DeAndre Hopkins Believes The NFL Needs To Change 1 Thing After Season

The NFL is making DeAndre Hopkins and the Kansas City Chiefs work a busy holiday schedule.

Following Sunday's 21-7 win over the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City has one less day to prepare for Saturday's game against the Houston Texans. Four days later, the Chiefs will play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day.

During Thursday's press conference, Hopkins said he hasn't played this many games in such a condensed window throughout his 12-year career. The star wide receiver urged the league to avoid repeating these circumstances.

"I think the league should definitely do something about that," Hopkins said. "... As they preach player safety, I don't feel like this is the best situation for any team to play three games in this amount of days," Hopkins said, via Sports Radio 810 WHB. "I think the league should definitely try to review that after the season to see how they can help player safety in the future."

Last week, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid addressed the "unique situation" of playing three games in 11 days.

"You just have to manage it," Reid said. "It is what it is. You make the best of it, and you get your guys ready for the game."

Making matters worse, Patrick Mahomes won't be 100 percent for this stretch. The MVP quarterback suffered a high ankle sprain last Sunday but is expected to start on Saturday.

Before getting injured, Mahomes wasn't overjoyed about Kansas City's scheduling logjam.

"It's not a good feeling. I'm excited to play on Christmas to hopefully get back from what we did last year, but you never want to play this many games in this short of time," Mahomes said last week. "It's just not great for your body. But at the end of the day, it's your job, your profession. You have to come to work and do it."

At least Kansas City has some margin for error over the next two games. The 13-1 Chiefs wield the AFC's top seed, but the 11-3 Buffalo Bills are lingering with a head-to-head tiebreaker.