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NFL football is officially back. Finally.

Since the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl 59 in February, a full 207 days have passed ahead of their 2025 regular-season kickoff opener against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. In between? There was a draft, free agency, Micah Parsons got traded from the Cowboys, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged, Nike rolled out some slick new uniforms ... but no legit NFL football.

But now our cups runneth over. Following Eagles-Cowboys, the Week 1 smorgasbord rolls onward Friday night, when Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs face the Los Angeles Chargers in São Paulo, and Swift will reportedly be in attendance at Corinthians Arena.

Sunday's 13-game stack kicks off with Pittsburgh Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers' return to "JetLife" Stadium and ends with a playoff rematch between former MVP Lamar Jackson's Baltimore Ravens and reigning MVP Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills.

Week 1 ends Monday night in Chicago, where the new-look Bears will host the Minnesota Vikings in QB J.J. McCarthy's first regular-season start.

Can't. Wait.

(But to tide you over in the interim, Week 1 picks from USA TODAY Sports' panel of NFL experts.)

(Odds provided by BetMGM)

  • Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
  • Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers
  • New York Giants at Washington Commanders
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
  • Las Vegas Raiders at New England Patriots
  • Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints
  • Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets
  • Miami Dolphins at Indianapolis Colts
  • Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns
  • Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars
  • San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
  • Tennessee Titans at Denver Broncos
  • Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
  • Houston Texans at Los Angeles Rams
  • Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills
  • Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL Week 1 picks straight up and against spread: Bills or Ravens on 'SNF'?

Reporting by Nate Davis, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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