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After kicking off the season with a Super Bowl rematch and a trip to Australia, week one continued with a record-breaking Sunday.
The Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens showed why they are favourites to win the AFC Conference, and the Chicago Bears made a statement as they racked up 59 points.
Those wins contributed to an NFL record for the most points scored on the opening Sunday of the season since the league merger in 1970.
The Bills changed their head coach in a bid to finally reach the Super Bowl with star quarterback Josh Allen, promoting offensive co-ordinator Joe Brady to the top job.
His first game was a big test, coming against last season's meanest defence, and the lead changed hands eight times in a thriller at the Houston Texans.
Running back David Montgomery scored three touchdowns on his Houston debut, but Allen ran in two touchdowns and passed for two more.
The 2024 season's Most Valuable Player was almost intercepted as he launched a hopeful pass into the endzone with less than two minutes remaining.
But on the next play 30-year-old Allen held his nerve with a 34-yard throw to Joshua Palmer that clinched a 36-31 win.
Buffalo's first five games are against potential Super Bowl contenders, so they needed to hit the ground running.
After missing last season's play-offs the Baltimore Ravens brought an end to John Harbaugh's 18-year tenure as head coach, and they made a flying start under successor Jesse Minter.
Zay Flowers, who became the NFL's fourth highest-paid wide receiver in the off-season, made five catches for a career-high 150 yards and a touchdown in the first half alone at the Indianapolis Colts.
Derrick Henry also scored twice before half-time to move into third on the all-time list for rushing touchdowns, then added another as the Ravens cruised to a 41-23 win.
But there was concern for Baltimore as Flowers and rookie receiver Ja'Kobi Lane missed the second half with hamstring and wrist injuries respectively.
The Ravens' impressive win was soon eclipsed by the Chicago Bears, who were level with the Carolina Panthers at 31-31 midway through the third quarter before romping to victory.
Running back D'Andre Swift finished with three touchdowns in a 59-37 road win - the highest-scoring week one game in NFL history and Chicago's highest score since 1980.
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