NFL Expands to 17-Game Schedule, Adds Chiefs vs. Packers for 2021 Season

Originally posted on FanNation Arrowhead Report
By Joshua Brisco | Last updated 3/30/21

The NFL has officially expanded to a 17-game regular-season schedule, beginning in 2021. Now, the Kansas City Chiefs have one more opponent to face in 2021: Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.

The Chiefs and Packers have faced only once during Patrick Mahomes's time in Kansas City, and Mahomes missed the game due to his kneecap injury suffered earlier in the 2019 season. Matt Moore got the start against Rodgers and the Chiefs fell short, 31-24.

Tom Pelissero of NFL Network tweeted the entire slate of newly added games, along with an outline of how the NFL's schedule will change from here on out.

In 2021, the AFC side is hosting this odd-numbered game, while next year, the NFC will have home-field advantage. Here's the full description of the NFL's plan for their once-per-year interconference game that will account for Game 17:

One interconference game based on the prior year's standings on a rotating four-year cycle (one game). These games match a first-place team from one division against a first-pace team in an opposite conference division that the team is not scheduled to play that season. The second-place, third-place and fourth-place teams in each division are matched in the same way each year. The home conference for this game will rotate each season.

This story is being updated.

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