Crack open a beverage, place a wing order and cargo up on the ranch — or blue cheese in the event you’re in Buffalo — the NFL is again, child.
After wandering a soccer desert speckled with the mirages of preseason video games for the previous seven months, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs — reigning Tremendous Bowl champs — are internet hosting the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC title sport rematch to kick off the common season.
Whereas Patrick Mahomes’ bid for a uncommon three-peat begins in earnest tonight, Lamar Jackson is trying to find what could be simply his second victory towards Kansas Metropolis. Though the 2 every have a pair of league MVP trophies, the rivalry between them is lopsided. Jackson is 1-4 all time towards the Mahomes-led Chiefs, together with final yr’s 17-10 loss within the playoffs by which Jackson accomplished 20 of 37 makes an attempt for 272 yards with a landing and an interception and was sacked 4 occasions.
This time every, quarterback enters the sport with new supporting forged members, together with Ravens operating again Derrick Henry and speedy Chiefs rookie receiver Xavier Worthy. Some previous faces return, too, together with a pair of tight ends in Swiftie-in-Chief Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews.
Do not be fooled into studying an excessive amount of into tonight’s outcomes, regardless of the way it seems. A yr in the past, the Tremendous Bowl-defending Chiefs misplaced 21-20 to the Detroit Lions within the Thursday night time opener at Arrowhead.
5 months later, the Chiefs have been coated in confetti and the Lions have been at residence after a heartbreaking exit within the NFC title sport.
