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The best NFL openers

By Jeff Merron
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Wednesday, September 8, 2004

Back in the day, the first weekend of NFL football wasn't something most fans got all worked up about. And we were skeptical ourselves when the NFL came up with the "Opening Kickoff" pseudo-event a few years back. Then came Sept. 8, 2002 -- not just a great opening Sunday, but one of the greatest regular season days in NFL history. 10. Van Brocklin, Crazylegs, and Vitamin (Sept. 28, 1951) It's hard to argue that this opening day matchup between the Rams and the New York Yanks was highly anticip ...

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