“Any given Sunday” may nonetheless be a saying for the NFL, however video games have expanded nicely past simply sooner or later per week. Simply ask the Kansas City Chiefs and their 2024 schedule.
When the NFL schedules released earlier this month, the Chiefs noticed themselves taking part in each single day of the week sooner or later throughout the 12 months apart from Tuesday.
How is that potential? Properly, the Chiefs are taking part in in each single primetime slot, which incorporates “Thursday Evening Soccer” and “Monday Evening Soccer.” However they’re additionally taking part in Black Friday, a Saturday recreation in Week 16, and we won’t overlook about Christmas Day, which lands on a Wednesday this 12 months.
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Andy Reid of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs speaks with the media after the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in extra time throughout Tremendous Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)
Whereas it might be a wacky schedule to have a look at — the Chiefs are additionally taking part in at 4:25 p.m. or later in 14 of their 17 video games — head coach Andy Reid had a message for the NFL when reporters requested about it.
“It is the primary time in my profession that this has occurred, it is distinctive, and you understand how we’re. We do not actually care,” Reid stated matter of factly, by way of a Chiefs transcript.
“They can provide us a Tuesday recreation if they need, and we’ll be okay there, too,” Reid stated. “We work via it, we’ll play anyone, anyplace, no matter they wish to do. We’re on board.”
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The Chiefs are clearly must-watch soccer, particularly as they give the impression of being to realize a feat no different NFL staff has finished earlier than them: Win three straight Super Bowls.
Kansas Metropolis has eight standalone video games this season, one in every of which being the league’s opener on NBC in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5. The Chiefs may even be seen on CBS rather a lot, with a league-high eight video games on the community.
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) celebrates after throwing a landing go throughout the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff soccer recreation in opposition to the Miami Dolphins Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (AP Picture/Ed Zurga)
However Patrick Mahomes likes the brilliant lights in prime-time video games, and whereas he is aware of the schedule will get more durable and more durable by the 12 months due to it, the expectation of profitable stays the identical.
“I really feel like our schedule has gotten crazier and crazier each single 12 months,” Mahomes stated final week to reporters. “It is nearly making ready for the week forward of you. We all know that we will have a variety of prime-time video games. We have constructed up the fairness to have the ability to be in these video games.”
The Chiefs all the time have many eyes on them, and thru the ups and downs, the highlight by no means fades. Nevertheless, whenever you wish to make NFL historical past, that is simply the way in which issues are.
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid seems on from the sidelines throughout Tremendous Bowl LVIII in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. (Perry Knotts/Getty Photos)
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Kansas Metropolis, although, shall be doing so with one of many more durable schedules on the docket for a staff this season.
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