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    Taylor, Raiders have laugh with fan's doll portraying Mahomes

    By Paul Gutierrez,

    3 hours ago

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    COSTA MESA, Calif. -- The Las Vegas Raiders have made a habit of late of poking the Kansas City Chiefs , who have won three of the past five Super Bowls, including in February at Allegiant Stadium.

    That continued Thursday in a since-deleted viral video that involved Kermit the Frog and made a jab at Patrick Mahomes .

    Raiders fan Josh Jacopetti dressed up a Kermit doll to look like the Chiefs quarterback -- whose voice has been compared to that of the Sesame Street star -- and brought it to the Raiders' training camp practice. And while players went through an autograph line, Kermit was passed to rookie safety Trey Taylor , who put the green guy on his hand and had a laugh.

    A Raiders fan took video of what happened and posted it on social media.

    The Chiefs and their fans took notice.

    Mahomes' athletic trainer simply wrote on X: "We will remember."

    The fan, who wanted to be known as Andrew Q, said he was sorry for posting the video and apologized to Taylor.

    "I msg's a few creators and asked if it was bad taste," he wrote to ESPN in a direct message. "Asked a few within the organization to apologize to Trey and if he wanted any charity donations. I'm young to this and I learned everything viral isn't a good viral."

    The Raiders declined to comment.

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