ball 536 is the time right now and football is back tonight right here on WCNC Charlotte so send us that gift GIF whatever you want to call it or text 704-329-3600 and let us know how excited are you that football is back the first game on par the Bills versus the Rams is happening 8 20 again tonight on NBC and a lot of focus this year are on concussions especially when it comes to offensive and defensive linemen so when it comes to their their their their helmets during practice they're wearing these like Guardian cats to really help prevent concussions because in the NFL they're seeing like a hundred plus every year so will this be something that really prepares and keeps players safe we'll see what happens but here's more from a familiar face recognize the fact that it has taken some of the uh some of the impact off the helmets if it's really you know something that's going to help the players with health and safety why not all right so as far as your Carolina Panthers the Cleveland Browns take on the Panthers at Bank of America Stadium Sunday at one o'clock are you going to be there this is the first game of the season a lot of eyes on both teams let us know hashtag wake up CLT okay Chris I'm going to you because let's talk about fantasy football I know I'm so I'm talking about my team I got Chris McCaffrey and DJ Moore but that's that's hearsay but I'm most excited about Baker Mayfield playing his old team for game one of the Season you get better than that in game one of the Season tonight those are possibly maybe a Super Bowl matchup so it's gonna be a great start to the season yeah I think I think tonight's game really is going to be exciting matchup and all indications are they're going to the Super Bowl I don't think so I wow