The NFL wishes fans a Merry Christmas with hilarious cartoon… complete with Christian McCaffrey breaking records (literally!), Travis Kelce wearing Taylor Swift-inspired bracelets – and Patrick Mahomes petting his dogs!
- Subtle references are scattered throughout the cartoon
- The NFL has a special schedule of games on Monday afternoons and evenings
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On this special holiday, the NFL tweeted a cartoon packed with references and players taking the field this afternoon.
This afternoon the NFL has a three-game series that takes up a special Monday full of games.
Las Vegas travels to Kansas City as the Raiders visit the Chiefs, the New York Giants travel to play the Philadelphia Eagles, and Baltimore plays on Monday Night Football in San Francisco.
The entire image shows multiple drawn versions of players who will appear in Monday's games.
There are also some subtle references for each of the players.
Can you identify all the players in this cartoon the NFL posted before Christmas Day?
At the top of the image is Travis Kelce, wearing Taylor Swift-inspired friendship bracelets and feeding a squirrel. This comes after an unearthed tweet of his from years ago about a squirrel went viral.
Standing next to him at the door is Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers, holding a bouquet of poinsettias marked for Lamar Jackson.
Next to him is Jalen Hurts, the quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, playing a gold record – possibly the album 'A Philly Special Christmas Special' on the floor next to the record player. Next to Hurts is “Kelce Claus” — Jason Kelce, the Eagles center, dressed as Saint Nick.
Under the Christmas tree are Raiders defenseman Maxx Crosby and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes with dogs surrounding them. Crosby saves homeless pit bulls and Mahomes' dogs Silver and Steel are featured.
Among them, 49ers QB Brock Purdy reads a Christmas list and Giants QB Tommy DeVito wears a foam hand cast in an Italian “pinched finger” gesture.
Finally, there's Davante Adams and Lamar Jackson opening presents, Saquon Barkley squatting bags over a broomstick, and Christian McCaffrey literally breaking records.
Additionally, there are multiple references to shows on Nickelodeon – Rugrats, Fairly Oddparents, Hey Arnold and Spongebob Squarepants – as the children's network does an alternate broadcast of the Chiefs-Raiders game.
Chiefs-Raiders starts at 1:00 ET, Giants-Eagles starts at 4:30 PM and Ravens-Niners starts at 8:15 PM.