The Kansas City Chiefs will look to remain in the win column on Sunday as they take on the Cincinnati Bengals at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

Here are five things to keep in mind heading into game day.

1. Here's a look at the final injury report for both teams.

The Chiefs are in relatively good shape injury-wise heading into Sunday, with the one exception being wide receiver Hollywood Brown (shoulder), who was placed on Injured Reserve on Friday.

As for Cincinnati, the Bengals listed wide receiver Tee Higgins (hamstring), offensive tackle Amarius Mims (pectoral), and tight end Tanner Hudson (knee) as "Doubtful" for Sunday's game. Additionally, rookie defensive tackle Kris Jenkins (thumb) is listed as "Out."

Higgins, who didn't play last week due to the injury, is one of the better receivers in the NFL and will be a significant loss if he can't play on Sunday. He caught 42 passes for 656 yards and five touchdowns in just 12 games last season, and in the two seasons prior, the 25-year-old Higgins topped the 1,000-yard receiving mark in each.

2. The Bengals allowed 170 rushing yards last week.

The Patriots upset Cincinnati last Sunday in one of the more surprising outcomes of Week 1, and a primary reason behind that result was the performance of New England's rushing attack, which racked up 170 yards as a team.

Running back Rhamondre Stevenson led the way with 120 yards on 25 carries, averaging 4.8 yards-per-attempt. He also led the NFL in yards-after-contact (118) and forced missed tackles (10) last week. That effort ate up a lot of clock, too, as Cincinnati was limited to just eight offensive possessions on Sunday – the lowest figure for any team in Week 1.

The Chiefs averaged only 3:03 minutes and 6.2 plays across their five scoring drives last week, so it's unlikely Kansas City deploys a "keep away" style offense like New England did, but a commitment to the running game could still make a difference. Keep in mind, the top statistical game of running back Isiah Pacheco's career took place against the Bengals in Week 17 of last season. He rushed for 130 yards on just 18 carries in that game, averaging a whopping 7.2 yards-per-attempt.

3. Kansas City will have to find a way to contain edge rusher Trey Hendrickson.

The Bengals feature one of the league's top pass-rushers in Hendrickson, whose 17.5 sacks last season ranked second in the NFL behind only T.J. Watt. He didn't record a sack last week, but he did tally a team-best six pressures.

The man who will be primarily tasked with blocking Hendrickson will be left tackle Kingsley Suamataia, who made the first start of his career last week against Baltimore. Offensive Coordinator Matt Nagy spoke about Suamataia's performance on Thursday:

"I thought he did well. That's not an easy stage to be on in that first game against that defense," Nagy said. "There is some [opportunity for] growth, for sure, technique-wise and fundamentally, but for the most part, if you asked me [what I would think] if he came out of that first game playing that way, I'd take that all day long."

Suamataia will need to be at his best once again on Sunday.

4. The Cincinnati offense was centered around short, quick passes last week.

The Bengals have become known for their vertical passing game over the years as quarterback Joe Burrow and his weapons in the passing game, notably wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, have demonstrated an ability to stretch the field. For context, Cincinnati racked seventh in the league in "air yards" in 2022, which marked the last full season in which Burrow was healthy.

Additionally, between the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Burrow ranked second among all quarterbacks with an average yards-per-attempt figure of 8.07. It's all to say that Cincinnati likes to air out the football, but when examining last week's loss to New England, the Bengals instead emphasized a quick, short passing game throughout the contest.

The reasoning behind that approach was likely to avoid the Patriots' pass-rush, which recorded three sacks on Burrow. So, to combat that, when Burrow wasn't pressured, his average depth of target was just 4.5 yards downfield. Additionally, on those throws, Burrow's average release time was only 2.33 seconds.

That approach can be effective, but it's reliant on playmakers racking up yards after-the-catch. The Patriots tackled well last week, and as a result, Cincinnati recorded just 71 yards after-the-catch throughout the game, marking the 10th fewest of any team.

So, it will be interesting to see what Cincinnati chooses to do schematically on Sunday, but for what it's worth, the Chiefs' pass-rush was impressive against Baltimore. The box score, which only featured one sack on Ravens' quarterback Lamar Jackson, didn't tell the full story, either. Jackson, whose speed and agility at the quarterback position is perhaps the best in the history of the league, scrambled five times when under pressure last week. For context, that figure marked his most scrambles when under pressure since Week 5 of the 2021 season.

It's all to say that the Chiefs were continually disrupting the pocket against Baltimore, and while Jackson was able to extend several of those pressures into big plays with his legs, that effort by Kansas City's defense will result in sacks more often than not.

So, if the pass-rush is effective once again against the Bengals, and Burrow elects to deploy another short, quick passing attack, the Chiefs' ability to tackle will be of the utmost importance.

5. The Chiefs' defense has held opponents under 28 total points in 22 straight games.

Speaking of Kansas City's defense, Steve Spagnuolo's unit is currently in the midst of one of the longest runs of sustained success that the NFL has seen in quite a while.

The Chiefs have allowed fewer than 28 total points in 22 consecutive games dating back to Week 1 of last season (including the playoffs), marking the longest stretch for any team since Washington posted a 23-game streak between the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

Kansas City will aim to continue that streak with another strong defensive showing on Sunday, and while it's always a tough matchup when the Chiefs and Bengals take the field against one another, it also represents an excellent opportunity to notch a significant victory early in the 2024 campaign.