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Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson donate meals to frontline workers in Houston, Kansas City

The quarterbacks of the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans are doing some good ahead of Week 1.

The NFL has teamed up with Postmates as their official on-demand delivery partner for the 2020 NFL season. They’ll sponsor events such as the Super Bowl, Pro Bowl and 2021 NFL Draft.

As a way to kick off the NFL season and their new partnership with Postmates, Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans quarterbacks are doing something special. Both Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson have donated meals to frontline workers. Mahomes sent meals to Houston and Watson sent meals to Kansas City.

Mahomes’ foundation 15 and the Mahomies delivered meals from Cool Runnings Jamaican Grill to healthcare workers at the Ben Taub Hospital. Watson used Postmates to deliver meals from Niecies Restaurant to healthcare workers at Truman Medical Center.

Check it out:

“People across the country aren’t just ready to order their favorite gameday foods, they are eagerly awaiting the return of football. While most fans won’t be able to physically go to the game, this partnership with the NFL allows us to bring the gameday experience, and a few surprises throughout the season, directly to fans,” said Eric Edge, Postmates SVP for Marketing & Communications, in an NFL press release.

“Fans will be watching NFL football this season from their couch more than ever before, so teaming up with Postmates as the first official on-demand food delivery partner of the NFL was a perfect combination,” said Nana-Yaw Asamoah, Vice President of Business Development for the NFL. “We’re excited for Postmates to deliver gameday food favorites and special surprises to our fans’ doorsteps throughout the year.”

This is a pretty great show of solidarity from Mahomes, Watson and the NFL to support the healthcare workers in this country that continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a great touch of sportsmanship to have Mahomes send meals to Houston and Watson send meals to Kansas City.

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Kings’ Richaun Holmes ended up in quarantine after ‘accidentally’ leaving the bubble for food

Welp.

From the moment the NBA released its plans for a restarted season confined to a “bubble city” within the Walt Disney World complex, there was going to be some hiccups.

In order for the plan to work amid surging coronavirus cases in Florida, NBA players needed to follow the safety guidelines and stay on resort grounds … or else they’d face a mandated 10-day quarantine. But, apparently, even those who wanted to stay on campus are running into some difficulties.

On Monday, it was announced that the Sacramento Kings’ Richaun Holmes would have to quarantine for 10 days after he left the NBA bubble to pick up his Postmates order. According to Holmes, there was some confusion about that policy as he “accidentally” crossed the NBA campus line.

Holmes currently has eight days remaining of his quarantine. And around the same time his Postmates mishap took place, the Suns’ Kelly Oubre Jr. cautioned other NBA players about issues with ordering food delivery.

He eventually deleted the tweet and followed up with a “nevermind lol.”

But no team wants to lose a player for extended time because he broke safety protocol getting Postmates. It might be a safer bet to just deal with the Disney food until the issues get worked out — even if the food is terrible.

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