{"id":121517,"date":"2025-11-21T00:54:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=121517"},"modified":"2025-11-21T00:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:54:48","slug":"social-media-meltdown-jets-fans-convinced-patrick-mahomes-is-joining-the-team-after-viral-hoax-you-wont-believe-the-post-that-fooled-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=121517","title":{"rendered":"SOCIAL MEDIA MELTDOWN: Jets Fans Convinced Patrick Mahomes Is Joining the Team After Viral Hoax \u2014 You Won\u2019t Believe the Post That Fooled Thousands!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zephr-feature_hero\" data-testid=\"article-lead\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"Branded_Logo_Mobile\" class=\"relative z-0 my-4\" data-testid=\"advert--mobile_branded_logo\">Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0aren&#8217;t quite having their normal season.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zephr-feature_article-content-body\" data-testid=\"article-content-body\">\n<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"text-body-1\">\n<p>Gasp, they&#8217;re at .500 past the midway point. Sound the alarms. Disaster in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, a bit of hyperbole there, but it is weird to see the Chiefs not quite dominating the world right now.<\/p>\n<p>That has some people on social media quite riled up. So riled up, in fact, that they&#8217;d believe a rumor about Patrick Mahomes going to the\u00a0New York Jets.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Patrick Mahomes going to the Jets?<\/h2>\n<p>Allow us an LOL, if you don&#8217;t mind.<\/p>\n<p>The rumor is based on this post on X, which has more than five million views:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lozad\" data-twitter-src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-order=\"0\" data-loaded=\"true\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1990971793985998900&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fus%2Fnfl%2Fnew-york-jets%2Fnews%2Fjets-patrick-mahomes-rumors-sad-truth%2F8ec4c49d7501f381d1b42cab&amp;sessionId=13c4a5034ce72655a32235c6206b69cc1ebd2bd3&amp;siteScreenName=sportingnews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1990971793985998900\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1763652790966686156=\"true\"><p>The\u00a0#Jets\u00a0are expected to \u201ccheck in\u201d on\u00a0#Chiefs\u00a0QB Patrick Mahomes this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>If Mahomes doesn\u2019t make the playoffs this year, he might prefer to rebuild with a different team.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/ZBLY7DzjYJ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Johnson (@RichJohnsonNFL) November 19, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>That account literally has the word &#8220;parody&#8221; in its bio. This isn&#8217;t real news.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets need a QB, sure.<\/p>\n<p>But if Mahomes ever plays anywhere other than the Chiefs, it&#8217;d probably be super late in his career, not in the middle of his prime.<\/p>\n<p>This is one that Jets fans will have to settle for in a dream and nothing more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0aren&#8217;t quite having their normal season. Gasp, they&#8217;re at .500 past the midway point. Sound the alarms. 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