Chiefs, Christmas and Denver Broncos
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NFL season will feature an important AFC West clash on Christmas Day. Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos are scheduled to face off against Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday Night Football.
Christmas triple-header is set. Hours ahead of the release of the full 2025 season schedule, the league confirmed the three games that will take place on Christmas this year. Earlier in the week, the NFL released the Christmas night game,
The NFL is teasing aspects of its schedule ahead of a three-hour schedule release special on NFL Network on Wednesday.
The Vikings and Broncos have each played on Christmas a total of four times. Minnesota is 1–3 in those games and Denver is 2–2. Neither of the two played well during their last Christmas appearance, with the Vikings losing to the Saints 52–33 in 2020 and the Broncos getting crushed by the Rams 51–14 in 2022.
The Kansas City Chiefs will play on Christmas Day for the third year in a row, as Amazon Prime Video announced Monday it will carry the Chiefs' home game against the Denver Broncos on Christmas night.
Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will be featured in at least eight stand-alone games during the upcoming NFL season.
The Broncos haven't won in Kansas City since Week 2 of the 2015 season. Denver came close last season, but a blocked go-ahead field goal that would have delivered a massive upset at Arrowhead kept the Chiefs' home winning streak vs. the Broncos alive.
Kansas City, Dallas and Washington are all part of at least eight stand-alone games and Philadelphia gets seven, while Josh Allen and Buffalo visit Lamar Jackson and Baltimore in Week 1 on “Sunday