With the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys squaring off tonight in the swamps of Jersey, the 2012 NFL season is finally here.
It's time to reacquaint yourself with the members of the Manning family. It's also time to get back in the habit of setting your fantasy football team's lineup(s) every week. While we're at it, you can't forget to submit the picks for your weekly NFL survivor pool. With so much going on, you might want to just go ahead and notify loved ones that you'll be spending several hours on the couch each Sunday (Red Zone channel anyone?) for the next 25 weeks, give or take a playoff round. While we're marking off days on the calendar, you might as well make sure no one is expecting much from you on Monday nights.. or Thursday evening.
Because football has returned.
Welcome back, Eli. How does it feel to have more Super Bowl rings than Peyton?
Good to see you, Jerry. What was up with you rapping in that commercial?
The 2012-13 season kicks off with a division matchup between longstanding rivals. The defending Super Bowl champs welcome Jerry's very valuable Cowboys to MetLife Stadium. The Giants are 5-1 in their last six games against their NFC East rivals, and they aren't afraid to tout that fact.
"The New York Giants have been whupping his ass for a long time. I mean it has got to be tough on the outside looking in on all these championships lately," Giants linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka said last Thursday, responding a comment from Jerry Jones in which he claimed Dallas would beat New York in the season opener.
Will the Giants continue their recent domination of the Cowboys? Or will Tony Romo lead Dallas to season-opening victory on the road?
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