The 2024 NFL football season gets underway tonight in the annual Hall OF Fame game in Canton, Ohio. It seems like it has been forever since we had football. If you think about it, the game game we saw was the Super Bowl where Kansas City won back in February.

That was six months ago geez. Good news football fans, the NFL and football are back. The game tonight also kicks off the Hall Of Fame weekend where NFL greats will be enshrined into the Hall of Fame forever and celebrated for their accomplishments on the field.

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This year's Hall Of Fame class includes:

  • Dwight Freeney
  • Randy Gradishar
  • Devin Hester
  • Andre Johnson
  • Steve McMichael
  • Julius Peppers
  • Patrick Willis

They will all get inducted into the Hall Of Fame on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at noon and it will be televised live on ESPN and The NFL Network. Before the induction ceremony, the NFL will have its annual Hall of Fame game tonight, Thursday, August 1, 2024.

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The game will be between the Houston Texans and the Chicago Bears. The Texans finished the 2023 season at 10-7. They won the AFC South and faced the Cleveland Browns in the Wild Card Round. They won that game 45-14 and faced the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round losing that game 34-10.

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The Chicago Bears finished the 2023 season at 7-10 on the season and tied for last place in the NFC North. They missed the playoffs and over the off-season, dealt their starting quarterback, Justin Fields, to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Texans and Bears will lock up tonight at 7:00 pm Central time in the 2024 Hall OF Fame game which will air on ESPN and ABC.

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