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Are you ready for some football?!?! “Thursday Night Football” kicks off tonight, Thursday (September 4), as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Green Bay Packers. And the NFL has tapped Jay Z and Rihanna to kick off the 2014 season than with a high energy performance of “Run This Town” alongside…… actor Don Cheadle? According to the NFL, as Jay-Z and Rihanna perform their award-winning song “Run This Town,” Cheadle will narrate a customized preview of the game.

This open combines one of music’s biggest stars with one of the most dynamic actors in Hollywood,” said CBS Sports creative director Pete Radovich, who directed and produced the theme, via the NFL. “The energy that both talents provide gives the opening to every Thursday night the big-game, primetime feel it deserves. It is a dream scenario for any director.”

The big game kicks off tonight at 8:30 p.m. EST.