The Kansas City Chiefs will hit the road for one of their toughest matchups of the season.
They will square off with the Cleveland Browns, and while Kevin Stefanski’s team has already been eliminated from playoff contention, that doesn’t mean they will go easy on them.
If anything, the Chiefs will have to deal with multiple hurdles on Sunday.
On top of the Browns’ tough defense, the Chiefs must deal with inclement weather.
As reported by Steve Wyche of the NFL Network, there will be some heavy rain and most likely a muddy field at Huntington Bank Field on Sunday.
In Cleveland for Chiefs-Browns. NOT football weather but it should be a tight game. The first of 3 games in 11 days for KC. Watch @NFLGameDay for the latest. pic.twitter.com/ONlgiVEC1B
— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) December 15, 2024
Of course, this doesn’t bode well for either team, but the Chiefs aren’t used to this kind of football, at least not recently.
Kansas City’s offense hasn’t been as explosive this season as it was in the past.
They won’t have veteran left tackle D.J. Humphries out there, leaving the door open for Myles Garrett to have a big game.
Patrick Mahomes, who’s posting career-worst marks across the board, will have to rely heavily on the running game, and this makes up for an old-school, hard-hitting kind of game.
The Chiefs will also have to be extremely cautious on Sunday, as this will be the first of three games they will play in the next 11 days.
Even though they’re 4.5-point favorites ahead of kick-off, the table is set for the Browns to pull off an upset and create chaos atop the AFC playoff race.
