Patrick Mahomes Fined Nearly $15K by NFL for 'Violent Gesture' During Chiefs-Bills Game

Mar. 15, 2025

Patrick Mahomes in 2024.Photo:Perry Knotts/Getty

Perry Knotts/Getty

According toNBC Sports, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, 29, was fined $14,069 for a “violent gesture” he made in the fourth quarter of the team’s away game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Nov. 17. The Chiefs lost the matchup in a final score of 30-21.

Mahomes made the gesture, in which he used his fingers to mimic shooting a gun, after throwing a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to tight end Noah Gray. The NFL ruled that the touchdown celebration was not acceptable.

PerCBS Sports, Mahomes was previously fined $50,000 in December 2023 for “verbally abusing” an official during a game against the Bills involving a play that led to the Chiefs losing.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reidreceived a $100,000 fine from the same game for publicly criticizing an official, theNFLreported.

Until last Sunday’s game against the Bills, Mahomes had led the Chiefs through an undefeated season. This marked the team’sfirst defeat since they played on Christmas Day in 2023and lost to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Patrick Mahomes in the Chiefs-Bills game on Nov. 17, 2024.Timothy T Ludwig/Getty

Timothy T Ludwig/Getty

“It’s a good football team, so there’s nothing to hang your head [about],” Mahomes told reporters following the Chiefs-Bills game. “We feel like we can play better, so we will get back to work and try to use this as a spark so that we can be a better football team in the end.”

“I’m hoping that [losing] is a benefit. I’m not going to say I or we relaxed, but at the same time I feel like we were just coming away with these wins at the end of the game,” he added.

Mahomes also tipped his helmet to the Bills — who are currently leading the AFC East — for their strong performance. “It’s going to take your best football to beat great football teams, and we didn’t play our best football today and they went out there and beat us,” he told reporters.

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“That’s how it rolls in the NFL, and so all due respect to them. That’s going to be a good football team that we will probably see [in the playoffs],” he added.

The Chiefs will next take on the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m.

source: people.com