Are you excited yet? Now that the 2015 NFL regular season is officially here, all the predictions and handicapping that we have seen over the last several months can be thrown out the window. Teams will actually take to the field and decide what happens in live-game action. It’s what we have been waiting for since the Seattle Seahawks inexplicably passed from the one-yard line against the now defending champion New England Patriots back in February.
Week 1 may bring a ton of excitement for each team, but we already know that only a handful have a real shot at actually hoisting the Lombardi in Santa Clara at the end of the year. Two such teams will face off Thursday night.
Outside of that, John Fox begins his Chicago Bears tenure at home against the division-rival Green Bay Packers in what amounts to nothing less than a statement game for Fox’s squad. Meanwhile, Adrian Peterson takes to the field for the first time in a calendar year against a San Francisco 49ers team that’s coming off a disastrous offseason.
Those are just a couple of the top storylines heading into Week 1.