The title is digital gold: “Mahomes Explains why he & Travis Kelce had hilariously different reactions to the national anthem.” In a world obsessed with the every move of the Kansas City Chiefs, and particularly the dynamic between its superstar quarterback and its rockstar tight end, this is the exact content fans are desperate for. It promises a charming, behind-the-scenes glimpse, a personal story shared by Patrick Mahomes himself.

It’s the kind of headline that guarantees a click. And click we did. As content editors, it’s our job to see what’s inside, to verify the promise, and to report back.

So, we sat down to watch the 11-minute-and-51-second video from the channel “Tayvis87.” We were ready for the “hilarious” anecdote. We were ready for Mahomes to chuckle and share a story about his bouncing, energetic teammate.

What we got was a nine-minute lesson in journalistic deception. The video is a classic, manipulative bait-and-switch. Patrick Mahomes explains nothing about the national anthem. He never mentions it. The video’s title is an outright lie, a calculated piece of clickbait designed to exploit fan curiosity.

For a full nine minutes and 26 seconds, the viewer is not shown a “hilarious” anthem clip. They are, instead, shown a standard, dry, and completely unrelated media press conference with Patrick Mahomes. The topic at hand? The upcoming, high-stakes game against the Buffalo Bills.

“You have a good familiarity with this team obviously with how many times we’ve played them,” Mahomes begins, his tone serious and focused. He’s in work mode, discussing the challenges of a short week and the respect he has for a formidable opponent. “They do a good job of being game plan specific every single year,” he says. “We know it’s take our best football… it’s going to be one play here or there that’s going to change the outcome.”

This is fascinating, invaluable insight for a football analyst. It is a profound and immediate disappointment for anyone who clicked for the “hilarious” story promised in the title.

The press conference continues, delving deep into the X’s and O’s. Mahomes discusses working on his “second and third readings,” a technical aspect of quarterback play. He talks about the challenge of playing in Buffalo, a notoriously difficult road environment. “They don’t like us,” he says bluntly. “They do not like the Chiefs.” He speaks of the “hostile environment” and the “historic stadium” as a challenge he relishes, a place where the team has to “bond together.”

He is then asked about the unique nature of the Chiefs-Bills rivalry, where the Bills have had regular-season success, but the Chiefs have dominated the playoffs. Mahomes dismisses any clear pattern, again attributing the results to “players making plays in big moments.”

The conversation shifts to his on-field rival, Josh Allen. Mahomes is gracious and full of respect, calling Allen’s abilities “special.” He says, “To be that size and be able to move like that… the way he’s able to extend plays and get close to the sideline and make these big time throws down the field, that stuff is special.”

He breaks down the Bills’ defense (“extremely talented… extremely well coached”), discusses his “next play mentality” when it comes to throwing interceptions, and even shares a charming, humanizing anecdote about his personal life. He mentions the short week is hardest on his wife, who has to watch their three kids. “The kids ready for Halloween?” a reporter asks. “They are,” Mahomes smiles. “We’re on like the countdown… every night it’s like how many more nights do we have until Halloween.” He mentions a surprise family costume that will “be on Instagram somewhere.”

At this point, we are over eight minutes into the video. Mahomes has discussed offensive strategy, defensive formations, rival quarterbacks, and his family’s Halloween plans. He has not discussed the national anthem, Travis Kelce’s reaction, or anything “hilarious.” The video’s title has been exposed as a total fabrication.

Then, at the nine-minute and 26-second mark, the press conference abruptly ends. The video cuts to a completely different segment.

Suddenly, a narrator’s voice begins, reading what sounds like a celebrity news article. This is the content the title promised. The narrator describes an “ESPN video on TikTok” showing Kelce and Mahomes during the national anthem before a game on “Monday October 27th.”

“Quarterback Mahomes was seen standing mostly still,” the narrator reads, “Then the camera panned over to Kelsey who was energetically bouncing up and down with his hand over his heart.”

This is the “gotcha.” The video’s creator took a nine-minute, unrelated press conference, and “stitched” this tiny, narrated clip to the end of it. The title “Mahomes Explains” is a lie. Mahomes offers no explanation. The video simply presents two completely separate pieces of media as one, hoping to capitalize on the search terms of “Mahomes,” “Kelce,” and the implied “Taylor Swift.”

And, right on cue, the narrator brings her up. The clip’s narrator quotes fan reactions, including one referencing “his fiancé Taylor Swift” and her now-famous description of Kelce as a “human exclamation point.” The narrator even includes Jason Kelce’s emotional reaction to that quote from their “New Heights” podcast.

This is the true deception. The video isn’t just a lie; it’s a Frankenstein’s monster of content. It’s a boring, technical football interview dishonestly bolted to a juicy-but-narrated piece of pop culture gossip. The creator used the allure of the gossip (Swift, Kelce’s “hilarious” antics) to get clicks, then forced viewers to sit through nine minutes of unrelated content (the Mahomes presser) to boost the video’s watch time and ad-revenue potential.

It is a deeply cynical and manipulative practice that preys on fan excitement. It wastes the viewer’s time and erodes trust. You came for a lighthearted story from a superstar quarterback, and you were served a dry, technical interview followed by a narrated TikTok summary.

So, consider this your official warning. The video from “Tayvis87” is a sham. Patrick Mahomes does not explain his and Travis Kelce’s anthem reactions. He talks about football. He talks about his family. He talks about Halloween. But the one thing he doesn’t do is the one thing the title promises.