NFL Announces Home Teams for International Games in 2023

The 2022 NFL season is not over, yet we have the first drips of the 2023 schedule. The NFL announced the five home teams for international games in 2023. We all know the Jags are one of those teams. Jacksonville plays in London every season as a part of a multi-year deal. The dates and opponents for the games are still unknown. That information will become public when the schedule is released later on in 2023. But for now we know Jacksonville will play a home game in London along with the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans. At a minimum London will have 2 teams that made it to the Divisional Round.

Germany will get two games this year- up from one in 2022. The Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots will play home games in Germany in 2023. The cities have not been announced yet. The Buccaneers defeated the Seahawks in the first NFL game held in Germany this season. That game was played in Munich. The NFL has an agreement where Munich and Frankfurt will host games over the next four years. It seems likely that Frankfurt will host one of those games.

Mexico City is off the schedule this year. Estadio Azteca is undergoing renovations during the 2023 season that makes them hosting a game impossible. The NFL is able to have their International Series due to the increase in regular season games to 17. The AFC and NFC alternate seasons hosting 9 games. Each season 4 teams hosting 9 games are eligible to take part in the NFL international series. Last year the NFL set attendance records in the 5 games played abroad, with every game selling out. The NFL is still exploring the possibility of placing a franchise outside of the US. However NFL Executive Peter O'Reily tells the Associated Press that nothing is imminent.

The Jags play in London every year. And there is speculation that the Jags are on the short list of teams who could make a permanent move to an international location. The Jags are 4-5 all time in London games.

This will be the second game Buffalo has played internationally. They lost in 2015 to the Jaguars. Jacksonville is on the schedule for Buffalo in 2023. but it's highly unlikely they will matchup outside of the US with Jacksonville slaighted to host a game in London. The NFL wouldn't make them play two games abroad.

The Titans will play their first international game since 2018, a loss to the Chargers.

The NFL awarded home international television markets to teams in 2022. The Chiefs were awarded Germany as their home international market. The Chiefs are 2-0 in international games with wins in England and Mexico.

The Patriots are 3-0 in games played outside the US. They've outscored opponents 113-22. Like the Chiefs, the Patriots were awarded Germany as their international home market starting with the 2022 season.