The Jaguars, Dolphins, Browns and Rams will give up home games next season so that the NFL can play four games in London for the first time.
The league had previously confirmed that it would play four games in London in 2017, up from three this year, and today the league announced what the four games will be:
Week 3 or 4: Ravens at Jaguars, Wembley Stadium
Week 3 or 4: Saints at Dolphins, Wembley Stadium
Week 7 or 8: Vikings at Browns, Twickenham Stadium
Week 7 or 8: Cardinals at Rams, Twickenham Stadium
The Jaguars have a longtime commitment to playing one “home” game a year in London, and the Rams agreed to play one “home” game a year in London while their new stadium in Los Angeles is being built. The Dolphins agreed to play a “home” game in London when the league awarded the 2020 Super Bowl to Miami. The Browns may simply have agreed to go to London because they know they’re in a rebuilding mode and will struggle to fill their stadium anyway.
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This was announced like two months ago...we had to do it for the super bowl...no big deal.
The thing I hate the most is such an early BYE week. Possibly week 4 or 5? Bull****. -
Not a fan of this, and I'm British. Maybe it's not that big of a deal in terms of travel, these days, but the loss of a home game is significant.
If the league really wants to promote American Football in foreign countries I think they should put their money behind home grown leagues or an international league, like the CFL but in the UK and elsewhere, or just in Europe as a whole. It could serve to widen football interests as a D League of sorts, and seek to build the talent level up. -
Hate giving up a home game for it, especially with the fact that we've played so well at home this year, and everyone seems to be loving that stadium, and the atmosphere looks, and sounds so much better in there. That's the cost to host a SB though, and that's one of the big reasons those renovations got done. It is what it is. Hopefully we're in that SB game at home too!
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The only decent 2017 game is the Saints v Fins one.
I'm looking forward to seeing Miami again in my hometown but honestly, I think they've been here enough in recent years.
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they talked about this on WQAM when it was announced 2 months ago. They made it sound a lot more hellish than we think. Turf is different, your training staff is limited, the locker room isn't made for 53+ people, the time change is very difficult, the food is gross, you don't know the country so you can't even leave your hotel without getting lost, and the fans don't know the difference between the star player and some chump that just got off the practice squad, and fans don't know how to cheer for american football.
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It's never a good thing when they group the Phins with the Browns,Jags and Rams.
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You guys will all be loving it when we're playing the first ever home stadium super bowl game in 2020 :shifty:
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I think they're trying to "set roots" in the UK, start increasing the number of children that want to play American football, then you start getting talent from the UK, then the UK WANTS their own team.
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The time difference I will grant you will be difficult but how much more than crossing coasts and playing?
Yes it's a growing game so some fans are not as knowledgable or experienced as you would find in the US, but every game I go to there are more and more genuinely knowledgable fans and this is often remarked to me by US fans visiting. -
The Saints traditionally suck everywhere but New Orleans so I'm not that upset.
I don't think they will be very good next year. -
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Thursday night games and London games have to go. Just a waste for everyone
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2. You also clearly don't know anything about the UK or its fans.
3. As for the travel, why is Miami to London really any different to Miami to Seattle? Did you worry about the players being "uprooted" in Week 1? No, of course you didn't.SocaCasualuk likes this. -
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2. I mean just watching on tv and paying attention to crowd noise confirms this. do you even watch football?
3. 3hrs backwards is the same as 5 hr forwards? LUL also, why did we stay in cali when we played sd and la? if the time difference and travel don't mean anything? why do west coast teams playing on east coast have a losing record every year? -
I seem to recall that the Dolphins are one of the most popular NFL teams in the UK stemming back to one of the early (maybe first?) games played over there. I remember there being absolutely enormous monuments of Jason Taylor erected outside the stadium.
Perhaps that initial exposure really paid off. In any case, probably worth the logistical nightmare.SICK and SocaCasualuk like this. -
Its already a pain in the *** to travel over there for these games to begin with, but what pissed me off is that they leverage teams to do it to get a Superbowl..its extortion. But even living with that BS, where the real issue i have is and the owners, players and fans should have is giving up a home game in order to play a divisional opponent. THAT's my biggest issue with it. You would think someone (if they aren't already) would be pointing out the importance of losing THAT home game. One is bad enough but like a few years ago to the Jets was unbearable to me.
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2. "just watching on tv and paying attention to crowd noise" - Jeez. Are you for real? Try actually going to one of the Wembley games.
3. So you're basically agreeing with me.SocaCasualuk likes this. -
That being said, I do think the Fins have done their bit and there's no reason why another home game should be sacrificed.Unlucky 13 likes this. -
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2. I've watched clips of home videos where a hold is replayed on the video board and people cheer but sure, whatever you say must be true.
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I agree with your point but can't ever see it happening. Football will always be an amatuer sport in the U.K. In my opinion, and when you look at the established sports in this country then that's fine, it knows it's place and is a well run and administered amateur game.SICK likes this. -
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Dolphins are popular in London.
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For the NFL to get a foothold in the UK, little UK urchins have to start playing football at a young age, with the facilities and opportunities to grow into NFL caliber players.
So the more true fans of the sport that start being fans early in life, the more call there will be for schools to institute American football programs, then one thing leads to another, quality improves, national viewership of NATIONAL American football grows, NFL players from the UK start to sprinkle the NFL and then the ultimate in the eyes of the NFL, the UK WANTS it's very own team.
Of course it will be in London, and then of course the Scots will want a team of their own, I think American football is most popular in Scotland, and the sport seems to suit them right to the ground.
I think that the UK COULD be a great source of NFL talent, IF it ever really took hold, but the truth still remains that MOST little UKers want to bend it like Beckham still, and there's obviously nothing wrong with that, but if the NFL is ever going to get a foothold there, some UKids will have to start wanting to one hand it like Beckham jr.
lol, see what I did there...
:up: cheers!