What to Watch For: Chiefs vs Patriots
Thursday, September 07, 2017
The New England Patriots are set to open up the regular season when they host the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium on Thursday night.
"I mean, the opener's always pretty - you know, everyone's pretty amped up for this one. We've been waiting a long time for this. But yeah, starting the season and I know they've got a lot of events planned, so probably families are coming in. It's a big game and it's an important one. You know, we're playing one of the best teams in the AFC," said Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during his press conference earlier this week.
Kick off is set for Thursday, September 7 at 8:30 p.m. The game can be seen on NBC.
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Patriots vs. Chiefs
The Patriots and Chiefs will meet for the first time since January of 2016 when the Patriots beat Kansas City 27-20 in a divisional playoff game at Gillette Stadium.
The meeting before that came in 2014 in Kansas City when the Chiefs beat the Patriots 41-14.
"They’re always tough. We’ve always had great battles with them. I don’t think anybody’s – I can think of too many teams that have handled us better than the way they handled us in 2014. That was one game but there have been a lot of great competitive games," said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick during his Wednesday press conference.
The Patriots are 11-6-2 all-time against the Chiefs at Gillette Stadium. Kansas City has not won a game in Foxboro since 1990.
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