100 NFL storylines we’re excited for 100 days ahead of the 2024 season

The 2024 NFL season is closer than you think.

In fact, it is just 100 days away.

That is right, in just 100 days the 2024 NFL regular season begins, with the annual Thursday night kickoff game featuring the defending Super Bowl Champions. For the second season in a row the season begins in Kansas City, as the Kansas City Chiefs host the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC Championship Game rematch.

But this 100-day mark got us thinking: What are the storylines we are most looking forward to this year? So to honor 100 days until the start of the NFL season, here are the 100 things we are most looking forward to this year.

1. Caleb Williams making his NFL debut
2. Jayden Daniels making his NFL debut
3. Drake Maye making his NFL debut
4. Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs on opening night
5. Week 1: New York Jets at San Francisco 49ers
6. Week 7: Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49ers
7. Week 11: Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills
8. Week 11: Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys
9. Week 12: Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers
10. Week 14: Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings
11. Week 17: San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions
12. Jared Goff after signing his big contract
13. Year Two of the Houston Texans’ C.J. Stroud Era
14. Russell Wilson versus Justin Fields
15. Kansas City Chiefs going for a three-peat
16. Bill Belichick on “Manningcast”
17. Tom Brady on FOX Sports
18. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers running it back
19. Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers social media team
20. Jim Harbaugh versus the Los Angeles Chargers social media team
21. Saquon Barkley on the Philadelphia Eagles
22. Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson in the running game
23. C.J. Stroud to Stefon Diggs
24. Tank Dell in Year Two
25. Every single camera shot of Michael Penix Jr. when Kirk Cousins makes a mistake
26. The return of Joe Burrow
27. The return of Aaron Rodgers
28. The NFL Trade Deadline in Week 9, not Week 8
29. Can the Jaguars rebound?
30. Can the Titans make a Texans-sized leap?
31. The annual Thanksgiving triple-header: Bears at Lions, Giants at Cowboys, Dolphins at Packers
32. Kyler Murray to Marvin Harrison Jr.
33. Matt Ryan and J.J. Watt as regulars on “The NFL Today”
34. What team comes out of nowhere to surprise?
35. Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert
36. NFL coaches on the hot seat … we’re looking at you Mike McCarthy
37. Big Dom back on the sideline for the regular season in Philadelphia?
38. Week 5: Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans
39. Anthony Richardson’s return
40. Week 10: Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos at the New Orleans Saints
41. Endless Brock Purdy discourse
42. Week 8: Caleb Williams and the Bears at Jayden Daniels and the Commanders
43. Raheem Morris’ return to Atlanta
44. When does J.J. McCarthy take over in Minnesota?
45. When does Bo Nix take over in Denver?
46. Jason Kelce on ESPN
47. Can the Eagles rebound after a disastrous late-season swoon?
48. Will Mac Jones have more time to work on his rap career down in Jacksonville?
49. How will officials handle the new “hip-drop tackle” rules?
50. Can Jordan Love take another step forward?
51. Dave Canales’ reboot of the Panthers
52. Bijan Robinson’s second season
53. The first NFL game in Brazil (Packers vs. Eagles on Sept. 6)
54. A full season of Taylor Swift mania
55. Kirk Cousins leading the Falcons
56. Everything about the Steelers offense with Russell Wilson (and maybe Justin Fields)
57. The new NFL kickoff rules
58. Could Spencer Rattler push for time in New Orleans?
59. Big Boy Football being back
60. Puka Nacua encore
61. Can the 49ers finally break the glass ceiling?
62. A full season of Jahmyr Gibbs and Jameson Williams in Detroit
63. Josh Jacobs in the Packers offense
64. Hollywood Brown in the Chiefs offense
65. The offensive transformation of the Chargers into a run-first team
66. Sean Payton working with the QB room of the deaf and blind
67. The Mike Macdonald defense taking over the NFL a la Brandon Staley
68. Defensive tackles and guards becoming more important
69. Lamar’s LaEncore
70. The growth of Sean McVay’s offense
71. Can the Falcons finally do it?
72. The Panthers and Bryce Young’s growth
73. Which WR is going to break the pay record next?
74. The Bills’ Chiefs-ification of the offense
75. THROWBACK UNIFORMS
76. Kellen Moore tries to save the Eagles
77. Where do QB contracts go next?
78. Expansion of international games and markets
79. The next big NFL celly
80. Is Travis Kelce nearing the end?
81. When will JJ McCarthy play?
82. The Browns and [REDACTED]
83. When will Robert Saleh get the axe?
84. Year 3 of Travon Walker’s growth in Jacksonville
85. The Raiders’ 12 personnel with Michael Mayer and Brock Bowers
86. The Browns still trying to justify trading for Deshaun Watson
87. The Commanders actually being interesting?
88. Will Tua prove he’s the long-term answer in Miami?
89. OBJ trying to reboot his career again with the Dolphins
90. Will Levis being given the keys in Tennessee
91. The Seahawks without Pete Carroll on the sideline
92. The unavoidable drama in Dallas with Dak, CeeDee, and cap space
93. The Giants’ bold move to run it back with Daniel Jones
94. Sauce Gardner’s inevitable trash talking
95. The first Cris Collinsworth slide
96. Every interview Xavier Legette is going to do
97. Every interview Keon Coleman is going to do
98. Seeing a fresh coaching face in New England for the first time in over 20 years
99. What will Xavier Worthy do in the NFL?
100. Everyone just having fun