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Broncos will likely play an international game within the next 2 years

The Broncos appear poised to play an international game within the next two seasons, with Mexico the team’s most likely destination.

During an interview on “NFL GameDay” on Sunday morning, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league aims to play eight international games during the 2025 NFL season.

Goodell said the NFL will “certainly” return to Germany and the United Kingdom and “definitely” play in Spain next fall. The league “expects” to return to Mexico City and Brasil, and they are looking into potentially playing a game in Ireland.

If there are no repeat teams, eight games would feature 16 clubs on the international schedule in 2025. If that format continues and the NFL balances the schedule evenly, every team would play an international game every other season.

That means the Denver Broncos will likely play an international game in either 2025 or 2026. The Broncos’ most likely destination is Mexico, the team’s designated “International Home Market Area.” The NFL prefers teams to play in their IHMA, so Denver is poised to play in Mexico.

The league typically announces teams for international games before the full schedule release in the spring. Stay tuned. The NFL could begin announcing international teams for the 2025 slate as early as January.

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Vikings HC on challenges of playing overseas: ‘Those are just excuses’

Kevin O’Connell recognizes the challenges of playing international games but doesn’t let those become excuses for his team.

This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccurate headline.

The Minnesota Vikings are no strangers to playing in front of an international crowd. They have done it in Sweden, Japan, Germany, and, of course, England. Since the International Series began in 2007, they have been involved in four games, the latest coming this past Sunday.

Kevin O’Connell recognizes the challenges but doesn’t let those become excuses for his team. The Minnesota Vikings head coach appeared on The Pat McAfee Show and discussed various topics, including playing in London.

“It’s always a challenge when you go over to London. … Those are just excuses if you allow them to be, and I absolutely love going over there,” he said.

O’Connell has reason to like going to London, as the Vikings are undefeated in international games. The Vikings improved to 5-0 on the season after defeating the New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

The Vikings are on a bye following their international travels and will play the Detroit Lions in Week 7.

Vikings’ link to hit HBO series on display in Week 5 win over Jets

The Minnesota Vikings and their fan base are known to reach worldwide.

This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.

The Minnesota Vikings and their fanbase are known to reach worldwide. During Sunday’s win against the Jets in London, we saw a fun full-circle connection between Vikings fandom and a HBO hit series.

The Minnesota Vikings defeated the New York Jets to improve to 5-0 on Sunday. Prior to the game, the broadcast showed different celebrities at the game, including actor Woody Harrelson, who was donning a Jared Allen jersey. Allen was set to be honored at halftime and is one of the best Vikings defenders in franchise history.

Here’s where HBO comes in. Harrelson was part of the first season of “True Detective.” In the fourth season, which aired this year, we saw one of the main characters (portrayed by Jodie Foster) being a Vikings fan.

The Minnesota Vikings UK account wasted no time in pointing out the connection.

WATCH: The Skol chant travels to London with the Vikings

Each team has something its fans cling to that makes it unique and connects emotionally.

There are many great scenes in the NFL in a variety of stadiums. Each team has something its fans cling to that makes it unique and connects emotionally.

For Vikings fans, it is the Skol chant.

The Jets—Vikings game in London in Week 5 is Minnesota’s home game. Every Vikings home game includes two things: the Vikings mascot using the drum to direct the Skol Chant and, of course, the fans completing the chant. On Sunday, the fans who filled Tottenham Hotspur Stadium did just that.

With a crowd size of just under 60,000, the mostly Vikings-fan-filled stadium did its best to make London feel like one of the Twin Cities with its Skol Chant. It was led by former Vikings Jared Allen, who will be honored at halftime of today’s game.

It was quite a start to what is sure to be an exciting day for the Vikings and it’s fanbase.

All designated teams for NFL international games in 2024

The NFL has announced all 5 designated teams for international games in 2024

For the fifth year in a row, the Raiders won’t be traveling abroad to play a game. This year the NFL will be playing five games internationally this season, including their first ever game in South America.

All the the “home” teams have been announced, none of whom are teams the Raiders face in a road game. Those designated teams are as follows:

Chicago Bears in London (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium)
Minnesota Vikings in London (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium)
Jacksonville Jaguars in London (Wembley Stadium)
Carolina Panthers in Munich (Allianz Arena)
Philadelphia Eagles in San Paulo Brazil

After a stretch in which the Raiders played internationally five times in their final six seasons in Oakland from 2014-19 — three times in London, two times in Mexico –, the NFL has given them a reprieve since they landed in Las Vegas.

This season the Raiders have nine road games, which means if they were to play overseas, it would have been a road game.

Likewise, as they will have nine home games next year, should they play overseas in 2025, it would be as one of the home teams.

Broncos won’t play an international game in 2024

The Broncos won’t have an international game in 2024. Denver will host eight games and the Broncos will play nine road games stateside.

We already know the Denver Broncos’ upcoming opponents, and we’ll find out the team’s full 2024 schedule with dates and times in May.

We also know that the Broncos will not play abroad this fall.

The NFL has announced the “home” teams for the five international games in 2024 and none of them are set to host Denver next season.

The Philadelphia Eagles (Brazil), Chicago Bears (England), Minnesota Vikings (England), Jacksonville Jaguars (England) and Carolina Panthers (Germany) will “host” games outside the United States this fall.

The Broncos do have the Panthers on their list of 2024 opponents, but that game will be played at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. So the Broncos won’t have an international game during the 2024 season.

Denver last played abroad in 2022 when they defeated the Jaguars 21-17 at Wembley Stadium in London. Each NFL team is required to play at least one international game every eight years. Beginning in 2025, up to eight international games will be scheduled each season. That would involve 16 teams, giving half the league an international game each year.

So the Broncos will likely have another international game in the not-too-distant future, and Mexico is the most likely location. The NFL won’t play in Mexico in 2024 due to construction at Estadio Azteca. Once those renovations are complete, Denver will be a strong candidate to play in Mexico. This year, though, all of the team’s games will be played in the USA.

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Broncos won’t play in London or Germany next season

The Broncos will not play in England or Germany next season. Teams for the Brazil game have not been announced yet.

The NFL has announced four designated “home” teams for international games in 2024, and the Denver Broncos are not among them.

The Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars will “host” games in London, England and the Carolina Panthers will be the “home” team for a game in Munich, Germany next fall.

We know the Broncos won’t be the “away” team for the London or Germany games because the Bears, Vikings and Jaguars are not on Denver’s 2024 schedule, and the team’s game against the Panthers will be played at home.

There is one more international game on the NFL’s 2024 schedule set to be played in São Paulo, Brazil, but the Broncos are also unlikely to play in that contest.

The Miami Dolphins seem likely to be chosen as the “home” team for the Brazil game, but that has not been officially announced yet (the NFL said Thursday that the Brazil home team will be revealed “in the coming months”).

If Miami is the Brazil host as expected, Denver won’t have an international game next season because the Dolphins are not on the Broncos’ list of 2024 opponents.

Denver will play an international game by 2030 because every team is required to play at least one international contest every eight years (the club played in London in 2022).

If the Broncos are selected as a future “home” team, their most likely international destination is Mexico. The NFL will not play an international game in Mexico in 2024 due to Estadio Azteca renovations, but the league plans to return to Mexico City once those renovations are complete.

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Raiders will not play in Europe in 2024, but Brazil still possible

Raiders will not play in Europe in 2024, but Brazil still a possibility

Thursday the NFL announced their designated home teams for their three games in London and their game in Munich Germany. Those teams are as follows:

Chicago Bears in London (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium)
Minnesota Vikings in London (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium)
Jacksonville Jaguars in London (Wembley Stadium)
Carolina Panthers in Munich (Allianz Arena)

If the Raiders were going to play overseas this year, it would be an away game as they have nine of them. And the Raiders don’t play any of these four teams on the road, which means they will not be headed to London or Germany next season.

There is, however, still one international game yet to be announced. That’s the first ever NFL game played in South America.

The NFL will be headed to San Paulo Brazil in 2024 and until they announce either the designated teams, much of the NFL could be a potential opponent.

This goes especially for the Raiders as 2024 will mark five years since the Raiders last played an international game. That game was the first ever played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in 2019.

Should the Raiders not be one of the teams to play in Brazil this season, the odds of them hosting an international game in 2025 would increase considerably due to the fact that the NFL will up the number of teams hosting international games to eight in 2025.

NFL will play in Brazil in 2024 — could the Broncos play in the game?

The NFL will play a game in Brazil next season. Could the Broncos play in that game?

For the first time in NFL history, the league will play a regular season game in South America next fall.

The NFL announced Wednesday that a game will be played at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, Brazil in 2024. The stadium with a 68,727 capacity previously hosted World Cup games in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016.

The league will announce five “home” teams for its 2024 international schedule early next year, presumably in January. The NFL prefers (but does not require) “home” teams to play in their designated “Global Markets Program” country.

Only one team — the Miami Dolphins — has Brazil listed as their designated country, so the ‘Phins might be a decent bet to “host” the game at Corinthians Arena in 2024.

The Denver Broncos have Mexico listed as their international market, but the team could be a “road” team for an international game in a different country. The Broncos will face the same-place finisher in the AFC East on the road in 2024, so it’s possible that Miami could be on Denver’s 2024 schedule.

Right now, the Broncos are in second place in the AFC West. The corresponding team in the AFC East right now is the Buffalo Bills. For Denver and the Dolphins to finish in the same spot in their respective divisions (barring something crazy), the Broncos would have to win the AFC West or Miami would have to finish in second place in the AFC East.

As things stand now, Denver seems unlikely to play in Brazil next season. But the NFL plans to expand from four international games in 2024 to eight international games in 2025. Once that happens, half the league will play an international game every season (unless a team volunteers for more than one game). So starting in 2025, it seems likely that most NFL teams will have an international game at least once every other season.

So after playing in London, England in 2022, the Broncos seem likely to play another international game in the not-too-distant future. It might not be in Brazil, but Denver will play outside the United States again. Mexico seemingly remains the team’s most likely destination.

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NFL announces international games for 2023 season

The NFL officially announced five international games for the 2023 season.

The National Football League has been going overseas for regular season games for nearly two decades and they are going back to Europe for five more games in 2023.

The games were officially announced on Wednesday morning, one day prior to the full schedule release. They are as follows.

  • October 1st: Atlanta Falcons vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
  • October 8th: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Buffalo Bills
  • October 15th: Baltimore Ravens vs. Tennessee Titans
  • November 5th: Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs
  • November 12th: Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots

The first three of those games will be in England with the final two coming in Germany.