Those first five weeks will be extremely challenging, where the Chiefs will have to avoid any major skids. While the middle part of their schedule eases up a bit, it’s the last part of their season they will have to creatively maneuver through.
SBJ Morning Buzz: Kansas City Chiefs drive major windows in 2024 NFL schedule

With the NFL deciding to have the Chiefs play on Christmas Day, Kansas City will be going through a stretch of playing three games in 10 days, as CBSSports John Breech noted. They’ll begin on Sunday, December 15, against the Browns in Cleveland, then the Texans at home on Saturday, December 21, and then back on the road in Pittsburgh for a Yuletide matchup against the Steelers.

That will be three straight games against opponents who made the playoffs last season, not to mention two road games (and three if you count the season closer against the Broncos in Denver). Safe to say the Chiefs know they have coal in their stocking waiting for them this year.

It’s this last part of the schedule that impacts the first so much. This may be the most experienced, veteran team in all of the NFL, but not many teams have had to maneuver through a schedule like this. Travis Kelce got part of his wish with a top heavy portion of the schedule. But it will be the bottom portion that may be the most pressing. If the Chiefs want to seek their spot in NFL history, they will likely need to win early and often and stay as healthy as possible.