AmishBengalFan Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 When the NFL owners approved the schedule expansion to 17 games, they also approved a new formula for determining which teams would be playing in the International Series games beginning next season. All 4 teams from a specific division will play one of their "home" games in London, and the division in question will be from the conference that gets the 17th game at home - that way the affected teams will still get 8 home games in their home stadium. In 2022, the conference will be the NFC. Right now, it appears most likely that the division that will be tapped is the NFC East, as that division's teams have had the longest average wait since playing their most recent game overseas. NFC East = PHI-2018 NYG-2017 WAS-2016 DAL-2014 (Average = 5.75 years) NFC West = LAR-2019 SEA-2018 ARI-2017 SFF-2013 (Average = 5.25 years) NFC North = CHI-2019 MIN-2017 DET-2015 (Average = 5.0 years) NFC South = ATL-2021 CAR-2019 TBB-2019 NOS-2017 (Average = 3.0 years) Their opponents are more than likely to come from the AFC, as those teams will play an extra road game, and will also more than likely be their "17th game" opponents so to not interfere with the current travel rotation schedule. The 2022 "17th game" opponents for the NFC East is the AFC North. If all of the above holds, the Bengals may be heading to London again next season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted October 25, 2021 Report Share Posted October 25, 2021 No more Wembley for this one. All now at (Tottenham) Spurs Stadium. Little more modern North End location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted October 25, 2021 Report Share Posted October 25, 2021 awesome. sounds like a great time to pop my leaving the "americas" cherry. only ever been to canada or mexico in travels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted October 25, 2021 Report Share Posted October 25, 2021 I have heard rumors that Germany is getting a game. I cannot remember where I heard that or if it was a real source. Wembley was cool, but the amount of time it took to get out of the seating area after the game was concerning. @GoBengals get your passport in order early. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted November 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Tottenham is a more modern venue, true, but with a noticeably smaller capacity than Wembley. And though Wembley is indeed more remote relative to city center, public transportation options are better developed..... Sure, it could take an hour in a crush of people to get onto a train, but at least there's an underground station right there. The closest underground stations to Tottenham are Seven Sisters (30 min walk) and Tottenham Hale (25 min walk). Alternates are White Hart Lane Overground (5 min), and Northumberland Park National Rail (10 mins), plus a crush of bus queues. Public Transport Options: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/media/19336/area-overview-july-2019.pdf So while the games are no longer at Wembley, I think I'll miss the place in spite of the distance and the tube wait times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 6 hours ago, AmishBengalFan said: Tottenham is a more modern venue, true, but with a noticeably smaller capacity than Wembley. And though Wembley is indeed more remote relative to city center, public transportation options are better developed..... Sure, it could take an hour in a crush of people to get onto a train, but at least there's an underground station right there. The closest underground stations to Tottenham are Seven Sisters (30 min walk) and Tottenham Hale (25 min walk). Alternates are White Hart Lane Overground (5 min), and Northumberland Park National Rail (10 mins), plus a crush of bus queues. Public Transport Options: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/media/19336/area-overview-july-2019.pdf So while the games are no longer at Wembley, I think I'll miss the place in spite of the distance and the tube wait times. Play the damn games in Wales.. I like it better down there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 3 hours ago, claptonrocks said: Play the damn games in Wales.. I like it better down there.. Watched Wales-Belgium in the World Cup qualifiers the other day. It was being played in Cardiff City Stadium, and was as energetic a game atmosphere as was possible. The Welsh got a much better than expected draw, and the place was thrilled. Cardiff is considered “almost England” by many Welsh, so the fervor was saying something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Le Tigre said: Watched Wales-Belgium in the World Cup qualifiers the other day. It was being played in Cardiff City Stadium, and was as energetic a game atmosphere as was possible. The Welsh got a much better than expected draw, and the place was thrilled. Cardiff is considered “almost England” by many Welsh, so the fervor was saying something. Seems a huge advantage basically at home... The Welsh love their snooker as well.. Play snooker long enough and 8 ball pockets seem like goalie nets! Tks for sharing.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Looks like 2022 will see two London games, one in Germany (there are three finalist cities - Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich), and one in a feces-flinging Stadium Azteca in horrible, horrible Mexico City. If the NFC East is indeed tapped as the host division, Dallas is almost certain to be the team exiled to Mexico. Assuming my speculation about the designated opponent is correct, they would host whichever AFC North team that matches them standings-wise, which would presumably be our division champ. I would also speculate that the Stealers would go to Germany, for marketing purposes only. Based on the current standings, I would guess: UK: CIN at PHI, CLE at NYG GE: PIT at WAS MX: BAL at DAL Linky: https://www.nfl.com/news/three-german-cities-in-discussions-to-stage-nfl-regular-season-games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 So, I'm updating my assumptions slightly here. 1: The Jags WILL play in London next year, which means that game will replace one of the AFCN at NFCE games from the International Series - likely whomever comes in 4th. 2: The Jags will play an NFCN team, and will technically be giving up a road game (due to rotation), but will get to dress the stadium as if they were the home team... oddly enough. 3: The Cowboys WILL play in Mexico, and will drag with them whomever matches them in the standings. 4: The Germany game will feature the Stealers (to help those mouthbreathers expand their bandwagon base), unless they get dragged to Azetca with the Cowboys, in which case it'll be the Bengals (due to our heritage) unless we come in last, in which case it'll be the Ratbirds. With those assumptions made, and looking at the right-now standings for projected pairings, here's my current guess: UK: BAL at PHI / JAX "at" DET DE: PIT at WFT MX: CIN at DAL (ugh) Stays Home: CLE at NYG If you wanna play what-if but agree with my assumptions, here's the flow: 1 - Put DAL in MX and pair them with whomever matches them from the AFCN in the current standings 2 - Put JAX in UK and pair them with an NFCN team the same way 3A - If PIT isnt assigned, put them in DE with their paired NFCE team 3B - If PIT is assigned, and if CIN isnt in 4th place, put CIN in DE with their NFCE team 3C - If PIT is assigned and CIN is 4th place, put BAL in DE with their NFCE team 4 - Put the highest remaining AFCN team in UK with their NFCE team 5 - Whomever is left from the AFCN/NFCE stays home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 27 minutes ago, AmishBengalFan said: So, I'm updating my assumptions slightly here. 1: The Jags WILL play in London next year, which means that game will replace one of the AFCN at NFCE games from the International Series - likely whomever comes in 4th. 2: The Jags will play an NFCN team, and will technically be giving up a road game (due to rotation), but will get to dress the stadium as if they were the home team... oddly enough. 3: The Cowboys WILL play in Mexico, and will drag with them whomever matches them in the standings. 4: The Germany game will feature the Stealers (to help those mouthbreathers expand their bandwagon base), unless they get dragged to Azetca with the Cowboys, in which case it'll be the Bengals (due to our heritage) unless we come in last, in which case it'll be the Ratbirds. With those assumptions made, and looking at the right-now standings for projected pairings, here's my current guess: UK: BAL at PHI / JAX "at" DET DE: PIT at WFT MX: CIN at DAL (ugh) Stays Home: CLE at NYG Fuck the Cowboys.in Mexico.. We have a team with the ultimate leader in JB that will tumble them next year.. Bank it.. He isnt close to peaking yet.. Scary thought for appoinents DCs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Yeah. But I don't want to set foot in Azteca due to the feces. Interestingly enough, if not for that walk-off FG to propel the Raidaaahs over the Cleveland Football Team, the pairings would've been all shuffled.... UK: CIN at PHI / JAX "at" DET DE: PIT at NYG MX: CLE at DAL Stays Home: BAL at WAS 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 The NFL yesterday announced the expansion to Germany for four years: - Munich (Allianz Arena) 2022, 2024-25 - Frankfurt (Deutsche Bank Park) 2023-25 Final 2021 Standings: AFC-N: 1-CIN 2-PIT 3-CFT 4-BAL NFC-E: 1-DAL 2-PHI 3-WLC 4-NYG If the rationale shared earlier stands-up, the 2022 International Series games appear likely to be: MX: CIN at DAL (Feces-filled Estadio Azteca, Mexico City) DE: PIT at PHI (Allianz Arena, Munich) UK: CFT at WLC / JAX "at" DET (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London) Staying Home: BAL + NYG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 Note to the above, the NFL also announced an "International Home Marketing Areas Initiative" where 18 NFL teams have been selected to freely market their teams across 8 different countries. Interestingly enough, horrible Mexico has HALF of those 18 teams pegged, including Dallas and Pittsburgh. This means it is entirely possible that the Stealers would go to Azteca (dragging the Eagles there against their will), allowing us to play in Europe against the Cowboys. If that were to happen, then by the "flowchart" previously speculated upon, we would go to Germany. Australia: LAR Brazil: MIA Canada: MIN SEA China: LAR Germany: CAR KCC NEP TBB Horrible Mexico: ARI DAL DEN HOU KCC LVR LAR PIT SFF Spain: CHI MIA UK: CHI JAX MIA MIN NYJ SFF (Several of the 18 have multiple marketing areas tagged) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, AmishBengalFan said: MX: CIN at DAL (Feces-filled Estadio Azteca, Mexico City) I’ll go if you go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker57 Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 On 10/24/2021 at 7:31 PM, AmishBengalFan said: When the NFL owners approved the schedule expansion to 17 games, they also approved a new formula for determining which teams would be playing in the International Series games beginning next season. All 4 teams from a specific division will play one of their "home" games in London, and the division in question will be from the conference that gets the 17th game at home - that way the affected teams will still get 8 home games in their home stadium. In 2022, the conference will be the NFC. Right now, it appears most likely that the division that will be tapped is the NFC East, as that division's teams have had the longest average wait since playing their most recent game overseas. NFC East = PHI-2018 NYG-2017 WAS-2016 DAL-2014 (Average = 5.75 years) NFC West = LAR-2019 SEA-2018 ARI-2017 SFF-2013 (Average = 5.25 years) NFC North = CHI-2019 MIN-2017 DET-2015 (Average = 5.0 years) NFC South = ATL-2021 CAR-2019 TBB-2019 NOS-2017 (Average = 3.0 years) Their opponents are more than likely to come from the AFC, as those teams will play an extra road game, and will also more than likely be their "17th game" opponents so to not interfere with the current travel rotation schedule. The 2022 "17th game" opponents for the NFC East is the AFC North. If all of the above holds, the Bengals may be heading to London again next season. the packers have never played overseas so shouldnt their division (NFC North) have more then 5 years average? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 What about the Stealers? They play every home game in a third world country? Well, city. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, High School Harry said: What about the Stealers? They play every home game in a third world country? Well, city. Best Batman movie ever was when Bane blew that field up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Bengals can potentially play in London vs Saints or in Munich vs Bucs next season. https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-cardinals-jaguars-packers-and-saints-to-play-international-games-in-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 On 2/11/2022 at 6:26 AM, High School Harry said: What about the Stealers? They play every home game in a third world country? Well, city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|westside bengal| Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 On 2/11/2022 at 6:26 AM, High School Harry said: What about the Stealers? They play every home game in a third world country? Well, city. No teams want to play there after they installed their new retractable roof. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 On 2/10/2022 at 7:41 PM, stryker57 said: the packers have never played overseas so shouldnt their division (NFC North) have more then 5 years average? Of those who have gone, the average is 5. Hard to add "infinity" into the equation and come up with a useful result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 Looks like the NFC South is the designated division, not the East. The Packers go to London, and they've added a third London game for the Jags. Here are the announced teams this far: UK: TBD at JAX / TBD at NOS* / TBD at GBP DE: TBD at TBB* MX: TBD at ARI Linky: https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-cardinals-jaguars-packers-and-saints-to-play-international-games-in-2 * We have away games scheduled against both NOS and TBB, but the AFC North is unlikely to be providing opponents for either game IMO. The current schedule rotation scheme only guarantees one cross-conference visit every 8 years. If an AFC team goes - which they likely should - it should be from the "17th game" division so not force fans of a team to have to wait 16 years to visit a specific opponent. This year, the "17th" division for the NFC-S is the AFC-W. NOS would play LVR, TBB would play KCC. The Falcons have announced that they're playing the Saints in London but that's not yet confirmed by Park Avenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 My guess is: UK: DET at JAX* / ATL at NOS+ / TEN at GBP+ DE: KCC at TBB MX: NEP at ARI * at Wembley + at Tottenham I've simply assigned the "17th" opponent for all games except ATL-NOS, and have sent DET to UK to play JAX even tho DET would be the "home" team based on rotation. This is due to my hunch that the league would have JAX burn one of their 9 road games, but would show up in London to a stadium decked out in teal anyway. DET is the only NFC opponent on JAX's schedule who has 9 home games and is not paired due to rotation. Seems to make sense, at least to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, AmishBengalFan said: so not force fans of a team to have to wait 16 years to visit a specific opponent. I think making money is more important to the NFL than fairness to fans. The Bengals are currently the hot ticket, but KC works well for that, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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