The Chiefs have a standard week main as much as Sunday’s sport towards the Browns, however the subsequent two video games received’t unfold below the standard circumstances.
A Saturday sport towards the Texans in Week 16 can be adopted by a Wednesday street sport towards the Steelers in Week 17. That schedule was put in place as a result of Christmas falls on a Wednesday this 12 months and the 4 groups concerned in video games that day will all be taking part in three video games over 11 days to get by way of that stretch.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes mentioned he has been “tailoring my exercises” to arrange for this stretch as a result of he is aware of how difficult it’ll be on him.
“It is just not a very good feeling,” Mahomes mentioned, through Adam Teicher of ESPN.com. “I’m excited to play on Christmas to hopefully get again from what we did final 12 months, however you by no means wish to play this many video games on this wanting time. It’s simply not nice on your physique. But on the finish of the day, it’s your job, your occupation. You have to return to work and do it.”
The Chiefs have already clinched the AFC West and so they have a lead within the race for the highest seed within the AFC, which mitigates a few of the stress they are going to really feel to navigate this stretch with out a misstep however everybody on the membership can be more than pleased to have the prolonged break that comes on the finish of Week 17.
