Éamonn Fitzmaurice: If Murphy starts Jim is going all-in but is he thinking bigger? 

There are five teams dreaming big as the football championship starts: Armagh, Kerry, Donegal, Dublin and Galway.

ALL IN: Jim McGuinness and his players produced an outstanding display in Derry city, helped by the approach of the home side. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

REMARKABLY, here comes the championship steaming over the horizon. 

We will get some great matches but unfortunately there will be some hammerings during the provincial championships as well. There always has been. While the new rules won’t help in this regard it’s important to remember that in the 2023 and 2024 seasons there were eight matches that ended with more than a 20-point winning margin.