The 2022 Kansas City chiefs‘ regular season schedule is here!
Normally we’d be talking about the biggest game of the season here – but on this year’s list, it’s probably fair to identify three.
After their Super Bowl championship in 2019, the Chiefs ended two consecutive losing seasons in the playoffs. The 2022 timeline gives them two options to avenge those losses.
The first opportunity comes in the week 4 issue NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” as the Chiefs visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during prime time. The Buccaneers dominated the Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV – a game that left an enduring bad taste on the fanbase and organization. The action of that title game was the Chiefs’ decimated offensive line. That line has since been rebuilt and replenished, which should give quarterback Patrick Mahomes a better chance in his last matchup against Tom Brady… we think.
The next opportunity to avenge a tough loss comes in Week 13 when the Chiefs visit the Cincinnati Bengals. Kansas City looked unstoppable as they started the AFC title game on a 21-3 run. His momentum didn’t last, and the Bengals’ offense returned as Mahomes put together what was probably the worst half of his young career. The Bengals reached the Super Bowl with a 27-24 victory in overtime. The Chiefs will look to reclaim their stance as a class of AFC like the Bengals to prove last year was no fluke.
There’s no significant loss for the Chiefs to get revenge on the Buffalo Bills, but the Bills will certainly feel that way when they enter Week 6. The Bills lost to the Chiefs in the playoffs in back-to-back years, first in the 2020 AFC title game and then the 2021 divisional round. Last year it hurt even worse as the Bills led by 13 seconds on the clock. Things were looking bleak for Kansas City… and you know the rest. We’ve identified three games that the Chiefs will see as their biggest games of the season; You can bet the bills only identify one.
Just behind: Every game against a redesigned AFC West division
Bits and pieces: The Chiefs open Week 1 away against the Arizona Cardinals (they reportedly started as 3-point favorites DraftKings Sportsbook).
Schedule 2022
| Where 1 |
Sun September 11 |
@Cardinals | State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona |
CBS 3:25 p.m |
| Where 2 |
do September 15th |
Charger | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
Amazon 7:15 p.m |
| Where 3 |
Sun 25th of September |
@colts | Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis |
CBS 12.00 |
| Where 4 |
Sun 2 Oct |
@buccaneer | Raymond James Stadium tampa |
ABC 7:20 p.m |
| Where 5 |
Mon 10 Oct |
robber | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
ESPN 7:15 p.m |
| Where 6 |
Sun 16 Oct |
bills | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
CBS 3:25 p.m |
| Where 7 |
Sun 23 Oct |
@49ers | Levi’s Stadium Santa Clara, CA |
FOX 3:25 p.m |
| Where 8th |
goodbye | – | – | – |
| Where 9 |
Sun Nov 6 |
Titans | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
ABC 7:20 p.m |
| Where 10 |
Sun Nov 13 |
jaguars | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
CBS 12.00 |
| Where 11 |
Sun Nov 20 |
@ Charger | SoFi Stadium The angel |
CBS 3:25 p.m |
| Where 12 |
Sun Nov 27 |
Aries | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
FOX 3:25 p.m |
| Where 13 |
Sun 4 Dec |
@ Bengal | Paul Brown Stadium, cincinnati |
CBS 3:25 p.m |
| Where 14 |
Sun 11 Dec |
@broncos | strengthen field Denver |
ABC 7:20 p.m |
| Where 15 |
Sun 18 Dec |
@Texan | NRG Stadium Houston |
CBS 12.00 |
| Where 16 |
sat 24 Dec |
Seahawks | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
FOX 12.00 |
| Where 17 |
Sun January 1st |
Broncos | GEHA field at Arrowhead Kansas City |
CBS 12.00 |
| Where 18 |
sat Jan 7 or Sun Jan 8 |
@Raider | Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas |
TBA TBA |
Fast analysis
The Chiefs have five planned Primetime Games for the fourth straight season. As a reminder, teams can be limited to a maximum of seven primetime games (this change came with a move to a 17-game schedule). The Chiefs see four primetime games through Week 9 (Chargers Week 2, Buccaneers Week 4, Raiders Week 5). and Titans, Week 9) and one towards the end of the season (Broncos, Week 14). The Chiefs will play three of their five primetime games against a heavily overhauled AFC West, which is now clearly the league’s most talented division.
The Chiefs only have five scheduled Noon games. The Chiefs will play four of their last six games away from home. After a bye bye in Week 8, the Chiefs face eight AFC teams in their last 10 games, including four games within the AFC West.
strength of the schedule
According to this, the Chiefs will play the toughest schedule in the league in 2022 DraftKings Sportsbook (more here).