T he Kansas City Chiefs have locked up the No. 1 seed in the AFC with a week remaining in the 2024 regular season. With everything already accomplished for the defending champions

Andy Reid spoke to reporters Monday for the first time since the Chiefs clinched the AFC’s top playoff seed, and he didn’t show his hand about the lineup for the regular-season finale at Denver. “The players have been off and they’ll be coming back in (Tuesday),” Reid said. “Then I’ll be able to talk to them about playing times.”

Travis Kelce led all players in fan balloting for the 2025 Pro Bowl Games. The Kansas City Chiefs’ star tight end finished with 252,200 votes. Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift has significantly increased his popularity.

But a loss opens the door for the two other AFC teams in the hunt, the Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins. If both of those teams win in Week 18 and the Chiefs beat the Broncos, the Dolphins will be the No. 7 seed in the AFC. Denver is 9-7. The Dolphins and Bengals are 8-8.

On Sunday, the NFL officially announced that the Kansas City Chiefs' Week 18 matchup against the Denver Broncos will kick off at 3:25 CST on January 5. Kansas City secured the No. 1 seed for the AFC playoffs by defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers

The Kansas City Chiefs will have a difficult decision to make when they play the Denver Broncos in Week 18. The 9-7 Broncos are still in playoff contention after their loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday,