‘Tis the season of giving … touchdowns to an opposing defense.
In Week 16’s first Christmas Day matchup, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw a pass intended for tight end Travis Kelce, but Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Jack Jones read the play well and intercepted the pass for a pick-six in the second quarter.
In the ensuing celebration, Jones scanned the lower half of the stands, as if looking to gift the touchdown ball to a fan.
Jones zeroed in on his target, a young child decked out in Chiefs gear in the very front row, and he reached up to hand over the ball. At the last second, however, Jones pulled the ball away, revealing that it was just a cruel prank all along.
Jack Jones appeared to go full Grinch mode, pulling the ball back from a Chiefs fan pic.twitter.com/hUJEq6kFig
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 25, 2023
While some Raiders supporters were delighted to see a rival fan get humiliated on live television, most NFL fans were less than enthused about Jones’s Grinch-like gesture—on Christmas of all days.
Jack Jones wins the Biggest Prick in the Entire NFL Award.
— Brad Ziegler (@BradZiegler) December 25, 2023
Offers a ball to a kid, then pulls it away when the kid reaches for it. pic.twitter.com/iZm6aNFK8A
This reinforces my belief that good corners were the kids in school that enjoyed irritating people https://t.co/7ghdnlFGOB
— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) December 25, 2023
Wow this is kind of messed up by Jack Jones…
— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) December 25, 2023
Gets the pick six and acts like he’s going to give the ball to a young #Chiefs fan, only to quickly pull the ball away. Not cool.
(Via: @BradZiegler)
pic.twitter.com/AUDyW9sPSv
Jack Jones pretending to give Chiefs fans the ball was colder than the pick 6
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) December 25, 2023
The Grinch of the Year Award goes to Jack Jones.
— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) December 25, 2023
He offers the ball to a kid only to pull it away when the kid reaches for it...
on Christmas 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/e9UOUQtkoO
That is so ratty, Jack Jones pretended to give a ball to a little kid on Christmas and then took it back and laughed….what a loser pic.twitter.com/PDtDDBjlSg
— Brandon 🐬 (@Finsfan141) December 25, 2023
This is rivalry football. Kid will become an even bigger Raiders hater now. This is character development. https://t.co/I3xI3YGL78
— 🐧✨America Is Musty✨🐧 (@DragonflyJonez) December 25, 2023
The Chiefs are currently losing to the Raiders, 20–7, at the end of the third quarter.
