Kansas City Chiefs at New York Giants: Live commentary, updates from Week 3 game
If I had told you — before the season — there’d be an 0-2 team playing in this matchup on “Sunday Night Football,” you certainly wouldn’t have been shocked.
If I’d told you both of these teams were 0-2, you might have asked a couple questions.
Such is the reality for a Kansas City Chiefs team coming off back-to-back-to-back Super Bowl appearances. The Chiefs have played a lot of high-level football, but the start of the 2025 season provides them with a real test: Can they dig out of a hole?
It’s certainly still early, but a win Sunday night would put them on the track to doing just that. And while New York’s Russell Wilson, Malik Nabers and company made an impressive showing last week, this could be a get-right spot for Kansas City. At least the oddsmakers seem to think so.
Tonight’s 7:20 p.m. Central kickoff awaits — here’s how to watch and listen to SNF.
KC Chiefs vs. NY Giants: Stats, score updates and commentary
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Three storylines for Chiefs-Giants
1. Can the offense get back on track?
One could easily theorize that the Chiefs’ offense will get better as the season goes along. An offensive line with some young pieces should continue to jell, and the Chiefs will add reinforcements when Xavier Worthy returns from injury and Rashee Rice finishes out his six-game suspension.
But here’s the reality: The Chiefs won’t have Rice or Worthy on Sunday night. Patrick Mahomes (and perhaps Andy Reid) are still figuring out how much they trust this new-look O-line. And the Chiefs must find a way to put more points on the board, or they could be in some trouble.
2. Digging out of the 0-2 hole
The Star’s Sam McDowell broke it down this week: An 0-2 start does not mean it’s time to panic. In fact, most betting sites still have the Chiefs as at least 60% likely to make the playoffs, and the last two teams to make the Super Bowl, then start 0-2 the next season ... both made the playoffs.
But starting 0-3 would be a different story, particularly in an AFC West that figures to be much improved. The Chiefs have the star power — we all know this — but those stars need to play better. And it’s not just on players like Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Chris Jones, but the guys around them who got paid, too.
3. A lot of noise around the Chiefs
The Chiefs have become a mainstay in NFL discourse by winning three Super Bowls in the Mahomes era, and annoying an endless list of fan bases with their ability to overcome the odds and rally for a late win at an unprecedented rate. Even better than Tom Brady’s Patriots could — statistically, at least.
But noise follows this team, whether it’s questions about how they’re performing, the “tush push” talk after the Eagles game or even questions about the state of the dynasty. The best thing the Chiefs can do, naturally, is ignore all of it and just play.
We’ll see where their level of focus is come Sunday night, because there’s no question the little mistakes — failing to keep contain on the quarterback, dropping a ball in the end zone or even two players colliding — has already derailed the early part of the season.
