Christmas games include Lions, Chiefs, and Cowboys
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The other two Christmas games have not yet been announced, but the Chiefs and Broncos are a big AFC West matchup, and it's likely that the other Christmas games will be NFC games
The Broncos are set to face the Kansas City Chiefs on the road on Thursday, Dec. 25 this winter. The Denver-KC matchup will be the nightcap of a Christmas Day tripleheader. The AFC West matchup will be streamed exclusively on Amazon's Prime Video.
The NFL is teasing aspects of its schedule ahead of a three-hour schedule release special on NFL Network on Wednesday.
The teams play each other on Thanksgiving Day at AT&T Stadium in Arlington in Patrick Mahomes' first NFL game where he makes his offseason home. On Christmas Day, the Chiefs host the Broncos, and the Cowboys travel to the Commanders.
Sean Payton, Bo Nix and the Broncos are in prime time more this fall, play two division games on Thursday nights and travel to London. See the whole slate here.
There are Friday games in Week 1 and on the day after Thanksgiving. There are three Christmas games on a Thursday. There are late-season Saturday games. An 18-game regular season could be coming within the next few years. For now, it remains a 17-game season over 18 weeks.