Rich Eisen: How the Chiefs’ 2024 Schedule Impacts KC’s Three-Peat Chances | The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen breaks down the Chiefs’ 2024 schedule and how it impacts Kansas City’s chances to three-peat as Super Bowl champions.
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[@rustyshackelford3109]

The league does not care about player safety. This schedule is ridiculous.

[@BK-hp8cj]

Yeah 3 games in 11 days is insane

[@michaelholman5645]

@@BK-hp8cjBut the flip side is that there’s a mini bye after the Pittsburgh game before the final Denver game. They actually could be set up for some extended rest heading into the postseason.

[@John-cp9ez]

@@BK-hp8cj Who is here and bald -

[@sgu2693]

🤔

[@DreamChaser1252]

​@@michaelholman5645yeah I think once the Bengals and Bills lock up the 1&2 seeds they'll rest Mahomes some for wildcard weekend

[@jjgreen5206]

I think the Chiefs are going to be the first to three peat. I’m optimistic as a fan

[@ryanwhite9437]

They have a 49 day stretch with only 1 home game. That's nuts.

[@raymondcisneros4518]

I'm not seeing it

[@raymondcisneros4518]

I am seeing home home away away away home bye away home home away away home home home home away home away away away away

[@raymondcisneros4518]

LOL now I see it week 3 through week 8 LOL

[@FIFODavid]

Leave it to the QB raised by a baseball player to get a baseball contract and play every day of the week in the season.

[@thatstheway2429]

lol

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

3 games in 10 days is bonkers

[@CalobAdamsInfamous913]

Very anti player safety

[@jimmytheweed4978]

2 on the road!!!

[@Trueraider22]

@@jimmytheweed4978KC can't handle back to back road games ?? Phags.

[@PrimetimeZ]

jets do it too

[@tonyt73]

How is this not a Players Association violation???

[@jrutter73]

Its a BRUTAL schedule. Almost designed to make it as difficult as possible=)

[@user-xi5mx3ov2i]

Hmm 🤔 definite crap

[@juantwo3]

Hopefully so, I hope the chiefs don’t see another Super Bowl for a decade at least.

[@devontacosby8593]

⁠@@juantwo3see that’s the point 🤷‍♀️😂 we’re not going anywhere 😂 when goat mahomes chiefs 3-peat then we’ll let your team or the other NFL teams win😂😂 MAYBE

[@danz1182]

Well, except for the incredibly weak roster of opponents. The NFC South and AFC West (except the Chiefs) should be relegated to the USFL.

[@nextbigthing2917]

⁠Mahomes goal is to be the best and we know who he’s chasing so either he gets the 3peat and becomes the goat then lets others win or he’s going for 7 your choice 😅

[@IamAndreThompson]

That is absolutely mental!! Mental!!

[@John-cp9ez]

I am bald -

[@scruffd0g193]

Chiefs play on every day other than Tuesday, play on 6 Networks. They are the face of the NFL.

[@kaptainkush4351]

If that is the case then the NFL might just be punching itself in the face!

[@thedubbman4453]

Americans Teama at its finest

[@MiliGenkishi]

​@kaptainkush4351 it is actually really smart. On one side, as the team does better, more people will want to watch history. And if they are playing poorly, people will pay to watch them lose. It is a win win scenario for the NFLs pockets

[@jjgreen5206]

A beautiful face:)

[@DeeGorb]

They are going to lose the AFC divisional round vs Jets watch

[@ryanwhite9437]

3 games in 10 days is one thing.... 3 games in 10 days in DECEMBER, when your bye week came 2 months ago in week 6, is cruel.

[@johnmajor7053]

I don’t like the early bye. You never know when you’re going to most need it. But would hope Chiefs are not needing the bye that early. At least we’re not playing in Germany again.

[@theraiderofdeath]

Cry more

[@ryanwhite9437]

@@theraiderofdeath did you cry when we won a super bowl on your field and celebrated in your locker room, before you guys ever even got to play a playoff game in your own stadium? 🤔

[@theraiderofdeath]

@ryanwhite9437 No, not at all. In fact, we have one of the nicest facilities in the league that your players can't stop talking about how nice they were. Also, you guys spilled champagne all over our locker room, which allowed us to renovate it. Thank you so much

[@lakeozarkrei3767]

​@@ryanwhite9437Dam... you ain't playing around with that Raider clown...👍😅

[@CalobAdamsInfamous913]

The NFL doesn’t want a three peat. As a Chiefs fan, this schedule is brutal. Not saying that because of the opponents but that 3 week stretch of games from week 15-17, is 10 days. Doesn’t seem like it’s good for player safety. Smh. Hopefully they can stay healthy

[@tsalv1993]

Jets play 3 games in 10 days to start the season, if the nfl hates any team it’s the jets 😂

[@Norseman311]

​@@tsalv1993December is totally different

[@scruffd0g193]

@@tsalv1993no I think nfl is banking on jets being good. All their Primetime games are early on, so if they stink they don’t have to be shown late in the season.

[@kutanah]

im not a fan of the 3 games in 10 days stretch as a ravens fan either. i dont want late season injuries to start popping up from these games

[@lionelladner]

Lol easy for a repeat champ. Steelers 2nd half schedule is harder than chiefs entire schedule 🤦‍♀️😝

[@codyrunge8190]

If they 3Peat, it will be the most legendary NFL team based on how they won all three… youngest defense to win a Super Bowl. toughest road playoff to win a SB last season, and toughest season schedule by date if they win this year.

[@erikanderson2421]

Uhhh Brady having to go to Drew Brees house for the divisional round and then Aaron Rodgers house for the NFC championship as the #5 seed for the 2020 season was 100% a harder road than the Chiefs last year, and it's not really close. Brees and Rodgers are both legends with rings. Josh Allen and Lamar have no rings and are not legends yet.

[@codyrunge8190]

@@erikanderson2421 ok that’s true it was an impressive run for Tampa, I forgot about that one. However, I was speaking from a dynastic standpoint… the patriots never faced quite the challenges the Chiefs will have faced in this 3year stretch- giving them the most legendary NFL TEAM of all time, if they 3Peat.

[@SamNB3]

Brady fans wills always say his road, games and superbowl were the most difficult in the history and forever.

[@codyrunge8190]

@@SamNB3 💯💯💯

[@voxromantic3340]

@@SamNB3after his second Super Bowl, Every game was a home game for Brady……..

[@RLAjabs]

"we care about player safety. for this reason, we will be assigning a team three games in ten days, with just enough time to maybe overcome the devastation to the players' tendons, bones, and mind. we are very excited to see how many careers might be ruined through this speedrun of a football schedule, and in tandem with our wonderful turf fields."

[@Bo11Jangles]

Maybe you’d be more interested in women’s soccer…

[@SamFergusonNE]

I am not a Chiefs fan, but this schedule is some bull cookie.

[@mantinaofkv]

Crazy the league has to do this crazy schedule to give other teams a remote chance of beating Mahomes.

[@rustyreidfishing3334]

What gets me is the 12/21 game and 12/25 road game. Quick turnaround!

[@John-cp9ez]

being bald I understand your point

[@robmiller2221]

Go KC! If they 3 peat They’ll become the greatest team of all time. No debate❤

[@aryksnag1935]

Plus they would match the 70s Steelers with four SB Victories in six years.

[@jamalsag7812]

So this year's NFL script: make winning games for KC as hard as possible with a ton of short weeks. Somebody gets injured and NO REPEAT.

[@johnchedsey1306]

We'll see what Tom Grossi has to say.

[@25jessieg]

Week 6 bye with SO many games after that, including a stretch of 3 games in 10 days in December. Brutal. Hope nobody gets injured this year.

[@Darkkent83]

I thought it was rigged for the chiefs 🤷

[@Trueraider22]

Swifties would agree.

[@shane-zl8bu]

0 holding calls in 3 SB's

[@fulcrum946]

Literally not true. There was a holding call in overtime against the chiefs in this last one. ​@shane-zl8bu

[@tigera6]

@@shane-zl8bu And how many holding call for the other team?

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@shane-zl8buThey just don’t call many penalties in the Super Bowl, period. Every SB, KC had the same, 7:46 or more penalties than their opponents.

[@billadams8795]

Tell me the NFL doesn't want the Chiefs to 3peet without telling me the NFL doesn't want the Chiefs to 3peet.

[@dolipops]

They went back to back after going on the road for the first time in the playoffs and crushed that adversity. Imagine they go back to back to back after facing the adversity of THIS DAMN SCHEDULE, wow. This has gotta be the toughest schedule next to how the Steelers schedule ENDS lol

[@yukikimura8204]

This "tough" schedule for KC won't even matter. They'll easily win their division guaranteed a playoff spot already. They don't care about the 1 seed. The same thing will happen like last year, they will get in as the 2, 3, or 4 seed and still beat everyone for another champion. Regular season means nothing to KC.

[@av8077]

Don't forget a week 6 buy week, so literally no chance to rest after the first quarter of the season

[@godfatherstabba]

Chiefs proved all they need to do is get into the playoffs. As underdogs last playoff season they proved they win when it matters, especially in the last game.

[@trevstuff3558]

I would play Cincinnati and Baltimore out the gate, then later after the bye back to back

[@Dashdedeh]

I hope all of the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday games end with less than 10 points on the scoreboard.

[@iiRolltide]

Why would you want that?

[@RLAjabs]

@@iiRolltide so they don't do this again

[@iiRolltide]

@@RLAjabs why? As a consumer I’m stoked to see my favorite sport on more days!

[@RLAjabs]

@@iiRolltide college football fills several of those days and the product quality is bound to be terrible. those players are going to be zombies on the field

[@rickybaker42]

⁠@@iiRolltideyes but as an actual fan of a team trying to make history, this blows. For fans of player safety, ie the players themselves, this also blows. It’s really only good for the nfls wallet

[@stanleyevans7012]

Someone is telling the truth..thank you 👍👍👍

[@Fourwedge]

Good analysis Rich!

[@PristineTX]

The Chiefs had to play the most objectively unfair December schedule in the last 35 years of NFL schedules LAST YEAR - scheduling FIVE OPPONENTS IN A ROW in the crucial month of December all coming off byes or extras days of rest/preparation to face the Chiefs - so now the league office has to try and beat that record of trying to screw the champs. This league desperately wants to avoid a threepeat by the chiefs.

[@melburncraig822]

I think they are biased against the Hunt family because of their Christian values!! Thats the only thing that makes sense because A 3 PEAT would be good for league as far as revenue goes!!

[@user-lm9ip4oy1n]

Five; "not - normal" games for our THREE -PEAT❤

[@zacharytriplett9230]

The Panthers’ and Chiefs’ 2024 schedules are opposites. The Panthers only play on Sundays with no night games. NFL clearly prioritizes money over player safety.

[@MCPrimetime]

Yes, but if they lock up the 1 seat after betting Pittsburg on Dec 25 it might be 24 days until they play a meaningful game again

[@JustDoYourJob]

Chiefs only have 3 homes games on Sunday…

[@chriswright6007]

Chiefs got 2 toughies out the gate. 2 on road to end season. 3 games in 10 days...and...we play everyday except tue....rediculous NFL...

[@mitchoo2211]

12-5❤

[@xLegendaryPete]

Even tho the Ravens are dealing with the same thing.... the Ravens have to play 3 games within a 10 day timespan. So it's not like the chiefs are the only dealing with that

[@Norseman311]

In December?

[@xLegendaryPete]

Yes, the Ravens play on Xmas too

[@OfficialunderSTAN]

Bengals do it as well

[@collinsjon13]

Yes, but there's a big difference playing that grind off a Week 14 bye vs Week 6. Still ridiculous either way. NFL blows smoke every time they mention "player safety".

[@Jviotr]

Seems like a stacked deck to me.

[@DTOStudios]

The Packers 65 championship was before the Superbowl, but the 66 and 67 seasons were the first 2 Superbowls. So the threepeat is within the Superbowl era

[@johnchedsey1306]

Just not threepeat of superbowls.

[@TylerDaleHood]

NFL: Player Safety! Also NFL: 3 games in 10 days, no extra bye weeks, no additions to 53 man roster, debating extending the schedule to include 1 more game in the future.

[@av110386]

Chief's Monday night game needs to have a weather delay and maybe go in to OT so they play past midnight thus playing on Tuesday

[@raymondcisneros4518]

There schedule looks fine to me

[@rogerreid5925]

😂😂😂

[@Nickydafish]

The chiefs are certainly one of the favorites to get to the Super Bowl but the odds are against them just as they are against ever other team. On top of that the afc is stacked. Good luck on that ace.

[@cademaxwell2570]

Every year there’s a new challenge and if they win the Super Bowl this year it’ll be the hardest one yet.

[@JTD98PSN]

That’s crazy as hell

[@CoHeirMultimedia]

I’m actually waiting for Rich to talk about how the NFL gave KC an easy schedule that caters to Taylor Swifts tour dates!!!!!

[@mikemike6182]

Ok why is that bad? More $ to nfl & swifties n families can watch it together.

[@Behindbend]

3 NFL games in 10 days and yall said the chiefs always have it easy.

[@leonardhollerbach9806]

That’s cool about the Chiefs going for a 3-PEAT the same year THE LIONS WIN THEIR 1st SUPERBOWL!!!! 🎶 GO LIONS 🎶

[@rogerreid5925]

I have a few teams I’d root for a Super Bowl win only if the Chiefs aren’t in it including the Lions and Bills.

[@rickybaker42]

How many of these are turf games?

[@Snidde22]

I'd sit all the starters on Christmas to keep them healthy, assuming a playoff spot has been clinched.

[@jeffkravitz7105]

The schedule makers/Goodell are a bunch of mad scientists to come up with some of this stuff.

[@marksieber4626]

Tirico would be a great guest to have on.

[@Ian_L1994]

IF the Chiefs three-peat, (I don't think they will) It'd be a yuuge accomplishment.

[@Norseman311]

32% probability

[@robmiller2221]

They’ll be the greatest team of all time There won’t be any arguments about it

[@kcnoise]

The Chiefs are going to cruise to the #1 seed barring injuries. Their second half schedule is pretty favorable.

[@besmorpheous]

During the superbowl I created a drinking game where every time they showed Taylor swift , everyone had to take a drink 😂 made the best out of her being shown all game

[@markb2773]

Fun Fact: Tay Tay and her friends were playing same game you all were too!

[@n8doggy733]

the 1927 Yankees should have signed Judge, I bet he would make a good TE or DE

[@NotMyActualName_]

The only threat from the schedule is the early bye combined with three games in 10 days. The opponents are irrelevant.

[@heatherpatterson7106]

who makes up the schedule???

[@brandontyler1754]

Weeks 15 16 and 17 they also play three games in 10 calendar days

[@chadbinette3201]

Yes there was no Thursday or Xmas games in early 2000s but there was actual practices where players hit each other. A lot less defensive restrictions and on and on. As defending champs and back to back champs the chiefs have the 16th hardest schedule. 16th!!

[@fredericozgur7845]

That Week 16-17 four days gap is absurd

[@michaelmejia3822]

Like Gödell doesn’t want them to 3 peat.

[@bsmith8943]

Just will make it sweeter if we win it all again.

[@the_traveling_broker]

Ordinarily wouldn’t love a week 6 bye, but honestly it’s perfect this year! We know how good Andy is off a bye. And you’re facing the team that’s quite likely to repeat as Super Bowl challengers, and oh btw WR1 & WR2 are new to the team.

[@0xchampion324]

Player safety? LOL

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Right?

[@LibertyOrDeath-ms5rf]

Are there people saying the schedule doesn't matter?

[@zacharycudizio8151]

Tough schedule. Did a ref already throw a flag for that? 15 yards in favor of KC?

[@christianknight7120]

it doesn’t. there you go answered the question for ya, as long as they make the post season they’ll win the SB

[@lupinschocolate]

Injuries injuries injuries

[@Rickman897]

I remember that happened to the Rams. That was why the broke the 1999 Broncos record(mentioned in this video) for worst defending SB Championships.

[@johnusher2331]

Soon to be back to back to back and maybe back to back again

[@keithgarner8588]

3 games in 10 days is criminal… like at least give them a mid to late season bye to even kind of make up for it. But instead they got “gifted” an early week 6 bye

[@DenBover-pf7xk]

They really need to lock up the first seed this year. This is brutal

[@turtles8945]

Giving multiple teams 3-game stretches within 10-11 days seems really irresponsible and ironic given their "push" for player safety.

[@justinbellamy1399]

They are ranked 15th when it comes to strength of schedule stop. They play in a soft division so they have a guaranteed spot no matter what

[@Dont-Ask-Me-My-Name]

The week-6 bye is the worst part by far but if you look at it, after their week-11 game vs the Bills, the Chiefs will be favored in every game the rest of the season. The Chiefs can string together a 7-game win streak &get hot right in time for the playoffs regardless of what happened the first ten weeks of the season. But week-17 and week-18 look like bye-weeks to me, which sets them up perfectly to be healthy going into the postseason. And if they did need to go on a late season run like the Bills last season the Chiefs schedule allows for that as well. I won't expect all the Chiefs to play on X-mas or fly to Denver

[@mitchellfriars8529]

I find this stuff for the chiefs exhausting. Most teams have 3 games in 10 days. Only thing is 31 other teams dont have the refs on their side. (Had to slip it in 😅) It takes 2 teams to play a game the other team has to play at the same time? Poor chiefs have to play on the Tuesday.... yea so does the other team?

[@matthewcharles5348]

The bengals are in the same situation of 3 games in 10 days lol

[@Mvproszn]

Crowned Tigers will own dey throne

[@noahcundall419]

Im confident in the chiefs can 3 peat and with this schedule nobody can make excuses saying they were helped by the NFL

[@rogerreid5925]

They also play 3 games in 10 days!!!

[@marvinshenk]

Instead of the NFL trying to pack in so many games so many days of the week, maybe they should extend the season by a month, and give every team an extra bye. They could at least get rid of Saturday football that way.

[@solterodad]

Bye week early in the season, a lot of short weeks between games... I see a lot of injuries in the Chief's future this season.

[@raysville7256]

The 4Peat schedule will have KC playing on a Sunday and then the next day on Monday night both away games

[@bsmith8943]

Hate the bye that soon. But not going to complain. We have had our byes awesome for a long time. No complaints.

[@shawnnickelberrybeysr4076]

Sounds like the Chief's have a hit out on them.

[@LazyYogi777]

How can we say the Packers 65-67 3-peat wasn't in the SuperBowl era when it overlapped the super bowl era by two-thirds?

[@rogerreid5925]

That’s easy, because it didn’t overlap the Super Bowl era by 3/3s duh!

[@collinhorn6398]

As a cheifs fan, this feels like a 12-5 or 11-6 season

[@lucaslevonmusic]

Keep stacking the deck against the Chiefs and keep doubting us. You still have to deal with us!!!! 🥳🏈

[@jdm1039]

So you play for them?

[@lucaslevonmusic]

@@jdm1039 Levon 25

[@jdm1039]

@@lucaslevonmusic Good try

[@danielhynson]

I wonder how many teams will be playing the Chiefs coming off a BYE this season

[@annaiorio4543]

I can't believe they are wasting one of the last years that Mahomes and Kelce play together. They really don't want a 3peat.

[@jasonwatt621]

I wonder if something here will get moved around. I think the Jets also have 3 games in 10 days this season? Seems... questionable from a player safety perspective. Or maybe I'm just overthinking it. Seems excessive for these teams, though.

[@perrystiles7117]

The league does not want them to three peat. They are purposefully trying to stop the Chiefs , because of their popularity!

[@dylanmartino7975]

I don’t like the 9 road games 3/8 home games at home in the first 5 weeks with a early by week is crazy. The by week should be week 10 before going to buffalo. This ain’t going to be easy.

[@GregShoopman]

no one is talking about the texans game

[@klardfarkus3891]

Taylor swifts team has been working with the nfl to have Taylor play even a bigger role in this season.

[@jS-wd9pl]

Chiefs always have the easiest schedule when they play any other team

[@AKA2PM]

This still doesn't change the fact that there are 49million kangaroos in Australia and 3.5million people in Uruguay which means if the kangaroos were to invade Uruguay, each person will have to fight 14 kangaroos

[@tonyportcullis488]

Three-peat? Ok, grab your ankles.

[@SquintWestwarD-fj9xu]

The NFL Players Union Needs to get involved HERE. On the subject of Player Safety, the League should be spending Tens of Millions $$ per Year on Development of Improved Equipment & Environment. The Only thing I've seen are the ludicrous Michelen-Man Padded Practice Helmets. The BYE Week Needs to be at the Same time for all Teams & if 18 Games Seasons then 2 all-team byes.

[@tydelthom]

all this and they'll still be 13-4!

[@CQuick30]

With the bye so early in the season KC is getting hosed big time