Grab a drink, order some wings, and enjoy some ranch (or blue cheese if you’re in Buffalo). The NFL is back, baby.

After spending the past seven months wandering through a football desert that resembled a preseason exhibition, the Kansas City Chiefs, the reigning Super Bowl champions, host the Baltimore Ravens for a rematch of the AFC title game to open the regular season.

While Patrick Mahomes’ bid for a rare three-peat start tonight is serious, Lamar Jackson is looking for what would be just his second win against Kansas City. While the two each have a pair of league MVP trophies, the rivalry between them is lopsided. Jackson is 1-4 all-time against the Mahomes-led Chiefs, including a 17-10 loss in last year’s playoffs in which Jackson completed 20 of 37 attempts for 272 yards with a touchdown and an interception and was sacked four times.

This time around, the quarterback enters the game with new supporting cast members, including Ravens running back Derrick Henry and speedy Chiefs rookie receiver Xavier Worthy. Some old faces also return, including a pair of tight ends in Swiftie-in-Chief Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews.

Don’t be fooled into reading too much into tonight’s results, regardless of how they play out. A year ago, the Chiefs, defending the Super Bowl, lost 21-20 to the Detroit Lions in the Thursday night opener at Arrowhead.

Five months later, the Chiefs were covered in confetti and the Lions were playing at home after a heartbreaking exit in the NFC Finals.