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Reaction to Patriots' Super Bowl banner ceremony

Published: Sep 07, 2017 at 01:44 PM

Ahead of Thursday night's season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, the New England Patriots celebrated their fifth Super Bowl title with a stirring ceremony. Emceed by "supah"-fan Mark Wahlberg, New England honored Super Bowl heroes past and present and unveiled their quintet of re-sized championship banners.

Here's what the football universe had to say about the pregame festivities:

#OnTo2017 pic.twitter.com/LHktJnV7x6
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 8, 2017

Tom Brady pumped to kick off season pic.twitter.com/yTU1y08tkd
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) September 8, 2017

💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/Suq3QLI39t
— SNF on NBC (@SNFonNBC) September 8, 2017

5 Lombardi's #KCvsNE pic.twitter.com/nPiutY7aQZ
— Amber Theoharis (@AmberTheoharis) September 8, 2017

Julian @Edelman11! #Kickoff2017 pic.twitter.com/FMKpBlALYh
— NFL (@NFL) September 8, 2017

FIVE! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 #Kickoff2017 pic.twitter.com/tZQg6SmCU9
— NFL (@NFL) September 8, 2017

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