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.
Get your passports ready! ✈️
Commissioner Roger Goodell tells @ColleenWolfe where the NFL is traveling next season 🌍 pic.twitter.com/Bhn9L71e4E
— NFL GameDay (@NFLGameDay) November 10, 2024
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.
