{"id":101966,"date":"2025-09-19T17:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=101966"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:30:01","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8nfl-scripted-drama-an-espn-radio-host-just-dropped-a-wild-claim-that-the-league-wont-even-allow-the-kansas-city-chiefs-to-lose-in-week-3-fueling-conspiracy-buzz-that-the-nfl-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=101966","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8NFL SCRIPTED DRAMA: An ESPN Radio host just dropped a wild claim that the league won\u2019t even allow the Kansas City Chiefs to lose in Week 3, fueling conspiracy buzz that the NFL is rigging the season to keep Mahomes and Kelce untouchable \u2014 and fans are going off about whether the fix is really in."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsgn2-9.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/548682701_1430784968725274_7724740224656192552_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=106&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=ZL8Rlk6k-2oQ7kNvwFlkqEf&amp;_nc_oc=AdnUyKU7IUneJiQQoU4xc7lB7YaeI4WxjTTHXezGUFFqSLBKGNZ3umIzECgmnGL7ORQ&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsgn2-9.fna&amp;_nc_gid=2TdU35pHfMQcfv70nvej5A&amp;oh=00_AfZBEnNYT0UushaqvRZlFbAp4vn-9cJIS2a8lCu1QIblWg&amp;oe=68D358A5\" alt=\"May be an image of 1 person and text\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During a recent episode of the Don, Hahn &amp; Rosenberg Show on ESPN Radio in New York City, co-host Don La Greca shared his belief that the NFL will not let the Chiefs lose in Week 3 against the New York Giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The NFL is not going to allow the Chiefs to start 0\u20133, call me a conspiracy theorist, ESPN can fire me. The NFL is not going to allow the\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-autotag=\"e91367c2-d7b8-4bec-9359-95947acd6b0e\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0to lose that game on national television and be 0\u20133. That&#8217;s not going to happen,&#8221; said La Greca, (Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift) &#8220;are getting married later, they&#8217;re engaged, they got all this nationally televised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chiefs are no strangers to wild conspiracies, dating back to their villain label that has followed them over the past few seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICYMI on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHRonESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DHRonESPN<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/880ESPNNewYork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@880ESPNNewYork<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonLagreca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonLagreca<\/a> says the NFL won\u2019t allow the Kansas City Chiefs to go 0-3. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HNCLvvak6B\">pic.twitter.com\/HNCLvvak6B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN New York (@ESPNNewYork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNewYork\/status\/1967689602287931567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I&#8217;m telling you, we&#8217;re going to sit here, and there&#8217;s going to be at least three calls where we&#8217;re like,&#8221; La Greca said. &#8220;Hmm, how did that happen?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chiefs return to MetLife Stadium this Sunday for the first time since their 2023 victory over the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":101968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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