KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs may well be better than last season and wind up with an inferior record than their 12-4 from 2016 because of a difficult schedule. The .576 cumulative 2016 winning percentage of their opponents in second in the league.
Week 1: Thursday, Sept. 7, at New England Patriots, 8:30 p.m. ET
The Chiefs have a lot to overcome in order to collect a victory. They have to beat the defending Super Bowl champions and they have to break the trend of the home team winning in the prime-time openers.