Sports The NFL is back. Here are 3 big questions as the season kicks off September 4, 202511:13 AM ET Becky Sullivan The NFL season is here and the league has made its season kickoff a weekend-long event, with a season opener hosted by the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday night followed by three more primetime matchups on Friday, Sunday and Monday.
Patrick Smith hide caption toggle caption Patrick Smith The NFL season is here, and what a start: The league has made its season kickoff a weekend-long event, with a season opener hosted by the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday night followed by three more primetime matchups on Friday, Sunday and Monday, each pitting together two Super Bowl hopefuls in matchups with plenty of narrative intrigue. Media NFL and ESPN reach nonbinding agreement for sale of NFL Network and other media assets This season, the league's ever-expanding quest to win fans and screens worldwide will include a record-setting seven international games, including new host cities Dublin and Berlin, and games broadcast exclusively on four different streaming platforms including the returns of Prime Video's Black Friday game and Netflix's Christmas doubleheader alongside the usual weekly TV lineups on Fox, CBS, NBC, and ESPN.
And this week, after pop star Taylor Swift's Instagram-breaking engagement announcement to Kansas City Chiefs celebrity tight end Travis Kelce (the 9th most liked post on Instagram ever), NFL commissioner Roger Goodell coyly declined to deny the possibility of a Swift halftime show at the Super Bowl. "It's a maybe," Goodell said with a smile on the Today show.
What's not a maybe: Football is back, and with it the storylines and drama of a new season about to unfold. Read on for three big questions looming over the start of the year.
*Reporting by Npr.*
