Early 2020 Chiefs schedule leaks conflict about opening week

It’s likely better for everyone to wait for the real announcement since early leaks conflict for the Chiefs 2020 schedule.

At this point, it’s hard to know exactly who or what to believe when it comes to the Kansas City Chiefs 2020 season schedule. Then again, it seems crazy to think the NFL is even ready to announce the schedule at all given the uncertainties surrounding societal safety measures needed for COVID-19.

On Thursday night, the NFL will announce the full slate of games for the 2020 schedule, and if things go according to plan, it will be exciting to see what the Chiefs are given. As the defending Super Bowl champs, every team will be giving it their all to knock off the league’s best team and many of those matches will undoubtedly end up on primetime television.

However, early schedule leaks are already making it tough to know who to trust until the real schedule is announced. Former K.C. area radio host Danny Parkins put out the word that the Chiefs were going to play against Bill O’Brien’s Houston Texans team again to open the year on Thursday Night Football.

That would be a very desirable scenario for Chiefs Kingdom for a number of reasons. It would be a great rematch of a playoff battle and the Texans themselves are going to be interesting to watch after trading away DeAndre Hopkins. It would also give the team 10 days to rest for their next matchup—a sort of mini-bye to begin the year.

However, Parkins’ report conflicts with that of NFL analyst John Clayton who says AFC and NFC teams will be playing each other for the first quarter of the season. If that’s the case, the Chiefs are scheduled to play the NFC South this year—meaning the team would instead face the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or Atlanta Falcons in Week 1.

It’s possible that both are wrong and that the Chiefs will end up playing someone else entirely, but at this point, it’s clear that someone is spreading misinformation and possibly both. Only time will tell who was incorrect all this time, but it just goes to show how little you can run with something someone says in terms of schedule leaks.