The Kansas City Chiefs are the darlings of the NFL schedule once again, and the team the league is banking on to turn in huge ratings. With the NFL schedule being unveiled this week, the Chiefs will be featured in seven prime-time games -- five in the first eight weeks of the season.

The Giants, despite having a last-place schedule after finishing at the bottom of the NFC East, have the NFL’s hardest schedule for 2025 based on the team’s 2024 winning percentage of .547, according to Yahoo. The 49ers, who finished last in the NFC West, have the league’s easiest 17-game slate with a .415 opposing winning percentage.

The league didn't have to pick the Chiefs, but it did. That came despite avoiding a divisional game in every other international matchup this season and a long history of doing so.