The NFL released its Week 18 schedule late on Sunday night. We now know that the (15-1) Kansas City Chiefs’ final regular season game of the 2024 season will be played against the (9-7) Denver Broncos at Empower Field. The game will be carried on CBS — locally on KCTV/5 — with kickoff set for 3:25 p.m. Arrowhead Time.
Kansas City will have nothing riding on its game in Denver. The team has already clinched the AFC’s No. 1 seed, giving it a first-round bye and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. The Broncos, though, can clinch the AFC’s last playoff berth with a win.
But if the Chiefs win, three additional scenarios will open.
- If the Bengals defeat the Steelers on Saturday (and the Jets beat the Dolphins during Sunday’s late games), Cincinnati will make the playoffs.
- Should the Dolphins beat the Jets, Miami will sneak in.
- If the Bengals and Dolphins both lose, Denver will still get the last playoff berth.
Here’s the complete Week 18 schedule.
Saturday
- (3-13) Cleveland Browns at (11-5) Baltimore Ravens 3:30 p.m. (ESPN/ABC-KMBC/9)
- (8-8) Cincinnati Bengals at (10-6) Pittsburgh Steelers 7 p.m. (ESPN/ABC-KMBC/9)
Sunday early
- (13-3) Buffalo Bills at (3-13) New England Patriots (CBS)
- (9-7) Houston Texans at (3-13) Tennessee Titans (CBS)
- (5-11) New Orleans Saints at (9-7) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (FOX)
- (3-13) New York Giants at (13-3) Philadelphia Eagles (CBS)
- (4-12) Carolina Panthers at (8-8) Atlanta Falcons (CBS)
- (4-12) Chicago Bears at (11-5) Green Bay Packers (FOX)
- (11-5) Washington Commanders at (7-9) Dallas Cowboys (FOX)
- (7-9) Jacksonville Jaguars at (4-12) Indianapolis Colts (FOX)
Sunday late
- (15-1) Kansas City Chiefs at (9-7) Denver Broncos (CBS-KCTV/5)
- (10-6) Los Angeles Chargers at (4-12) Las Vegas Raiders (CBS)
- (9-7) Seattle Seahawks at (10-6) Los Angeles Rams (FOX)
- (6-8) San Francisco 49ers at (7-9) Arizona Cardinals (FOX)
- (8-8) Miami Dolphins at (4-12) New York Jets (FOX)
Sunday Night Football
- (14-2) Minnesota Vikings at (13-2) Detroit Lions
