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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.

NFL announces 5-game international schedule

NFL announces 5-game international schedule

Prior to the Raiders relocating to Las Vegas they had played an international game five times in six years. That was twice in Mexico City and thrice in London. The last being in 2019 when they faced the Bears in the first ever NFL game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

With each year that passes, it seems like it could be time again for the NFL to ask them to head across the pond to play a game. At least with another team hosting.

This year two of the Raiders away teams are playing overseas, so there seemed to be a chance they would return, or perhaps be one of the first teams to play in Germany. But no. The NFL released their international schedule today and the Raiders were not among the teams.

Here is the schedule:

Who: Falcons vs Jaguars
What: Week 4 matchup
When: October 1
Where: Wembley Stadium, London

Who: Jaguars vs Bills
What: Week 5 matchup
When: October 8
Where: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Who: Ravens vs Titans
What: Week 6 matchup
When: October 15
Where: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Who: Dolphins vs Chiefs
What: Week 9 matchup
When: November 5
Where: Frankfurt Stadium, Germany

Who: Colts vs Patriots
What: Week 10 matchup
When: November 12
Where: Frankfurt Stadium, Germany

The full NFL schedule is scheduled to be released tomorrow, May 11 at 5pm Pacific (8pm ET).

NFL announces international game dates, matchups for 2023 season

The NFL has announced the dates, times, and matchups for its international series of games in the 2023 season.

The National Football League has announced the opponents, dates, and locations for the five International Games to be played in 2023 across London, UK and Frankfurt, Germany.

The Jacksonville Jaguars will kick off the 2023 NFL International Games on Sunday, October 1, as they play the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley Stadium, in what will be their landmark 10th regular season home game in London.

The London focus then shifts to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as the Buffalo Bills take on the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, October 8.  This game for Jacksonville means they will play two regular season games outside of the US – a first for the NFL.

The following Sunday, 15 October, the Tennessee Titans will play the Baltimore Ravens, also at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the only purpose-built NFL stadium outside of the US, to wrap the 2023 NFL London Games.

As part of its commitment to play regular season games in Germany for the next four years (beginning in 2022) the NFL will play two games in 2023 in Frankfurt, having played the inaugural Germany game in Munich back in November 2022.

The Super Bowl LVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs kick off the 2023 NFL Frankfurt Games on Sunday, November 5, as they play the Miami Dolphins at Frankfurt Stadium, home of Eintracht Frankfurt.

The following weekend, Sunday, November 12, the New England Patriots face the Indianapolis Colts, also at Frankfurt Stadium, to complete the 2023 NFL International Games.

Will the Broncos play an international game in 2023?

Two teams on Broncos’ road schedule will “host” international games this year, but Denver seems more likely to play in Mexico after 2023.

The NFL announced five home teams for its 2023 international series on Thursday, and the Denver Broncos are not among the host teams.

The Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars will play “home” games in London with the Titans and Bills playing at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the Jags playing at Wembley Stadium.

Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots will “host” games in Germany, with the exact stadiums still to be announced.

The Broncos are scheduled to play two of those teams — the Chiefs and Bills — on the road next season, but Denver seems unlikely to play in England or Germany next fall.

The Broncos just played the Jaguars at Wembley in 2022 — winning 21-17 — and Denver seems unlikely to immediately return to London the following season. The Broncos also seem unlikely to play in Germany in 2023 after having Mexico set as their designated international market in 2021.

Mexico will not host an international game in 2023 because Estadio Azteca is undergoing renovations, but the NFL plans to return to Mexico City in the future, perhaps as early as 2024. Denver will play at least one more international game before 2029, and Mexico is the likeliest location.

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Bears could play an international game vs. Chiefs in 2023

Bears vs. Chiefs would be an appealing international matchup for the NFL in 2023.

The NFL announced the teams that will be playing international games in 2023, which includes five matchups between London and Germany.

The Bills, Titans and Jaguars will play games in London while the Chiefs and Patriots will play games in Germany. So how does this concern the Bears?

Chicago will face Kansas City in 2023 (schedule to be finalized in May). The Bears are set to face the Chiefs on the road, which means there’s a chance that game (a Kansas City home game) could be International.

It’s hard not to figure the Bears are a favorite to face the Chiefs in Germany. Ryan Poles was an executive with Kansas City before coming to Chicago. Patrick Mahomes vs. Justin Fields, two of the league’s exciting young quarterbacks. Then there’s the Matt Nagy of it all. It’s everything you could want to be featured on an international stage.

Another reason it would make sense is because the Bears are due an international game. They last faced the Raiders in London back in 2019.

Chicago has played three international games in London dating back to 1986, when they beat the Cowboys 17-6 in a preseason game at Wembley Stadium.

The Bears have played in London twice since then — back in 2011, when they beat the Buccaneers 24-18 at Wembley Stadium, and most recently in 2019, losing to the Raiders 24-21 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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