Patrick Mahomes Set for 9-Post-Season Rematch in Chiefs’ NFL 2024 Schedule Following Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow Confirmation

The Kansas City Chiefs just released their 2024 regular season schedule, and it looks like Patrick Mahomes’ closeted memories of previous playoffs might come to light soon. In the span of 17 games, the Chiefs will be facing 9 teams that they have gone against in the playoffs since 2018. The first two games might just be the highlight of their regular season.

Judging by the schedule, the Chiefs have a lot of challenges because they will have to defend their ground in the 6 games that will be played at Arrowhead. Moreover, the team will play 9 games against the teams that had winning seasons last year and 7 of those will be against the playoff contenders of 2023.

The laborious schedule ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs!

The back-to-back Super Bowl Champions will face off against last year’s AFC Championship Game rivals Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Sep 5. The last time the Chiefs and Ravens faced each other, the Baltimore side was eliminated from the Super Bowl run after losing 10-17 to the KC team. This meeting, however, might end up with a more challenging result, keeping in view the reinforced offenses of the two teams, with Lamar Jackson getting a new weapon in Derrick Henry and Patrick Mahomes with his new receiver Xavier Worthy.

The next home game will be against Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, which is even more interesting considering Burrow is making a much-needed recovery from his injury to start the season. The Bengals finished last in the AFC North last year due to Burrow’s absence. So, the fans are hoping for a lot from this matchup. Burrow and his team faced the Chiefs in the 2022 season playoffs conference championship and lost 23-20 to Mahomes and his squad.

But the ultimate déjà vu will happen when the Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl rematch in week 7, again stirring the emotions of the fans throughout the world. The game of Super Bowl last season ended in a 25-22 win for the Chiefs, but the updated rosters do not allow an edge to favor any single team.

There’s a specific battle of the QBs that we cannot miss! That will be the game against the Buffalo Bills for the KC side. Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are sworn rivals and the game between these teams is often a nail-biter. The AFC divisional round 2023 rematch is set to take place on November 17, week 11 of the season.

The rivalry last time saw the Chiefs upsetting Josh Allen and the Bills 27-24 in the 2023 playoffs divisional game. However, there are other honorable mentions that one must consider.

More excitement ahead of the regular season opener!

Let’s talk about pre-season games for a minute because the Chiefs are facing the Jacksonville Jaguars in the pre-season opener. It will be played on August 10 at Jacksonville. An interesting thing to note here is that the Jags and Chiefs saw each other in a divisional game in 2021, which the Chiefs won 27-20. Coming back to the regular season though, the KC team will play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 4 at home. The game will be broadcast on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. The KC team and Tom Brady-led Bucs went against each other in the 2020 Super Bowl, where Mahomes’ men lost 9-31.

Also, the team will go against one of the best defenses in the league, the Cleveland Browns, another playoff rival for the KC team. The game will take place in Cleveland on December 15. Also, a week later, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs will take on their 2019 divisional rivals Houston Texans in week 16. The last time the Browns saw the Chiefs in playoffs was on January 17, 2021, when the Chiefs beat the Cleveland team with 22-17.

But there’s something unique that was left out. For the first time, the Patrick Mahomes-led team will go off against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day and the game will be streamed on Netflix noon stat. This will be the first-ever Wednesday game to be streamed on OTT. The Steelers and the Chiefs had a skirmish in the 2021 playoff game that happened in January 2022 when the Chiefs beat the Steelers 42-21.

What matchup are you looking forward to? Let us know below.