Opening night:

On the very same day that the NFL kicked off the 2023 season, the Bengals got in the action and signed their standout QB Joe Burrow to an NFL record deal. Now, on the day of this year’s opener, Ja’Marr Chase and the Bengals are trying to reach another significant deal.

Raiders WR Davante Adams pushed back on claims that he’s unhappy in Las Vegas. Story via Paul Gutierrez: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

Richard Aspinwall, the defensive coordinator of the Apalachee High School football team, was among four people killed Wednesday in a mass shooting at the school. espn.com/espn/story/_/i…

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Dan Campbell’s Applebees commercial is truly championship caliber:

On opening night: Chiefs superfan Xaviar Babudar was sentenced today to 17½ years in prison without parole and three years of supervised release for committing a string of armed bank robberies across the U.S. spr.ly/6010WJLJ0

Ja’Marr Chase headed back out to practice today.

Commanders have fired an employee one day after a video surfaced in which he made comments about the team’s players being anti-gay, accused Jerry Jones of being racist and called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a “$50 million puppet.” More via John Keim espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

Ahead of their Friday night game in Brazil, the Eagles new season hype video is here:

Steelers are listing QB Russell Wilson as being limited in practice today due to calf tightness.

Packers are now listing running backs MarShawn Lloyd (hamstring) and Emanuel Wilson (hip), and tight end Tucker Kraft (back) as questionable for Friday night’s game vs. the Eagles.

Hours before their opener, the Chiefs and TE Noah Gray reached agreement on a three-year contract extension, per his agent Jack Bechta.

Compensation update: Chiefs are signing TE Noah Gray to a three-year, $18 million extension that includes $10.1 million fully guaranteed at signing.

The Harbaugh era in LA is here:

Kickoff for tonight’s Ravens-Chiefs game now has been delayed until 8:40 ET due to weather conditions.