One of the bonuses for winning the Super Bowl, aside from the championship ring, is you get to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
open the following season on Thursday night. Kansas City became the first repeat champion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
since the 2003-04 New England Patriots. The Chiefs will open at home for the second straight<\/p>\n\n\n\n
year, but who will be their opponent? KC will play 8 home games, against 8 different teams, so<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we\u2019ll try to rank which one makes the most sense for opening night at Arrowhead in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mahomes vs Stroud could be an AFC rivalry we see for the next decade. The two star quarterbacks haven\u2019t met and the NFL could put this game in the spotlight on Thursday Night Football. The Offensive Rookie of the Year became the youngest quarterback to ever win a playoff game this past season and the team is full of budding young stars with Nico Collins, Tank Dell and Will Anderson Jr. It wouldn\u2019t be a bad way to kick off the new season with fireworks between these two stud quarterbacks. And back in 2020, the Chiefs first game of the season after beating the 49\u2019ers in the Super Bowl; the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why not kick off the season with a rematch of the AFC championship game. Lamar Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
won the MVP but couldn\u2019t deliver a trip to the Super Bowl as the Chiefs defense smothered the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravens offense holding them to just 22:30 of possession time. The revenge factor would be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
massive and not like the NFL would need it, but the ratings would be massive if this game<\/p>\n\n\n\n
kicked off the 2024-2025 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Super Bowl champions vs the college national championship head coach wouldn\u2019t be a bad<\/p>\n\n\n\n
way to get things started in September. The Chargers made a lot of roster moves but bringing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in Jim Harbaugh was the biggest. Justin Herbert’s offenses have averaged 24.4 points per<\/p>\n\n\n\n
game but been let down by his defense ever since he entered the league. It\u2019s still a marquee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
matchup between two of the elite quarterbacks, and adding Harbaugh into the mix makes it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
even more tantalizing for the NFL to kick off with this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Houston Texans +100<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baltimore Ravens +300<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Angeles Chargers +400<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cincinnati Bengals +500<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Las Vegas Raiders +900<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1200<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Orleans Saints +1600
Denver Broncos +2000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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