Crack open a drink, order chicken wings, and stuff your belly with ranch cheese—or blue cheese if you’re in Buffalo—the NFL is back, baby.

After wandering through a football desert filled with preseason illusions for the past seven months, the Kansas City Chiefs – the defending Super Bowl champions – will host the Baltimore Ravens in a rematch of the AFC title game to kick off the regular season.

While Patrick Mahomes’ attempt to secure his rare third straight victory begins in earnest tonight, Lamar Jackson is seeking just his second win against Kansas City. Although the two each have two league MVP trophies, the rivalry between them is one-sided. Jackson has an overall record of 1-4 against the Mahomes-led Chiefs, including last year’s 17-10 loss in the playoffs in which Jackson completed 20 of 37 attempts for 272 yards with one touchdown and one interception and was sacked four times.

This time, each quarterback goes into 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, Swiftie-in-Chief Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews.

Don’t be fooled and don’t read too much into tonight’s results, whatever they turn out to be. A year ago, the defending Super Bowl Chiefs lost 21-20 to the Detroit Lions in their opening game Thursday night at Arrowhead.

Five months later, the Chiefs were covered in confetti and the Lions were playing at home after suffering a heartbreaking loss in the NFC title game.