Broncos-Chiefs set for ‘Monday Night Football’ Week 1 opener
Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images The NFL is banking its Monday Night Football Week 1 opener on two quarterbacks who may not be healthy enough to play in it. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the first primetime matchup of the season on the Worldwide Leader’s airwaves will be the Denver Broncos vs. the Kansas City Chiefs, with a site yet to be determined as the NFL is still finalizing its schedule ahead of Thursday’s release.
The Denver Broncos will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs for this season’s first Monday Night Football game! Joe Buck is here with more details. #MNF pic.
twitter. com/mMZnn4Vp4P — Good Morning America (@GMA) May 12, 2026 It remains to be seen whether Patrick Mahomes (torn ACL and LCL) and Bo Nix (fractured ankle) are healthy enough to play. If neither can suit up, the league would settle for Justin Fields versus Jarrett Stidham in its first Monday night window, with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on the call.
“Yeah, I mean, well, first of all, we know that Patrick Mahomes is not human,” said Buck, who announced the matchup on Good Morning America Tuesday morning. “So, he will. He probably healed after a week.
But he’s evidently ahead of schedule. Bo Nix missed the AFC Championship Game with a bad ankle, but he is supposedly good to go and ready for training camp. So, hopeful that within that matchup we get Mahomes and Nix, which makes it that much better.