{"id":24085,"date":"2025-01-08T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=24085"},"modified":"2025-01-08T07:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T07:38:09","slug":"report-the-chiefs-will-have-one-of-the-afcs-toughest-schedules-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=24085","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: The Chiefs will have one of the AFC\u2019s toughest schedules in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">With the regular season behind us, let\u2019s look at the teams Kansas City will play in 2025.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cv4jBz\">Following the end of the NFL regular season on Sunday night, we can now calculate each team\u2019s opponents for 2025.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qtrPca\">Under the NFL scheduling formula, each franchise plays every team in its own division twice. It also plays every team in one other AFC division and one other NFC division. These other AFC and NFC divisions rotate every year. This accounts for 14 games of the 17-game schedule.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tLKddl\">Then, each franchise plays the team from the remaining two divisions of its own conference with the same division finish in the previous season \u2014 and the team in a rotating division of the other conference with the same division finish.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oedJEK\">So in 2025, the Chiefs will play the teams from the AFC West (twice), the AFC South and the NFC East \u2014 and then 2024\u2019s first-place finishers from the AFC North, AFC East and NFC North.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XcwzYf\">Sometime in May, we\u2019ll learn exactly when all these games will be played. But here\u2019s what we know so far:<\/p>\n<p id=\"EpZcpY\"><strong>Home:\u00a0<\/strong>Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions<\/p>\n<p id=\"qRVEpU\"><strong>Away:<\/strong>\u00a0Broncos, Chargers, Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants<\/p>\n<p id=\"5OmwuR\">In 2024, seven of the Chiefs\u2019 17 games were against 2023 playoff opponents. But in 2025, they will play 10 playoff squads: the Broncos, Chargers, Texans, Ravens, Eagles, Commanders and Lions at home, plus the Broncos, Chargers and Bills on the road. The Chiefs will face the second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh AFC seeds from 2024 \u2014 the fifth and seventh seeds twice \u2014 along with the NFC\u2019s first, second and sixth seeds.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"iZifVP\"><strong>2025 Opponent schedule difficulty<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"p1QMGk\">\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Rnk<\/td>\n<td>Team<\/td>\n<td>Opp Avg<\/td>\n<td>CRnk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Giants<\/td>\n<td>0.5744<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Bears<\/td>\n<td>0.5709<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Lions<\/td>\n<td>0.5709<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Eagles<\/td>\n<td>0.5606<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Cowboys<\/td>\n<td>0.5571<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Packers<\/td>\n<td>0.5571<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Vikings<\/td>\n<td>0.5571<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Commanders<\/td>\n<td>0.5502<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Ravens<\/td>\n<td>0.5329<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Steelers<\/td>\n<td>0.5260<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Chiefs<\/td>\n<td>0.5225<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Chargers<\/td>\n<td>0.5225<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Browns<\/td>\n<td>0.5190<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Bengals<\/td>\n<td>0.5087<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Broncos<\/td>\n<td>0.5052<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Raiders<\/td>\n<td>0.5017<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Rams<\/td>\n<td>0.4913<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Buccaneers<\/td>\n<td>0.4810<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Texans<\/td>\n<td>0.4810<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Falcons<\/td>\n<td>0.4775<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Seahawks<\/td>\n<td>0.4740<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Dolphins<\/td>\n<td>0.4740<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Bills<\/td>\n<td>0.4671<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Jaguars<\/td>\n<td>0.4671<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Colts<\/td>\n<td>0.4637<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>Jets<\/td>\n<td>0.4602<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>Panthers<\/td>\n<td>0.4567<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>Cardinals<\/td>\n<td>0.4567<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>Titans<\/td>\n<td>0.4498<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>Patriots<\/td>\n<td>0.4291<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>Saints<\/td>\n<td>0.4187<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>49ers<\/td>\n<td>0.4152<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"Ze5OI2\">Based on 2024 season records, the Chiefs\u2019 2025 opponents have an average record of 0.5225. That ties with the Chargers as the 11th-hardest regular-season schedule. Based on 2024 regular-season records, the San Francisco 49ers (0.4152) have the easiest schedule, while the Giants (0.5744) have the hardest.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inkDl8\">Still, the Chiefs and Chargers will have the AFC\u2019s third-hardest schedule.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tVJ6Fi\">Of course, preseason expectations of schedule difficulty tend to be (mostly) inaccurate. But until some of next season\u2019s games are played, it\u2019s pretty much all we have to go on. One thing is sure: Kansas City head coach Andy Reid and his staff will \u201clook forward to the challenge\u201d of playing every one of the team\u2019s 2025 opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the regular season behind us, let\u2019s look at the teams Kansas City will play in 2025. 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