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Not everyone was pulling for the Buffalo Bills on Sunday ... President Donald Trump fired off a congratulatory message to the Kansas City Chiefs after advancing to the Super Bowl for a third straight season!

47 took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to show love to the defending world champs after their 32-29 nail-biter against the Bills.

"What a GREAT Team, Coach, Quarterback, and virtually everything else, including those fantastic FANS, that voted for me (MAGA!) in record numbers," Trump wrote.

Of course, Brittany Mahomes publicly supported 45/47 during the election ... and it's clear DJT didn't forget.

Brittany Mahomes took time from celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs' return to the Super Bowl to scold the Buffalo fan base ... making it crystal clear she hasn't forgotten about the time Bills Mafia hung a Kermit the Frog puppet dressed as her husband from a pole at a tailgate earlier this season.

"Do we remember this Buffalo? Absolutely disgusting," Patrick's longtime partner said Sunday night. "So as you go home tonight, I pray we become better people."

The incident happened back in November ... when Buffalo hosted the AFC champs at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park for a big regular season matchup.

Antonio Cromartie's son will follow in his father's footsteps and play defensive back at Florida State ... and Dad tells TMZ Sports he couldn't be happier about it!!

Antonio Cromartie Jr. -- a teenager who plays his high school ball at Carrollton H.S. in Georgia -- just committed to the Seminoles earlier this month ... and when we sat down with Sr. this week, the former NFL superstar called the whole thing "surreal."

Cromartie Sr. -- who played for FSU in 2003 and 2004 -- said the offer from Florida State came from the Noles' coaching staff on Christmas ... and he said it was "better than any gift I could give" his son.

Bradley Cooper's going to be all nerves when his Philadelphia Eagles kickoff their game Sunday ... but, he was able to enjoy a relaxing pregame moment on the field before the match -- chatting up his former costar Terry Bradshaw.

The actor stopped by the set of "Fox NFL Sunday" -- the broadcast network's popular pregame show -- and, dapped up the former Pittsburgh Steelers star while live on-air.

BC says he wanted to come by and say hi to Terry because they worked on the movie "Failure to Launch" -- starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker -- back in 2006, and they've remained good friends since.

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs just know how to win ... and that’s why Warren Moon is giving the quarterback a "slight edge" over the Buffalo Bills this Sunday, even with Josh Allen playing lights out this season.

The legendary quarterback shared his prediction for the Bills vs. Chiefs AFC Championship game with TMZ Sports, saying Mahomes’ playoff experience and home-field advantage at Arrowhead gives the QB the upper hand.

"I mean this is a guy who has been to seven straight AFC championship games," Moon said.

Saquon Barkley's dominance this season is working wonders for his fellow running backs ... so says Jamal Lewis, who tells TMZ Sports it proves teams can't get away with neglecting the position if they want to win.

We spoke with the former Baltimore Ravens RB after Barkley rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns against the L.A. Rams in the Divisional Round last week -- his second game with over 200 rushing yards and his sixth game with two rushing touchdowns this season.

With numbers like that, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Lewis feels Barkley's on a whole 'nother level when compared to his fellow running backs.

Travis Kelce and Dante Hall have a lot in common -- the two are not only Chiefs legends ... they're both also huge Taylor Swift fans!!

The Human Joystick revealed to TMZ Sports this week that after he met the popstar at one of Kansas City's recent games ... he considers himself now "an ultimate Swiftie."

Hall told us that wasn't always the case -- "her music just wasn't for me" -- but the way she treated him during their Arrowhead Stadium meetup changed everything.

If Derrick Henry ever wanted to make the switch from the gridiron to the squared circle, there's one WWE Superstar who thinks he'd THRIVE in the sport ... with Bron Breakker telling TMZ Sports the Ravens running back would "be a beast" as a wrestler!!

BB knows how to make the transition -- after a solid college football career, he had a stint with Baltimore as a fullback before going pro in wrestling.

We caught up with the Intercontinental Champion ahead of his title defense against Sheamus at "Saturday Night Main Event" on NBC ... and while we talked all about the huge showdown, he also weighed in on which NFL talent could have a future in his world.

Jeremiah Smith's freshman season was so impressive, Ohio State legend Archie Griffin believes not one, but TWO Heismans could be in his trophy case by the end of his college football career ... telling TMZ Sports it's a "great possibility!!"

19-year-old Smith wasted no time making his presence known in the program ... erupting with 15 touchdowns and 1,315 yards on the season -- and a stellar outing in the national championship against Notre Dame.

We caught up with Griffin -- the only two-time Heisman winner in college football history -- fresh off the Bucks' big win ... and he couldn't say enough great things about the young superstar.

At least one Super Bowl MVP thinks Pete Carroll's going to do great in his new gig ... Malcolm Smith tells TMZ Sports he's sure the Raiders just hired the right guy!!

Smith, of course, is biased ... he not only won a championship with Carroll in Seattle, but he played for him in college at USC too. Nonetheless, he told us just hours after it was revealed that Carroll was going to Las Vegas that his former boss is going to cook in the Silver and Black.

"I'm so excited for him, man," said Smith, who logged snaps at linebacker in Carroll's Seahawks defenses from 2011-2014. "I think he's going to do an incredible job."

Patrick Mahomes will take the football field with a heavy heart on Sunday ... his grandpa, Randy, is in hospice, according to the 3x Super Bowl champ's mother.

Randi Mahomes revealed the upsetting news Friday morning -- just about 48 hours before kickoff in Kansas City.

"My dad is in hospice & I'm lost for words 🙏🙏🙏," Momma Mahomes wrote on social media ... while also referencing a bible verse, Colossians 3:20.

Jabrill Peppers has just been found not guilty in his domestic violence case.

The NFL safety had been on trial this week over allegations he roughed up his girlfriend during an early morning argument on Oct. 5 ... but a jury just acquitted him of all charges.

Peppers had faced counts of strangulation and assault and battery after a woman claimed he pushed her head into a wall and choked her after he had seen a man calling her phone while the two were getting intimate at his Massachusetts home following a night out on the town.

Yet another NFL player has had his home broken into ... this time a residence belonging to Atlanta Falcons defensive back Antonio Hamilton Sr. was burglarized early Friday morning.

According to a Roswell Police Department incident report, obtained by TMZ Sports, cops were called to Hamilton Sr.'s Georgia home at around midnight after the football player told them his home security camera system had captured three men ransacking his pad.

The report states the suspects broke in through a back door using a hammer/mallet while Hamilton Sr. was on vacation ... and took a safe -- before bolting from the residence in a matter of minutes.

Nebraska football standout Calvin Jones -- who went on to play several seasons in the NFL -- was found dead in his Omaha home this week. He was 54 years old.

According to an incident report, Omaha Police responded to the residence around 8:30 PM on Wednesday ... and upon arrival, discovered Jones' body in the basement.

Officials tell TMZ Sports a gas generator was located inside the home and "signs of carbon monoxide poisoning" were evident ... but an official cause of death will be announced after an autopsy is completed.

Terrion Arnold's crummy January got a whole lot worse on Thursday ... when he took a scary tumble down a flight of stairs at his house.

Just days after the Detroit Lions cornerback lost a massive playoff game to the Commanders, he nearly hurt himself while heading down some steps ... and the fall was all captured on one of his home's video cameras.

Arnold actually posted the footage to his social media page ... and you can see, just as he gets to the top stair, he slips, and then slides the whole way down to the bottom.

Pete Carroll's time away from NFL sidelines is over ... he's just agreed to be the new head coach of the Raiders.

The 73-year-old is inking a three-year deal with Vegas, according to multiple reports, that will include a team option for a fourth year.

Carroll, of course, was the longtime Seahawks' head man ... but after the 2023 season, they both agreed to part ways -- leaving PC without an  NFL HC gig for the first time in over a decade.