After leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a convincing win over the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday, quarterback Patrick Mahomes was presented with a special postgame gift by the organizers at Netflix. But he turned it down.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce couldn't help but help himself to the cake offered to him by the Netflix crew postgame as quarterback Patrick Mahomes looked on

Netflix upped the ante in the biggest of ways with the airing of a live NFL game, none other than a Christmas Day showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

And that’s the case on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, with two games on the calendar as part of Week 17 of the NFL season. One of them is the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers on Netflix. And if you’re here, you might be wondering: who are those voices you’re hearing on the broadcast of the streaming game?

Netflix and the NFL have had a relationship for a couple years, starting in 2023 with the docuseries “Quarterback,” which followed Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota during the 2022-23 NFL season. In July, Netflix released “Receiver,” which follows five of the NFL’s best pass catchers through the 2023 season.

Beyoncé provided more excitement than either game during Netflix’s NFL debut on Christmas Day. Riding into her halftime appearance on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocked her hometown Houston crowd in a nearly 13-minute performance on Wednesday.

If you believe in omens, Netflix appeared to be in for a very long day on Wednesday. As the streaming giant began its NFL pregame show prior to airing the Kansas City Chiefs’ 29-10 blowout over the Pittsburgh Steelers,