Brace yourselves for an "international" game next season (3 Viewers)

[Super]

I find it hard to believe that the saints have not played a game in France yet just seems like such a logical fit

 

[Jeff Miller]

Honestly, as under achieving as the post Payton/Brees Saints are, i'd rather see them in Europe, at least the rest of the trip will be worth putting up with another poorly played loss. My money would be in France, as they team is the official NFL team of France per their website. I just hope they hold off until 2026, I already have all my trips planned and budgeted for 2025.

 

[RaginCajun83]

I’ll be surprised if the Saints don’t get an international game

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

"Beginning in 2025, the NFL can schedule up to eight league-operated international regular-season games per season."

Berlin to host regular-season NFL game in 2025

So in theory, every team could be scheduled to play one of these games every other year. Since we played in London in 2022, there have been 16 different teams that have played regular season games outside the US, so the law of averages would suggest it will be our turn in 2025, or 2026 at the latest.

Another London game would be fine for me as it's only 2 hours away, but I fully appreciate the majority of our fans won't be happy!

Do I need to gird my loins?

 

[gr8Saints]

One of these years there is going to be an incident with one NFL team(s) going overseas for a game...I have a bad feeling

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Will Pancakes be involved?

 

[RaginCajun83]

Will Pancakes be involved?

Crepes

 

[Day1]

Who you calling a crepe?

 

[Saintman2884]

Please be London

London Callin..to the faraway world.. All that phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust..London Calling..well, don't be short you zombies of death and draw another breath...

The Ice Age is coming, the sun is moving in, meltdown expected but I have no fear because I live by the river... ..

 

[Wisco Steve]

The 8:30 time slot be a permanent slot by 2030.
A international game every week.

Probably even sooner. 18 game schedule, 2 BYE weeks /team, Super Bowl Sun on Presidents Weekend.
I like the 8:30AM international games more than TNF...but that genie likely ain't going back in the bottle with that Amazon cash rolling.

 

[Saint Jack]

Probably even sooner. 18 game schedule, 2 BYE weeks /team, Super Bowl Sun on Presidents Weekend.
I like the 8:30AM international games more than TNF...but that genie likely ain't going back in the bottle with that Amazon cash rolling.

That Labor Day to Presidents Day is probably the best scheduled season in any league.
Right after summer.
The race to the playoffs is during the holiday season.
Super Bowl during President’s Day weekend. Everyone gets the day off that Monday.

 

[mtq79]

They're going to anger me by putting the Saints and Bills in Toronto or something and take away a trip to WNY for me... used to live there, have a lot of friends who i haven't seen in a long time and that would be a great meet up

 

[Saintman2884]

They're going to anger me by putting the Saints and Bills in Toronto or something and take away a trip to WNY for me... used to live there, have a lot of friends who i haven't seen in a long time and that would be a great meet up

The Bills have a large fan following/contingent in southern Ontario since the 1970's and its likely picked up steam now that they've been a successful, perennial playoff contender since 2017 and that's attracted more fans in the Toronto area who saw the Bills a number of exhibition/regular-season games from 2008-2014 in Rogers Centre but while they tended to have large crowds, 12-13 years ago, Buffalo was a bit of a middling, middle-of-the-road WC team at best and not a realistic SB contender like they are currently. Any Saints/Bills game in the Rogers Centre would bring in a much bigger, sellout crowd that what they saw a dozen years ago.

 

[Broad St. Saint]

fun fact: 2024 is the first season that the Saints get 9 games in the Superdome. the league went to 17 games in 2021.

 

[dome patrol]

"Beginning in 2025, the NFL can schedule up to eight league-operated international regular-season games per season."

Berlin to host regular-season NFL game in 2025

So in theory, every team could be scheduled to play one of these games every other year. Since we played in London in 2022, there have been 16 different teams that have played regular season games outside the US, so the law of averages would suggest it will be our turn in 2025, or 2026 at the latest.

Another London game would be fine for me as it's only 2 hours away, but I fully appreciate the majority of our fans won't be

"Beginning in 2025, the NFL can schedule up to eight league-operated international regular-season games per season."

Berlin to host regular-season NFL game in 2025

So in theory, every team could be scheduled to play one of these games every other year. Since we played in London in 2022, there have been 16 different teams that have played regular season games outside the US, so the law of averages would suggest it will be our turn in 2025, or 2026 at the latest.

Another London game would be fine for me as it's only 2 hours away, but I fully appreciate the majority of our fans won't be happy!

Saints are a virtual lock to play in Paris in 2026. We hold the sole rights to that market and have had players like AK and Adebo visit Paris St. Germain (soccer club) and do collabs on social media.