Arrowhead Pride
Nebraska vs. Cincinnati at Arrowhead draws Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift and Patrick Mahomes | ESPN
From Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, last Saturday to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday, the initial weeks of the 2025 college football season have brought the sport to some unconventional venues.
On Thursday night, the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Cincinnati Bearcats faced off at the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, playing their Week 1 matchup in front of Arrowhead’s 76,000-plus capacity.
With both teams looking to start their seasons strong, the buzz in Kansas City was notable. From star Chiefs quarterback (and purported lookalike of Cornhuskers quarterback Dylan Raiola) Patrick Mahomes to former Bearcats Jason and Travis Kelce, plenty of star names weighed in — and both fanbases had a strong presence at the stadium.
Tier 1: In a league of their own (1)
Kansas City Chiefs
As mentioned above, the Kansas City Chiefs remain a step above the rest of the AFC until proven otherwise in January. Kansas City has seven consecutive seasons with a playoff win, which is the second-longest streak of all time behind only the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick New England Patriots from 2011 to 2018. Kansas City’s nine consecutive division titles are the second-longest such streak in NFL history behind only the 11 the Brady-Belichick Patriots won from 2009 to 2019.
No matter how unstable the Chiefs may look at times, their 17 consecutive wins in one-score games (including the playoffs) is the longest streak of all-time, they seem to always find a way. That’s why they remain at a level of their own entering the 2025 season.
How to handle Rashee Rice suspension, other murky situations in fantasy football | The Athletic
Now that we have all the details on the Rice suspension, I’ll be slightly more aggressive drafting him than my WR36 rank would suggest, assuming a league of typical size and shape. I’d be a buyer when we reach the Jaylen Waddle-Rome Odunze range.
In my first live draft following the suspension news, he was taken with the No. 60 overall pick, the final selection in the fifth round (not by me). Ideally, if you’re inclined to draft Rice, he’d be slotted as your team’s first flex. If he’s the first or second receiver on your roster, you’re in for a bumpy ride.
A significant complicating factor with Rice is that he will not be eligible for an IR spot, so it’s not as if he’s some fantasy free square. He’s going to occupy a bench spot for the first six weeks, which is nearly half of your fantasy regular season. If you happen to play in a short-bench league — let’s say four spots or fewer — it’s fair to consider him undraftable....
