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The 2024 NFL Season is Finally Here!

Fans hold a sign welcoming Derrick Henry #22 to the Baltimore Ravens before a preseason game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Philadelphia Eagles at M&T Bank Stadium on August 9, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Henry was traded before the start of the 2024 NFL season

Fans hold a sign welcoming Derrick Henry #22 to the Baltimore Ravens before a preseason game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Philadelphia Eagles at M&T Bank Stadium on August 9, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

The 2024 NFL season is finally here! The two time defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs begin the defense of their titles Thursday night with a home game against the regular season MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs will attempt to become the first team in NFL history to pull off three straight Super Bowl wins.

And for the first time ever we have a Friday night tilt opening weekend from Brazil as the Packers play the Eagles in an international game. Last year the Packers figured some things out with young quarterback Jordan Love and were one of the hottest teams in the league late in the year. Meanwhile, the Eagles struggled through a complete late season collapse that is fresh in the memories of Philly fans everywhere.

Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles smiles prior to the preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lincoln Financial Field on August 24, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

THE 2024 NFL SEASON

After a full slate of games on Sunday afternoon, the Sunday night game features a rematch of an NFC playoff game from last year when the LA Rams come to Detroit to take on the Detroit Lions. The game also features another homecoming for former longtime Lions QB Matt Stafford as he tries to lead the Rams to his second Super Bowl title with LA.

More drama is at stake on Monday night when Aaron Rodgers leads the New York Jets out west to play the 49ers. Rodgers lasted 4 plays in his Jets debut last season before an achilles injury ended things before they got started. And the 49ers had numerous contract issues all summer but they seem to have ironed them all out in time for the season as they try to get back to the Super Bowl again.

Aaron Rodgers #8 of the New York Jets jokes with fans before their preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on August 17, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Yes, the 2024 NFL season is finally here!

For more NFL talk tune in each weekday from 2-6 to Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida. Welcome to the 2024 NFL Season!

Craig Shemon has been hosting afternoons on ESPN Southwest Florida since 2017. Prior to that he was a nationally syndicated host in Los Angeles at FOX Sports Radio and in Houston at Yahoo! Sports Radio. Along the way Craig did play-by-play for the NFL on FOX, NFL Europe, Big Ten Network, and The Citadel Radio Network. Craig is a native Detroiter and Indiana University graduate. He has been known to proudly display his Detroit and IU fandom on the air. Craig likes to write about athletes, create quizzes, and covers big sports headlines.