NFL schedule: Chiefs-Broncos game; Bills' stadium debut among teasers
- The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Denver Broncos on Sept. 14, launching ESPN's Monday Night Football season in a high-profile AFC West clash.
- Tuesday's early schedule teaser confirmed the matchup ahead of the full 2026 NFL schedule release set for Thursday, May 14.
- Chiefs general manager Brett Veach reported Patrick Mahomes is "way ahead of schedule" in recovery, while Broncos quarterback Bo Nix continues rehab from a fractured ankle.
- Arrowhead Stadium or Empower Field remain potential host sites, as the NFL has not yet determined the game's location before Thursday's schedule finalization.
- The Broncos swept the Chiefs in 2025, reversing years of Kansas City dominance; the Chiefs had gone 13-1 in 14 matchups from 2017 to '24.
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