(Sandbox) 17 Game NFL

This sandbox takes a dive at what the 2021 NFL season could look like, with 17 games being played during an 18 week season.

2021 Kansas City Chiefs season
Head Coach	Andy Reid
General Manager	Brett Veach
Home Field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	11–6
Place	1st AFC West
Playoff Finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jaguars) 48–49
Pro Bowlers	QB Patrick Mahomes RB Damien Williams WR Mecole Hardman WR Tyreek Hill OT Eric Fisher OT Mitchell Schwartz DT Chris Jones LB Wille Gay Jr. SS Tyrann Mathieu
Team MVP	Damien Williams
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2020	2022

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	NFL.com recap
1	September 9	at Buffalo Bills	W 21–17	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium
2	September 19	at Denver Broncos	W 26–17	2–0	Empower Field at Mile High
3	September 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 35–31	3–0	Heinz Field
4	October 4	at Las Vegas Raiders	W 31–3	4–0	Arrowhead Stadium
5	October 10	New York Giants	W 38–17	5–0	Arrowhead Stadium
6	October 17	Dallas Cowboys	W 34–31 (OT)	6–0	Arrowhead Stadium
7	October 24	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 36–7	7–0	SoFi Stadium
8	October 31	Las Vegas Raiders	W 38–35	8–0	Allegiant Stadium
9	November 7	Denver Broncos	W 28–26	9–0	Arrowhead Stadium
10	November 14	at Baltimore Ravens	L 17–32	9–1	Arrowhead Stadium
11	November 21	at Cincinnati Begnals	L 23–28	9–2	Template:Country data United Kingdom Wembley Stadium {{small|(London)}
12	Bye
13	December 5	Philadelphia Eagles	L 20–25	9–3	Lincoln Financial Field
14	December 12	at Cleveland Browns	L 41–45	9–4	FirstEnergy Stadium
15	December 19	Green Bay Packers	W 55–52	10–4	Arrowhead Stadium
16	December 25	at Washington Redwings	L 23–48	10–5	FedEx Field
17	January 1	Tennessee Titans	W 45–22	11–5	Arrowhead Stadium
18	January 8	Los Angeles Chargers	L 23–44	11–6	Arrowhead Stadium

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffalo Bills	0	3	0	14	17
Kansas City Chiefs	21	0	0	0	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	6	3	14	3	26
Denver Broncos	0	14	0	3	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	7	14	0	14	35
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	7	3	14	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Las Vegas Raiders	0	3	0	0	3
Kansas City Chiefs	3	21	0	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
New York Giants	7	0	3	7	17
Kansas City Chiefs	0	28	0	10	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dallas Cowboys	3	14	0	14	31
Kansas City Chiefs	0	14	3	17	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	5	7	17	7	36
Los Angeles Chargers	7	0	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	3	7	21	7	38
Oakland Raiders	7	7	21	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Denver Broncos	12	0	7	7	26
Kansas City Chiefs	7	7	14	0	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baltimore Ravens	9	6	0	17	32
Kansas City Chiefs	0	0	3	14	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	14	7	0	2	23
Cincinnati Bengals	3	0	15	10	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	20	0	0	0	20
Philadelphia Eagles	0	2	9	14	25

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	24	0	3	14	41
Cleveland Browns	7	14	3	21	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Bay Packers	3	21	21	7	52
Kansas City Chiefs	21	0	10	24	55

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	6	3	7	7	23
Washington Redwings	6	28	0	14	48

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee Titans	7	0	0	15	22
Kansas City Chiefs	28	17	0	0	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Los Angeles Chargers	14	9	14	7	44
Kansas City Chiefs	14	3	3	3	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jacksonville Jaguars	7	14	7	21	49
Kansas City Chiefs	21	24	0	3	48

Super Bowl LV
Kansas City Chiefs (1) Green Bay Packers (1) (AFC) (NFC) (14–2) (12–4) 27 24 1 2 3 4 Total KC 10 14 0 3 27 GB 0 0 3 21 24
Date	February 7, 2021
Stadium	Raymond James Stadium
City	Tampa, Florida
MVP	Travis Kelce, TE
Favorite	Chiefs by 5.5
National anthem
Coin toss	Ray Lewis representing the Super Bowl XXXV class
Referee	Carl Cheffers
Halftime show	The Weeknd
Attendance	28,914
TV in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers
Nielsen Ratings	47.8 (national) 58.1 (Kansas City) 53.9 (Tampa) 56.2 (Milwaukee)
Market share
Cost of 30-second commercial
Super Bowl LV Program   Super Bowl >

2021 Los Angeles Chargers season
Head Coach	Anthony Lynn
General Manager	Tom Telesco
Home Field	SoFi Stadium
Results
Record	12–5
Place	1st AFC West
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) Won AFC Championship (Chiefs) 55–34 Lost Super Bowl LVI (Buccaneers) 35–41 (OT)
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2020	2022

2021 Jacksonville Jaguars season
Head Coach	Doug Marrone
General Manager	Trent Baalke
Home Field	TIAA Bank Field
Results
Record	15–2
Place	1st AFC South
Playoff Finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chiefs) 32–35
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2020	2022

2021 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Kevin Stefanski
General Manager	Andrew Berry
Home Field	FirstEnergy Stadium
Results
Record	11–6
Place	2nd AFC North
Playoff Finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 44–45
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2020	2022

2021 Kansas City Chiefs season
Head Coach	Andy Reid
General Manager	Brett Veach
Home Field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	10–7
Place	2nd AFC West
Playoff Finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Browns) 45–44 Won Divisional Playoffs (Jaguars) 35–32 Lost AFC Chamionship (Chargers) 34–55
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2020	2022

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	NFL.com recap
1	September 9	at Buffalo Bills	L 17–20 (OT)	0–1	Arrowhead Stadium
2	September 19	at Denver Broncos	L 22–35	0–2	Empower Field at Mile High
3	September 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 0–27	0–3	Heinz Field
4	October 4	at Las Vegas Raiders	W 24–21	1–3	Arrowhead Stadium
5	October 10	New York Giants	L 16–22 (OT)	1–4	Arrowhead Stadium
6	October 17	Dallas Cowboys	L 28–49	1–5	Arrowhead Stadium
7	October 24	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 41–0	2–5	SoFi Stadium
8	October 31	Las Vegas Raiders	W 33–31	3–5	Allegiant Stadium
9	November 7	Denver Broncos	W 37–15	4–5	Arrowhead Stadium
10	November 14	at Baltimore Ravens	L 17–28	4–6	Arrowhead Stadium
11	November 21	at Cincinnati Begnals	L 7–35	4–7	Template:Country data United Kingdom Wembley Stadium (London)
12	Bye
13	December 5	Philadelphia Eagles	W 33–14	5–7	Lincoln Financial Field
14	December 12	at Cleveland Browns	W 45–44	6–7	FirstEnergy Stadium
15	December 19	Green Bay Packers	W 37–33	7–7	Arrowhead Stadium
16	December 25	at Washington Redwings	W 24–15	8–7	FedEx Field
17	January 1	Tennessee Titans	W 43–38	9–7	Arrowhead Stadium
18	January 8	Los Angeles Chargers	W 51–3	10–7	Arrowhead Stadium

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffalo Bills	14	0	0	6	20
Kansas City Chiefs	0	7	10	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	7	0	0	15	22
Denver Broncos	0	7	28	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	0	21	6	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Las Vegas Raiders	0	14	0	7	21
Kansas City Chiefs	0	10	7	7	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
New York Giants	3	0	10	9	22
Kansas City Chiefs	6	0	7	3	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dallas Cowboys	28	0	7	14	49
Kansas City Chiefs	0	14	7	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	0	24	7	10	41
Los Angeles Chargers	0	0	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	6	3	10	14	33
Las Vegas Raiders	3	7	7	14	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Denver Broncos	0	0	0	15	15
Kansas City Chiefs	7	10	3	17	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baltimore Ravens	14	0	7	7	28
Kansas City Chiefs	3	0	14	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	7	0	0	0	7
Cincinnati Bengals	0	7	21	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	13	6	0	14	33
Philadelphia Eagles	0	0	7	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	0	28	14	3	45
Cleveland Browns	3	0	24	17	44

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Bay Packers	12	0	14	7	33
Kansas City Chiefs	6	10	0	21	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	0	10	7	7	24
Washington Redwings	0	0	7	8	15

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee Titans	0	3	21	14	38
Kansas City Chiefs	5	24	14	0	43

	1	2	3	4	Total
Los Angeles Chargers	0	3	0	0	3
Kansas City Chiefs	6	21	17	7	51

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cleveland Browns	3	10	17	14	44
Kansas City Chiefs	17	21	0	7	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	2	27	0	6	35
Jacksonville Jaguars	0	7	7	18	32

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas City Chiefs	0	13	14	7	34
Los Angeles Chargers	24	0	10	21	55

Super Bowl LVI
Seattle Seahawks (3) Kansas City Chiefs (4) (NFC) (AFC) (11–6) (11–6) 35 38 1 2 3 4 Total SEA 0 7 19 9 35 KC 7 21 7 3 38
Date	February 6, 2022
Stadium	SoFi Stadium
City	Los Angeles, California
MVP	Patrick Mahomes, QB
Favorite	Seahawks by 2.5
National anthem
Coin toss	Ty Law, Isaac Bruce, Troy Brown, Ed Reed, and Warren Sapp
Referee	John Parry
Halftime show
Attendance	71,945
TV in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Al Michaels (play-by-play) Cris Collinsworth (analyst) Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter) Edgar López (play-by-play- Universo) René Giraldo and Rolando Cantú (analysts- Universo) Verónica Contreras (sidelines- Universo)
Nielsen Ratings	47.3 (national) 56.2 (Kansas City) 49.1 (Los Angeles) 57.4 (Seattle)
Market share	71 (national)
Cost of 30-second commercial	$5.9 million
Super Bowl LVI Program   Super Bowl >

Super Bowl LVI
Green Bay Packers (6) Kansas City Chiefs (2) (NFC) (AFC) (9–8) (13–4) 31 35 1 2 3 4 Total GB 0 14 0 17 31 KC 7 7 7 14 35
Date	February 6, 2022
Stadium	SoFi Stadium
City	Los Angeles, California
MVP	Chris Jones, DT
Favorite	Chiefs by 8
National anthem
Coin toss	Ty Law representing the class of Super Bowl XXXVI
Referee	John Parry
Halftime show
Attendance	72,381
TV in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Al Michaels (play-by-play) Cris Collinsworth (analyst) Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter) Edgar López (play-by-play- Universo) René Giraldo and Rolando Cantú (analysts- Universo) Verónica Contreras (sidelines- Universo)
Nielsen Ratings	45.9 (national) 56.1 (Kansas City) 48.4 (Los Angeles) 55.3 (Milwaukee)
Market share	67 (national)
Cost of 30-second commercial	$5.9 million
Super Bowl LVI Program   Super Bowl >

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	NFL.com recap
1	September 9	at Buffalo Bills	W 24–20	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium
2	September 19	at Denver Broncos	W 30–21	2–0	Empower Field at Mile High
3	September 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–7	3–0	Heinz Field
4	October 4	at Las Vegas Raiders	W 31–27	4–0	Arrowhead Stadium
5	October 10	New York Giants	L 17–23	4–1	Arrowhead Stadium
6	October 17	Dallas Cowboys	L 22–46	4–2	Arrowhead Stadium
7	October 24	at Los Angeles Chargers	L 21–24	4–3	SoFi Stadium
8	October 31	Las Vegas Raiders	W 38–31	5–3	Allegiant Stadium
9	November 7	Denver Broncos	L 37–39	5–4	Arrowhead Stadium
10	November 14	at Baltimore Ravens	L 31–42	5–5	Arrowhead Stadium
11	November 21	at Cincinnati Begnals	W 35–31	6–5	Template:Country data United Kingdom Wembley Stadium (London)
12	Bye
13	December 5	Philadelphia Eagles	W 56–25	7–5	Lincoln Financial Field
14	December 12	at Cleveland Browns	W 48–42	8–5	FirstEnergy Stadium
15	December 19	Green Bay Packers	W 38–35	9–5	Arrowhead Stadium
16	December 25	at Washington Redwings	W 23–16	10–5	FedEx Field
17	January 1	Tennessee Titans	W 37–24	11–5	Arrowhead Stadium
18	January 8	Los Angeles Chargers	W 56–17	12–5	Arrowhead Stadium

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.