Well, ladies and gentlemen, after 30 straight weeks of no professional football, we finally made it! The new season is upon us, and we hit the ground running with a great game that will shape the top of the NFC to kick it off!

The Philadelphia Eagles rolled in the Super Bowl in defeating the Patriots



They went 13-3 in the regular season, featuring some of the best team TD celebrations.





And they raise their first Super Bowl banner tonight



The Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles gets the start tonight, while we're still waiting on Carson Wentz to be cleared to play.

Their opponent tonight is the team that was in the Super Bowl 2 years ago. They still have this guy:



Without holding out, he made some passive-aggressive twitter profile changes, and got his contract "adjusted."

They still have 2016 MVP Matt Ryan, who should be very, very gruntled after getting an extension to make him the highest paid NFL player, for 2 seconds until Rodgers got his deal re-done.



The offense took a step back from 2016's lofty heights under Offensive Coordinator Steve Sarkisian. But having a balanced roster means you can take the best player available in the draft, and the Falcons took the best WR in this draft, Calvin Ridley, to be their #3.



Hopefully, with another year in Sarkisian's system, the offense will perform closer to 2016's statistics.

The top of the NFC is much stronger and deeper than the top of the AFC. The winner of this game will be making a statement in the conference, and a stake for the #1 overall seed in the playoffs.

Let us football!

woot woot

So glad to finally have NFL FOOTBAWL back on my television

weeeeeeeee

Lettuce NFL

who do we like tonight, lads? no alshon or wentz

Eagles by 10

Lightening delay........

first they eliminate hitting above or below the waist and now they can't play because it's raining?

nice OP dude woot! let's go!

NFL
swami
peehs

it's all happening baby

Last call for your swami picks! Eagles/Falcons pick ends when kick is in the air, rest are due by halftime

egads the NFL has become a ****show

**** another half hour of this before kick-off. thanks nike

Falcons by 10

I wanna see the Kaep ad... and enjoy the rustling that ensues

Lol wtf was that

lmao

Omg what is this

Cris has a huge head and Al no neck

Rodney Harrison going real expert: yea he's pumped up waving his hands to the fans

boyees to men

this should be good

always love a good boyz to the retirement home anthem

It's like they are trying to bring everyone to their knees.

D-

A++ anthem

They've come to the end of the road