The Chiefs will only play three home games before Nov. 29, and part of the reason is that they asked to be on the road for three weekends in October and November.
After the Chiefs announced that Arrowhead Stadium would become the new home of the American Royal barbecue this October, Chiefs president Mark Donovan said the team asked the NFL for road games the weekend of the Royal, as well as the weekend of a fall NASCAR race and the weekend of a Missouri-BYU college football game at Arrowhead.
“We asked the NFL to consider putting us away that Oct.