The Chiefs had one piece of injury news worth monitoring: Cornerback Chamarri Conner, who returned after missing two weeks because of a concussion, left the game and didn’t return after hurting his shoulder.

Luckily for Denver, they faced a Chiefs team that probably would have opted to skip the game altogether if they could have. In Week 17, Kansas City clinched the top seed in the AFC, meaning a loss to the Broncos wouldn't have affected where it stood in the standings.

The most notable of those games occurred in 2017 when the Chiefs had already clinched the AFC West title and had no chance of earning a bye. In that game, Reid rested then-starting quarterback Alex Smith for then-rookie Patrick Mahomes in what was Mahomes' first ever NFL start.