At the midway point of Opening Night, Chiefs captains Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, Nick Bolton, Harrison Butker and James Winchester represented the team on stage, as did coach Andy Reid. The players embraced the Eagles captains, including Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown, while Reid and Nick Sirianni shook hands.

Roster construction in the modern-day NFL is often a matter of priorities and that meant the Chiefs could only realistically keep one of these two players, with the team moving to land Jones, handing him a five-year $158.75million deal to remain at Arrowhead Stadium, while Sneed was franchise tagged and then traded to the Tennessee Titans.