NFL Week 1 Friday: Chiefs face Chargers in Brazil

In 2024, the NFL held a regular season game in Brazil for the first time, broadening its desired reach into South America. That game featured the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers, two teams which surely are grateful that they are not making the long trip south to start off the 2025 season.

This year, the NFL is running it back with another Friday night game in Brazil, this time featuring a pair of AFC West rivals. The Los Angeles Chargers are the designated home team for tonight’s game, with the Kansas City Chiefs playing the roles of the visitors as they begin a quest for a fourth consecutive Super Bowl appearance.

The Chargers enter year two of their Jim Harbaugh era after leading the NFL in scoring defense during his first season as the team’s head coach. The defense’s game-to-game numbers told a different story, however — they went through a stretch in which they gave up 27 or more points in four of six games, then lost in the playoffs to the Houston Texans 32-12. However, they did not allowed just 17 and 19 points to the Chiefs in the two meetings a year ago, though they still lost both of those games due to unproductive offensive performances.

Can the Chiefs put up another low-scoring, one-possession victory in this game, something they have done with such regularity during Patrick Mahomes’ tenure as the starting quarterback? Tune in tonight to find out.