Chiefs’ 5 most interesting opponents of 2020

The Kansas City Chiefs will face some very unique opponents in 2020.

The Kansas City Chiefs finished the 2019 regular season at 12-4 at the top of the AFC West standings. They pulled off an astonishing postseason run, erasing double-digit deficits in each of their three postseason games including Super Bowl LIV. Now they’re the reigning Super Bowl champions for the first time in 50 years.

As AFC West champions the Chiefs play a tough schedule in 2020, which will include all of the division winners around the AFC. They’ll also play the NFC South, which is a challenging and contentious division. There will be a lot of intrigue surrounding several of the opponents Kansas City faces in 2020 for various reasons. Here’s a look at some of the most interesting of them:

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Los Angeles Chargers

The window for the Los Angeles Chargers closed extremely quickly. After finishing second in the AFC West with a wild card spot in 2018, they plummeted to last place in the division this past season. They’ve since announced they’re set to part ways with longtime QB Philip Rivers. It’s an end of an era for Los Angeles and the beginning of a new chapter. But what will that new chapter look like?

Head coach Anthony Lynn recently claimed that backup QB Tyrod Taylor could possibly step up into a starting role. That’d be his first time operating as a true starter since his 2017 stint in Buffalo. He went 8-6 that season and his reward was to be traded to the Cleveland Browns the following season. In any event, the Chargers will look a whole lot different in 2020. With a need to compete in the Los Angeles market, the pressure to find some success is approaching critical mass.