In what has become a mini-holiday for NFL fans, the league announced its regular-season schedule on Wednesday night, complete with long dueling television specials on ESPN2 and NFL Network.

On Sept. 5, the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers kick off the NFL’s 100th season, the first of 256 games before the playoffs. Let’s take a look at some of the key revelations and dates from the regular-season schedule:

For the NFL’s 100th season, the league wanted to switch things up a bit on opening night. Or, maybe, the NFL realized everyone has some New England Patriots fatigue.

The defending champions won’t host the first game of the NFL regular season. Instead, the NFL’s oldest rivalry takes center stage as the Packers face off with the Bears. The Patriots get a great Week 1 game too: They host the Steelers on “Sunday Night Football,” and will celebrate their Super Bowl LIII title then.