Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will play at least eight independent games in the upcoming NFL season.

Their Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles will not be one of them.

The teams will meet in Week 2 of Kansas City in the afternoon game at Fox, one of many Marquee games announced Wednesday night as the NFL unveiled its 272-game schedule for 2025.

Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Eagles took over the Chiefs' rule 40-22, capturing the second Vince Lombardy Trophy in February. Philadelphia is winning seven independent games.

Among the week 1 highlights announced Wednesday night:

•Josh Allen and Buffalo Bills will visit Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football. Allen won Jackson's NFL MVP award last season, and Jackson is the first-team global quarterback for the Associated Press. The two teams also met in January in the AFC divisional round, with Buffalo winning.

It will be Buffalo's first season to open a home game since 2000.

•If free agent Aaron Rodgers eventually signs with Pittsburgh, he will no longer wait for free agents to face his former team. The Steelers will visit the New York Jets, which now owns former Pittsburgh quarterback Justin Fields.

•Pete Carroll returns to the sideline, this time the Raiders coach will be held in his former New England, with Las Vegas taking over as new coach Mike Mike Vrabel and Patriots Drake Maye.

•Star two-way rookie Travis Hunter will debut in the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Carolina Panthers.

•On September 7, the No. 1 pick CAM WARD can make its NFL debut against the Tennessee Titans against Bo Nix and the Broncos.

The full unveiling of 2025 Slate Wednesday night, with announcements on the schedule released for the week, September 4, the Cowboys-Eggers season opener, all seven international games and previous holiday matchups.

The Chiefs will score the Los Angeles Charger in the second league game in Brazil at the Corinthian Arena in Sao Paulo on September 5 after the Hawks lifted the championship banner before facing the Cowboys.

The Chiefs visited Dallas on Thanksgiving and hosted the Denver Broncos on Christmas Eve. Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons and the Cowboys will also play football during the two holidays. They will visit Jayden Daniels and Commander Washington to start on Christmas Day, Thursday. Dallas will also play the Detroit Lions in Week 14, making the Cowboys the first team to have four games in a single season in league history.

The Chiefs are scheduled to play three games Sunday night: the New York Giants in Week 3; the Lions on October 12; and the Kansas City held two Monday nights in the same month on December 7: the Jaguars on October 6 and the Commander on October 27.

The Chiefs AFC Championship will be held in Buffalo on November 2.

"I like it." Bill offensive tackle Dion Dawkins told the NFL Network during Week 9. “They are one of those teams and you want to hate them, but the game is always so good. The game is always so high. It’s like one of those games, one of them, I really like to play. You want to win the game.

The NFC Championship game between the Eagles and Commanders will be held in Washington on December 20. Two weeks later, the team met again after Week 18.

Barkley and the Champion Eagles will visit the Giants on October 9 on Thursday Night Football and will host the Lions Party on Sunday, November 16.

Philadelphia is the only team that has not been playing home games continuously at any time this season.

Information from ESPN Research and Associated Press are used in this report.