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Little has gone right for the Chiefs thus far, but they are only down a touchdown at halftime.

The Chiefs lost wide receiver Xavier Worthy to a shoulder injury on the third play and were dominated in the first half. The Chargers lead 13-6, and it felt even more lopsided than the score might indicate.

The Chargers outgained the Chiefs 211 to 133.

The Chiefs' first three drives went for a combined 12 plays and 28 yards before their fourth covered 16 plays and 49 yards. Still, Kansas City had to settle for a 35-yard Harrison Butker field goal.

The Chargers gifted them another Butker field goal on the final play of the half. Omarion Hampton committed a costly rookie error by running out of bounds with 49 seconds remaining with the Chiefs out of timeouts before Cameron Dicker's 36-yard field goal. It was enough time for Patrick Mahomes to direct a five-play, 31-yard drive that ended with Butker's 59-yard kick.

Mahomes went 12-of-21 for 98 yards with Tyquan Thornton catching two for 41. Isiah Pacheco has four carries for 21 yards.

The Chiefs are 0-for-7 on third down but have two fourth-down conversions.

Justin Herbert has completed 12 of 18 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown, a 5-yard throw to Quentin Johnston. Tyler Conklin has two catches for 50 yards and Ladd McConkey four for 49.

Hampton has eight carries for 31 yards.

Th Chargers went only 1-for-3 in the red zone as Dicker also had a 39-yard field goal.

The Chargers will receive the second-half kickoff.

Cover your eyes, football fans. The Chiefs could be heading to yet another Super Bowl.

They've been to five since 2019. Tonight in Brazil, the Chiefs commence their quest for four in a row.

The fact that the Chiefs need to make it to only one more, this year, to complete the quartet highlights comments made this week by Bills coach Sean McDermott, who offered a passionate defense of Buffalo by saying, in part, the Bills' journey to four straight Super Bowls "will never happen again."

On the surface, it didn't seem to be a diss of the three-time AFC champs. At another level, it operates as an implicit guarantee that the Chiefs won't do it this year, since that's all they need to make it to four in a row.

One of the biggest questions I've gotten in the days preceding the 2025 regular season is whether the Chiefs' window is closing. For that to happen, someone has to get their ass off the couch, walk over to the wall, and close it. In the postseason.

The Bills have had their chances. So have the Ravens. They've consistently failed. Joe Burrow is the only active AFC quarterback to have pulled the plug on a Patrick Mahomes Super Bowl run.

If no one does it this year, the Chiefs will show McDermott that the thing he said will never happen again has indeed occurred.

The Chargers will have starting right guard Mekhi Becton for tonight's season opener against the Chiefs.

Becton is not among the team's inactives.

It is unknown if he will play or how much he will play after an illness earlier in the day. Becton indicated in a social media post Friday that he was in a hospital getting intravenous fluids. He wrote: “Don’t eat the rice and beans in Brazil, bro.”

The Chargers added Becton to the injury report Friday.

Los Angeles' inactives are safety RJ Mickens, tight end Tucker Fisk, cornerback Nikko Reed, outside linebacker Kyle Kennard, tackle Foster Sarell, tight end Oronde Gadsden and defensive lineman Naquan Jones.

The Chiefs' inactives are wide receiver Jalen Royals (knee), tight end Jared Wiley, running back Elijah Mitchell, defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott (ankle), offensive lineman Hunter Nourzad and defensive end Malik Herring. Norman-Lott was questionable after limited practices all week.