Earlier this month, Katie Camlin beat NFL experts to the news that Patrick Mahomes was signing a contract extension. Camlin, an employee at Plaza Liquor in Kansas City, MO, tweeted that a Chiefs employee came in and bought six bottles of Dom Perignon for “a great signing” other than defensive tackle Chris Jones, who correctly assumed he meant a Mahomes. agreement. Well, the Chiefs have now signed Jones to an extension, too, and that news will be officially released Wednesday through a team announcement. They teamed up with Camlin on Thursday for a fun video announcing that, as “The Brett Veach Special” (Veach is the CEO of the Chiefs):
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Katie Camlin teaming up with the Chiefs for the Chris Jones news.
The Brett Veach special? pic.twitter.com/OFzMOR7Y9v
– Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) July 16, 2020
This also led NFL people again to give Camlin some mentions on Twitter:
Insider @katie_cammm on it again …: https://t.co/POfadSHYl2
– Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 16, 2020
Come on Katie Leave some spoons (and champagne) for the rest of us https://t.co/5AR2CCLHA3
– Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 16, 2020
That’s done very well by the Chiefs and Camlin to capitalize on the interest in how she initially released the Mahomes news. And it’s a fun video to make around an extension, and one that certainly received far more attention than typical team social media moves.
[Kansas City Chiefs on Twitter]The Chiefs publication partnered with Katie Camlin, the liquor store employee who broke the news on Patrick Mahomes, for an extension video of Chris Jones that first appeared on Awful Announcing.
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