NFL schedule 2018: Each team’s biggest game

Kansas City Chiefs: at Pittsburgh Steelers

The Chiefs have lost to the Steelers in back-to-back-seasons, with a three-game losing streak against them counting a playoff loss after the 2016 campaign. In the 2016 regular season matchup, in their most recent trip to Pittsburgh, the Chiefs lost 43-14 to the Steelers on Sunday Night Football in Week 4.

Kansas City has a lot of other tough games on their 2018 schedule outside their division, both home (Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers) and road (New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks). But the Steelers have proven to be a slightly larger hurdle than even then Patriots for Andy Reid’s team, so the game against them moves to the top of the heap.

The Chiefs will be christening a new starting quarterback (Patrick Mahomes) this year, under the relative fire of a first-place schedule with tough games outside of that and always competitive AFC West games. If the 2017 first-round pick can do what Alex Smith couldn’t get done over the last couple years against Pittsburgh, the decision to make the quarterback switch will look good and go over well with the Chiefs’ fanbase.