Super Bowl rematches are nearly all the time overplayed — the revenge subplot and all — as though the Chiefs profitable a Week 2 regular-season recreation with the Eagles evens the ranking for the centerstage cave in in New Orleans that left Kansas City as runners-up in Super Bowl LIX.
But they’ll be primed for a recreation in September as a result of the timeslot and subplots, and to that we are saying: you’ll have it.
Here are 3 different video games we’re extra eager about than the LIX redo:
Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles, Nov. 16
The Sunday evening recreation in Week 11 will have to have some which means tied to it — in all probability the No. 1 seed within the NFC — and possibly some circuitry will hint to tiebreakers within the ultimate playoff bracket within the convention.
The Lions have been the most efficient workforce within the NFL within the steady season, with a consistency best matched by way of the Chiefs. Neither used to be excellent sufficient to say the Lombardi Trophy.
Two groups anchored in throwback dispositions and arguably the highest two offensive strains within the NFL, this recreation units up as a chess fit dotted with All-Pro ability on all sides of the ball.
Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders, Oct. 13
A Monday nighter in Maryland, D.C. child Caleb Williams will get an opportunity to run it again with Washington wunderkind Jayden Daniels. Daniels beat the Bears with an unbelievable 52-yard bomb, and the walk-off Hail Mary used to be sufficient to shake the tectonic plates in Chicago for every other training alternate.
Williams, the No. 1 select in 2024, is now paired with former Lions offensive guru Ben Johnson, and massive issues are anticipated.
Only larger issues are anticipated from the Commanders, who performed within the NFC Championship Game at the back of Daniels — drafted one spot after Williams — and first-year head trainer Dan Quinn.
Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills, Dec. 7
One of the flex applications may just come for this recreation, which merits a primetime perch and no distractions from different video games in the similar timeslot.
Joe Burrow and Josh Allen are subsequent to unattainable to prevent, and we don’t look forward to Buffalo or Cincinnati similar to the 1985 Chicago Bears defensively.