Every NFL season ends with 16 division rivalries. This season opens with a bunch of them.

Eight of the 16 games to be played in Week 1 feature teams that reside in the same division.

In addition to Cowboys-Eagles on Thursday night and Friday’s Chiefs-Chargers game from Brazil, the Bengals visit the Browns, the Commanders host the Giants, the Lions go to Green Bay, the Falcons host the Bucs, and the 49ers face the Seahawks in Seattle. The slate ends with Vikings-Bears from Soldier Field on Monday night.

With the NFL rejecting Detroit’s league-instigated proposal for playoff reseeding, division titles remain very important. The champion hosts a playoff game — and is guaranteed one of the top four of seven seeds in the conference.

Although reseeding of some sort feels inevitable based on

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