The NFL’s traditional Thursday night season-opening game hosted by the defending Super Bowl champion will come Sept. 4 in Philadelphia.

A Detroit Lions starter took to social media to share his opinion on the NFL's season-opening matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.

The Philadelphia Eagles will start defending their championship at home on Sept. 4 against the division rival Dallas Cowboys. The matchup for the annual regular-season kickoff game was revealed on Monday by the NFL, the first in a series of announcements of notable games coming this week ahead of the full schedule release on Wednesday night.