Here is who Travis Kelce predicts the Chiefs will play in prime-time this season
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- Travis Kelce said he sees the Chiefs playing four prime-time games this season.
- Travis Kelce named Chargers home, 49ers home, Broncos away and Seahawks away.
- Jason and Travis Kelce discussed Chiefs rivalries, highlighting the 49ers matchup.
Commissioners of the other pro sports leagues must really hate this week.
The NFL is simply releasing the dates and times of the 272 games that will be played this season on Thursday. But the league knows how to create a buzz, as it already has shared this fall’s slate of international games, a few domestic matchups and that Chiefs-Broncos opener that has angered fans in Colorado.
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his big brother, Jason, discussed the Chiefs’ potential schedule on the latest episode of the New Heights podcast. They pondered who the Chiefs might play in prime-time in a discussion that was recorded before the NFL offended Broncos fans by having the Week 1 “Monday Night Football” game at Arrowhead Stadium.
Jason Kelce predicted the Chiefs would face the Broncos, 49ers, Bills, Rams, Seahawks and/or the Bengals. He then threw in the Chargers as a possibility.
“Those are the six games to me that look the most appetizing if I’m a network,” he said.
Travis Kelce sees the Chiefs playing four games on prime-time, which would be “Sunday Night Football,” “Monday Night Football” or “Thursday Night Football.”
“If I was a betting man, I’d say a Chargers home game,” Travis Kelce said. “I’ll go San Fran at home, and then the two away games, Denver away, and I’ll say Seahawks away.”
The Kelces are right about the Chiefs facing the Broncos on prime-time, but not in Denver.
While they’re not a divisional foe, the brothers talked about the Chiefs’ rivalry with the 49ers. Two of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victories have come at San Francisco’s expense.
“I think it’s not as much on field,” Travis Kelce said, “but there’s still that back-and-forth with the organizations and the fan bases.”
This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM.
