to taunt Mahomes
The mom-of-three posted a grab of Arnold’s post featuring the meme to her Instagram story following the clash at Arrowhead.
She also shared a series of moments from the game, including a clip of her husband’s pregame entrance and videos of the signal caller in action.
As per usual, Brittany was in attendance at the game as well as Taylor Swift, who is the fiancee of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and WNBA star and Kansas City fan Caitlin Clark.
Meanwhile, Mahomes found himself at the center of postgame dramatics when a mass brawl broke out between the two sides on the field.
It was sparked by Lions defensive back Brian Branch, who swung for Juju Smith-Schuster at the end of the game after ignoring Mahomes when he reached out to shake his hand. Branch will almost certainly face disciplinary action from the NFL for sparking the fight.
Smith-Schuster picked himself up from the ground, raced after Branch and pulled him to the ground, prompting players from both teams to then pile in.
But the Chiefs wide receiver had blood streaming from his nose as he was pulled away from the brawl. He was later seen holding a towel to his face as he made his way to the locker room for treatment.
Chiefs quarterback Mahomes was dismissive of the incident when he was interviewed on the field once tempers had cooled down.
The cornerback had attempted to mock the Chiefs quarterback ahead of the clash
Mahomes led the Chiefs to a 20-17 victory over the Lions at Arrowhead Stadium on SNF
Brittany was in attendance at the game and gave her husband a pregame kiss on the sidelines
‘I mean, we play the game in between the whistles,’ Mahomes said, looking visibly unimpressed. ‘They can do all the extracurricular stuff they want to do. We will play the game in between the whistles.’
Mahomes found himself at the heart of the drama as players from both sides surrounded Branch and Smith-Schuster, with the Chiefs man desperately trying to hold his players back from getting involved.
Branch didn’t get any support from his Lions head coach, either. Speaking in his post-game press conference, Dan Campbell was quizzed about the incident and said: ‘I love Brian Branch but what he did is inexcusable and it’s not gonna be accepted here.
‘It’s not what we do and it’s not what we are about. I apologized to coach Reid and the Chiefs and Smith-Schuster. That’s not what we do. He knows it, our team knows it.’
Branch said he had been goaded by Smith-Schuster and complained that referees missed him getting hit from behind by the Chiefs man during the game.
‘I’m tired of people doing stuff in between the play and refs don’t catch it,’ Branch said. ‘They are trying to bully me out there. (I) Shouldn’t have done it. I got blocked in the back illegally, it was in front of the ref and the ref didn’t do anything.
‘Just stuff like that. I could have got hurt off the play. I still shouldn’t have done that. There was a lot of stuff but I shouldn’t have shown it and I apologize for that.’
The NFL confirmed on Monday that it will investigate the violent altercation and ‘determinations on discipline [will] made from there,’ according to Adam Schefter.
