We finally made it! The 2022 NFL season kicks off Thursday night with an epic matchup between the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams and a Buffalo Bills squad who are favorites to make it to the big game this season.
The first week of the NFL provides plenty of high-profile matchups and storylines worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster. Big names in new places; players facing off against their former teams; division rivals kicking off the season. You name it, the NFL has got it.
As the 2022 NFL season kicks off, our 32 NFL Wire editors offered their reasons for why you should tune in to each game in Week 1.
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Bills vs. Rams
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Bills – The Bills were put in this spot for the first time for a reason. Buffalo is not only a Super Bowl favorite heading into 2022, they’ve been one of the most-exciting teams in the NFL for the last several years. In such a spotlight, kick it up a notch when you’ve got QB Josh Allen under center as well. While he hasn’t taken home the big hardware yet, it’s hard to debate that he’s not a gamer–And we haven’t even mentioned the last time we saw him on the field against the Kansas City Chiefs yet. – Nick Wojton, Bills Wire
Rams – Who wouldn’t want to watch the defending champions face this season’s Super Bowl favorites? As if that’s not enough, the Rams added Bobby Wagner and Allen Robinson, two Pro Bowl-caliber players to a team that already features three of the top 10 players in the NFL, according to the never-debated and highly accurate Top 100 list. The battle between Jalen Ramsey and Stefon Diggs should be fun to watch, too, and Cooper Kupp could be in for a huge game against a secondary that’s missing Tre’Davious White. – Cameron DaSilva, Rams Wire
Steelers vs. Bengals
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Steelers – The Steelers have themselves a brand new quarterback after 18 seasons of Ben Roethlisberger. You are going to want to tune in to see if Mitch Trubisky, who is a huge leap athletically can get the most out of what promises to be a very talented group of skill-position players while at the same time contending with an aggressive Bengals defense going against a shaky Steelers offensive line. You also don’t want to miss out on…
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