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Retired NFL QB expresses concerns over the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2025 schedule
The Kansas City Chiefs will play a unique schedule again in 2025, with games on Thanksgiving and Christmas. NBC Sports analyst Chris Simms expressed his concerns that the Chiefs’ preparation week was different, affecting them during the season.
“It’s crazy how intense the Chiefs’ schedule is. 7 night games. Thanksgiving. Christmas,” Simms posted on X. “The lack of routine really jumps out. They don’t play in same day/timeslot in consecutive weeks until mid December. And Reid & Mahomes and the whole crew embrace it and never use as an excuse.”
The Chiefs played on Black Friday and Christmas last season while enduring three games in eleven days. The team hasn’t complained in the past, as this year’s schedule will also feature the Week 1 game in Brazil against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Simms is a former third-round draft pick who played seven seasons in the NFL. Kansas City will play seven prime-time games in 2025, the most of any team in the league.