After an offseason of bold predictions and rising contenders, the AFC sent a clear message in Week 1: the Kansas City Chiefs are no longer untouchable.
While the Kansas City Chiefs have well-documented rivalries within the AFC West, success in the Mahomes era has sparked new rivalries across the entire AFC. Being compared weekly to teams led by Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Joe Burrow comes with the territory when you’ve won three Super Bowls.
Now, in 2025, it's no longer a quiet aspiration to be better than Kansas City, it’s an open objective.