5 facts you should know about the 2021 NFL Season

It took 214 days for the return of the NFL. It was seven months that the fans of American football waited, to return to their teams to look for the Vince Lombardi trophy, which is in the hands of Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Although the 2021 campaign has already started with the Bucs’ victory over the Dallas Cowboys, in the Kickoff, last ThursdayThis Sunday 14 games will be played between 12 noon and 7:20 PM, with the first Sunday Night of the year between the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams; The Week is closed by the Baltimore Ravens against the Las Vegas Raiders in the duel on Monday night.

With a new year in, or as some fans like to call it “the best time of year,” the professional football league is back and Here are 5 facts you should know about the 2021 NFL Season.

2020 was left behind the NFL. Although, last year was very complicated, not only for the league, but for the whole world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this 2021 they expect it to be totally different. Officially all teams may have fans in their stadiums.

Although the doors of several buildings were opened last year, there were other teams such as the Rams or the Raiders that had to wait to receive the fans. This Sunday night and Monday night, They will score their first home games with people in the stands at SoFi Stadium and Allegiant Stadium.

This pair of venues are the two newest in the entire NFL, but last season fans of both teams had to wait to see the action from the stadium, because they could not attend due to the health regulations.

After a 20-year career and six Super Bowl rings, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots took different paths. The quarterback, showed that he is in the elite of American football and won the Vince Lombardi last season, but now with the Buccaneers.

For their part, the Pats missed the quarterback, failing to make the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, and they had their first losing season since 2000.

This year, it will mark Brady’s return to Gillette Stadium. In Week 4, Sunday October 3, Tampa Bay will visit Foxborough to see the return of the Patriots’ top idol.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, international matches had to be canceled. This 2021 they are back, although not for our country, at least in London.

In Week 5, New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons will be measured in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, October 10th; while for Date 6, the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars will face off in the same building, but on the 17th of that same month.

2) SoFi Stadium will host Super Bowl LVI

The home of the Rams and Chargers will host this 2021 Season’s Super Bowl. SoFi Stadium It is one of the newest in the NFL, since it was only a year old and now it will be able to receive the desired game. In addition to having state-of-the-art technology, it is one of the largest with a capacity for 70 thousand fans.

1) The big favorite to win the Super Bowl

Although it is still too early to put a favorite to lift Vince Lombardi, there are four teams that attract attention. The first are the champions: the Bucs have pretty much the same roster as last year so they are strong candidates to win the two-time championship.

Of that same, in the National Conference, the Green bay packerss they can fight the Bucs, thanks to their quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who won the 2021 Season MVP; together with them the powerful defense of the Rams draws attention, in addition to the acquisition of Matthew Stafford as his new QB.

In the American Conference there are two: Kansas city chiefs and Buffalo bills. Last year these same teams played the Conference Championship, where Patrick Mahomes and his team won the game, but this year Josh Allen and company want to put order and return to a Super Bowl after almost 30 years.