The NFL announced that the Green Bay Packers will face the Philadelphia Eagles in the first regular season game played in Brazil in history. The match will take place at the Corinthians Arena, home of SC Cortinthans, next Friday, September 6, as part of Week 1 of the 2024 season, and will be broadcast exclusively on Peacock.
This means that Brazilian football fans will be able to see two of the most promising teams in the National Conference for the following campaign. The Packers were eliminated in the Divisional Round after crushing the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round. While the Eagles have advanced to the playoffs in all three seasons in which Jalen Hurts has been the starting QB.
Both Philadelphia and Green Bay will play their second game outside of US territory. The Eagles’ first was during the 2018 season, when They visited Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom, to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the case of the Packers, their international visit was more recent since in 2022 they lost to the New York Giants at the Totenham Hotspur Stadium.
For the first time in more than 50 years the NFL will play an opening week game on a Friday. The last time that happened was the Cardinals-Rams game on September 18, 1970.
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The internationalization of the NFL is unstoppable and increasingly covers more continents. The game between the Eagles and Packers will be the first on the South American continent and with this there are only two of the seven left to play in each part of the world.
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For 2024, in addition to the duel between Philadelphia and Green Bay in Brazil, the NFL plans to play three games in London, United Kingdom, and one more in Munich, Germany. So far, the league has only announced the home teams. The Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings will play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium while the Jacksonville Jaguars will make Wembley Stadium their home once again. For the duel on German soil, the Carolina Panthers will be the hosts.
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