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The NFL season is less than four weeks away and there is plenty of reason to be excited for it.
The league has never played games in more countries, with viewership for plenty of big-time games least season breaking records.
The Kansas City Chiefs enter the campaign as back-to-back Super Bowl champions, with no team having won three in a row in the Super Bowl era.
No team as the two-time-defending champion made it back to the Super Bowl that season.
We’ll start with a look at 10 reasons to be excited for the NFL season with maybe the most popular person in the Chiefs’ kingdom, and her Hall of Fame tight end boyfriend.
Travis Kelce will be on the NFL’s most-popular players due to his relationship with Swift
Swift is sure to be at several Kansas City Chiefs games this season supporting her boyfriend
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift‘s second album
The central figures of the last NFL season will be back and are doing better than ever.
After several appearances at Swift’s sold-out ‘Eras Tour’, Kelce will be the star of his own show with Swift likely in the crowd at several games.
Last year, the Chiefs had a 10-3 record with Swift attending their games, including all four playoff victories in different cities.
While the final dates of Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ will take her away from Kelce in November and December, the ‘Anti-Hero’ singer would be free for another Chiefs playoff run.
Aaron Rodgers is fully healthy and hopes to bring the New York Jets back to the postseason
Aaron Rodgers is healthy, for now
After a high-profile offseason where he was traded from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets, Rodgers made it four snaps before tearing his Achilles and not playing again until 2024.
Now, fully healthy, the four-time NFL MVP returns to the sidelines at nearly 41 hoping to return the Jets to playoff glory.
Rodgers has a good supporting cast around him and a playoff berth is not out of the question.
Caleb Williams headlines a rookie quarterback class that also contains Jayden Daniels
Williams, Daniels, Maye, and more take the spotlight
This may be the deepest rookie quarterback class in NFL history.
Six of the first dozen picks from April’s NFL Draft were used on quarterbacks, including each of the first three.
Now Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, JJ McCarthy and more represent the next generation of NFL quarterbacks thrown into the deep end.
We’ll see how much playing time Michael Penix and Bo Nix get this fall.
Kelce will be on television screens around the world as an analyst for ESPN this season
Jason Kelce’s new gig
The NFL’s most-popular former center will now be a part of ESPN’s broadcast team for the upcoming season.
After retiring in March, Kelce became the hottest free agent in sports broadcasting.
Now, the lovable brother of Taylor Swift’s boyfriend can be heard from ESPN’s studio’s routinely this season.
Mahomes will lead the Chiefs towards NFL history, looking for a third straight Super Bowl
The Chiefs chase NFL history
Even with all the extra attention Kansas City is getting because of Swift, the Chiefs have won back-to-back championships and no team in the Super Bowl era has won three in a row.
It is most of the same crew as last season, with Patrick Mahomes, Kelce, and Chris Jones having a huge say in whether the Chiefs dynasty gets this piece of NFL history.
There are plenty of worthwhile challengers on the horizon for the Chiefs with a loaded AFC.
Bill Belichick is not in the NFL for the first time in five decades, and that might not be for long
Bill Belichick is waiting
For the first time since 1974, Belichick does not have an NFL coaching job.
There is no chance there is not a mid-season firing at the helm from at least two NFL teams.
While Belichick is 72 and his broadcast dreams wait, does a struggling team bring on one of the greatest coaches of all-time?
Tom Brady begins the next phase of his NFL career, as a color commentator for Fox Sports
Brady in the broadcast booth
Tom Brady will be back in NFL stadiums every Sunday, high above those stadiums.
Brady’s $375million gig as Fox’s No 1 color football commentator begins and he’ll likely be on the call for a Patriots or Buccaneers game eventually.
Brady won’t be returning to the gridiron, so keeping the best quarterback in history near the game is a win for fans.
The problems between Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni have been publicized in Philadelphia
Jalen Hurts vs. Nick Sirianni
A rare public feud between head coach and starting quarterback, where it becomes more interesting with each loss.
The Philadelphia Eagles had a horrible end to last season, falling in six of their last seven games.
Hurts received a massive contract extension, so he is not going anywhere. So that leaves Sirianni as vulnerable.
Jim Harbaugh returns to the NFL after a successful run at Michigan, his alma mater
Jim Harbaugh is back in the NFL
After nine years coaching his alma mater, Michigan, Harbaugh returns to the NFL and avoids what is essentially a four-year suspension.
The league is much different than what he left in San Francisco, and now taking over the Los Angeles Chargers is a tough ask, despite star Justin Herbert at quarterback.
Harbaugh has been a winner at every stop of his head-coaching career, with that trend expected to continue in Los Angeles.
The NFL’s new kickoff rules went into effect this season, with the hope of seeing more action
New kickoff rules
The NFL changed its kickoff rules for this season, trying to avoid the growing number of touchbacks in the league, and injuries when the ball is returned.
With most of the players standing within 10 yards of each other before the play starts, we’ll see how special-teams coordinators get creative with the new formations.
Does this open up more opportunities for kick-return specialists like Xavier Gipson and Braxton Berrios?