Sports丨Mahomes throws 3 TDs as Chiefs clinch top seed

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Andy Reid donned a Santa Claus suit in a giddy Kansas City Chiefs locker room on Christmas Day, then handed his team a present it increasingly looks like it deserves: home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.    Just how Reid managed to slide into the costume so quickly after Kansas City's clinical 29-10 victory over the reeling Pittsburgh Steelers to lock up the top seed in the AFC for the fourth time in seven years, is a mystery (though he hinted there's an elf involved).    How Reid's team manages to pull away from the pack year after year is not.    A lot of Patrick Mahomes, a dash of Travis Kelce, a splash of speed and a defense that quietly goes about its business, even when its leader is standing on the sideline in sweatpants.    Yes, it has been ugly at times — by Kansas City's lofty standards — as the Chiefs chase a third straight championship. Yet, as the playoffs loom, the group that looked so vulnerable for most of the season, suddenly seems to be roundi ………………………………