NFL: SEP 29 Chiefs at Lions
Following the end of the NFL regular season on January 7, it was possible to calculate each team’s opponents for the 2024 season. But at that moment, teams like the Kansas City Chiefs were a little busy with the postseason.

So now that the team’s 2023 season has ended with a second straight Super Bowl victory, let’s take a look at the club’s opponents for the coming season.

Under the NFL scheduling formula, each franchise plays every team its own division twice. It also plays every team in one other AFC division and every team in one other NFC division. This accounts for 14 games of the 17-game schedule. These divisions rotate every year.

Then, each franchise plays the team from the remaining two divisions of its own conference with the same division finish in the previous season — and the team in a rotating division of the other conference with the same division finish.

So in 2024, the Chiefs will play teams from the AFC West (twice), the AFC North and the NFC South — and then 2023’s first-place finishers from the AFC South, AFC East and NFC West.

Back in January, the NFL announced which games would be at home or on the road. Sometime in May, we’ll learn exactly when all these games will be played. But here’s what we know so far.

Kansas City will play seven of its 17 games against 2023 playoff teams: the Ravens, Buccaneers and Texans at home, plus the Browns, Steelers, Bills and 49ers on the road. (In 2023, the Chiefs played eight games against 2022 playoff teams). The Chiefs will face the first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh AFC seeds from 2023, along with the NFC’s first and fourth seeds.

2024 Opponent schedule difficulty

Team
Opp Pct

Atlanta Falcons


0.4532

New Orleans Saints
0.4533

Chicago Bears
0.4670

Carolina Panthers
0.4671

Los Angeles Chargers
0.4775

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
0.4776

Miami Dolphins
0.4878

Arizona Cardinals
0.4878

Seattle Seahawks
0.4879

Tennessee Titans
0.4912

Philadelphia Eagles
0.4912

Indianapolis Colts
0.4913

Denver Broncos
0.4948

Minnesota Vikings
0.5016

Washington Commanders
0.5017

Cincinnati Bengals
0.5018

Kansas City Chiefs
0.5018

New York Jets
0.5051

Dallas Cowboys
0.5051

San Francisco 49ers
0.5051

Los Angeles Rams
0.5051

Detroit Lions
0.5085

New England Patriots
0.5120

Jacksonville Jaguars
0.5121

Las Vegas Raiders
0.5121

Buffalo Bills
0.5155

New York Giants
0.5155

Houston Texans
0.5259

Green Bay Packers
0.5259

Pittsburgh Steelers
0.5329

Baltimore Ravens
0.5362

Cleveland Browns
0.5466

Still, based on 2023 season records, the Chiefs’ 2024 opponents have an average record of 0.5018. That ties the Bengals as the 16th-easiest regular-season schedule. Based on 2023 regular-season records, the Falcons (0.4532) have the easiest schedule, while the Browns (0.5466) have the hardest.

Of course, preseason expectations of schedule difficulty tend to be (mostly) inaccurate. But until some games are played, it’s pretty much all we have to go on. One thing is sure: Kansas City head coach Andy Reid and his staff will “look forward to the challenge” of playing every one of the team’s 2024 opponents.