Andy Reid not ready to reveal if Chiefs starters will play Sunday - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid's history points to the Chiefs resting Patrick Mahomes and as many other key players as possible in Sunday's final regular season game against the Broncos in Denver.

However, Reid said Monday he wasn't ready to reveal his plans for the game until he has a chance to speak with players.

The Broncos (9-7) would clinch the AFC's final wild-card berth with a victory over the Chiefs.

Whatever way the Chiefs go, Reid said the Chiefs would pick up the pace some in practice.

«I know that you've got to keep yourself relative with practices and make sure that you stay sharp, and you don't want to get too far away from it in the playoffs because everything gets a little bit faster in the playoffs every level that you go up,'' Reid said. „So, you've got to make sure that you [because] it's single elimination your game's at the peak each time you play.''

The 15-1 Chiefs clinched the AFC's top playoff seed and the conference's only first-round playoff bye with their Christmas Day victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since their playoff game in the divisional round won't be played until either Jan. 18 or 19, many of the Chiefs' key players will have a gap of 23 or 24 days between games if they don't play against the Broncos.

Faced with a similar situation in 2020, Reid opted to rest Mahomes and other regulars for the final regular season game. They won both of their first two playoff games and advanced to Super Bowl LV, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The game against the Steelers finished an 11-day stretch in which the Chiefs played three times.

“I'm not recommending that you do that every year, but… I think we'll be OK from it because of the rest that we gained here and that we also have the