- Where: Arena Corinthians (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Already: 20:00 ET
- Ways to watch: YouTube, NFL+
NFL football returns to Brazil for the second year in a row to bridge the gap between the Kickoff game 2025 and all action 1 on Sunday.
This time, fans in São Paulo will be treated to the AFC West competition between two players from the previous season, with Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers Square off with early bragging rights on the line.
Although Kansas City won both games last season on the way to capture the league and on seven games victory over the Los Angeles, only nine combined points of the clubs head in 2024.
Each team has endured a long, long waiting since the loss of play games ended their periods. For the chargers, it was 32-12 Villikarkelli that sent them home, but 40-22 broke into the Super Bowl Lix (which was at one point 34 points a slope) destroyed Chief’s search for three peat.
Friday marks opportunities on the ground to finally turn the page and it will all go down to Brazil where the NFL continues to grow worldwide.
Three must know the storyline
1) Which version of Mahomes appeared in 2025? The once unstoppable Patrick Mahomes has become a smidge that can be prevented in recent years despite continuing their victory. MVP’s double culture was, on average, the festival of its festival (245.5) and past the meters per attempt (6.8) in 2024, the first period in which he failed to murder the 4,000 meter stage that came from his start in 2018. His offense ended in 15th place in the middle. Kansas City’s drive to average for violation has not been an by -product of only one. Chiefs’ defense emerged as a power plant and assumed a methodological, deliberate approach to violation to control the time of domination, but there has also been a lack of constant good passing. Will Mahomes start sending it out again to try to improve the loss of Super Bowl, or will the new norm will continue in another campaign? He will need Travis Kelcewho showed certain signs of slowing down last year, preventing the time of father a little longer and Xavier worthy To continue the progress, he showed at the end of his newcomer campaign. Per Rase rice postponed for the first six games of the team and the rookie Jalen royals excluded for open, some combination of Marquise Brown, Juju Smith-Schuster And Tyquan Thornton Must also step up – high project against defense no. 1 last year in points.
2) Herbert has in all respects rebuilt Arsenal at its disposal. Jim Harbaugh, Coach Charger, said in July that Justin HerbertThe biggest weakness is really everyone around him who fall under his level. One way to remedy such scenario, true or not, is to stack a player. That is exactly what the chargers have done. Los Angeles used a choice in the first round Omarion Hampton and signed Najee HarrisWhich is ready to leave the eye injuries during the season, to create a new back guard duo. The team landed a broad receiver Tre Harris In the second round and in the camps brought old reliable Keenan Allen For his 12th period with the balls after one year away. Ladd McConkey Is coming from the star for the first period and should reach a little less defensive attention thanks to the reinforcements. Quentin Johnston is still in the equation and led the team with eight got a touchdown in 2024, but it is hot and cold and sensitive to drops. New Corps should reduce Johnston’s pressure that needs to be filled with the WR2 role weekly. LA even strengthened the dense end position by adding Tyler Conklinthat has reel in 50 plus receptions for four bone years, parallel Will in the indirect. There are a lot of moving things here and the difficulty level with seamlessly incorporated then marked some notch thanks to the left tackle Rashawn SlaterThe season ending the seasons, but Herbert’s support group is much more diverse and more influential than at this time last year. What better the first test than to go against the mighty rulers?
3) This match sets the tone. Kansas City feels inevitable at this point. The rulers, winners of nine straight AFC West titles, are a league crown from participating in Patriots as the only team in the history of NFL to capture their league for a decade in a row. Patrick Mahomes is 19-4 in the first month of the season; .826 his victory percentage in September is only under only the cowboy myth Roger Stabach (22-4, .846) at the Super Bowl times. Plus, as mentioned above, the chargers have not tasted victory against their torment from Arrowhead since 2021. Nothing stays the same. Jim Harbaugh is known for building the winners and he has now had a whole year to distribute his influence. Both these teams meet abroad with crushed defenses, top -class team manager and all opportunities in the world play games. Broncos’ lineup cannot be ignored, but it is the princes and chargers who finished one and two in the league last year. Should Los Angeles finally victorious, it could be the first step in what could finally be the years in balls. If not, Chiefs can fly back to Kansas City and know that they still have their foot in their closest league competition from a season.