Chiefs fan Heidi Gardner on why Jet Chip Wasp still means everything to her
Vice Sports debuted a new series this month called “NFL Classics: After Further Review,” in which host Kyle Brandt rewatches old football games with special guests.
The second episode features Brandt watching Super Bowl LIV with Chiefs star Chris Jones and two co-hosts of the annual “Big Slick” fundraiser: Heidi Gardner and Eric Stonestreet.
Gardner was asked if she was at Hard Rock Stadium to watch the Chiefs beat the 49ers 31-20 that day.
“I did not attend,” Gardner said. “I was in my small New York apartment. I threw a party. I spent the whole day making Chiefs signs. I covered my apartment. And I had Kansas City family in town, and I had some of the cast from SNL come. And they just waited for the Chiefs because they could see how in love with the Chiefs I am.
“And I made goodie bags and ... I had Mahomes Magic cereal every time we got a touchdown.”
The biggest play in that Super Bowl was the Chiefs’ 2-3 Jet Chip Wasp play in which quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw a 44-yard pass to Tyreek Hill on a third-and-15 play.
Gardner said that play is meaningful to her to this day.
“It changed everything,” she said. “I have a cocktail glass. I drink drinks out of a glass that says, ‘Do we have time to run Wasp?’ I think about Wasp a couple times a week. I’ll be honest
“Third-and-15 feels really scary in your first Super Bowl, when things were looking bleak like that. So Wasp is everything to me.”
This story was originally published September 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM.
