NFL schedule: Rodgers and the Jets will face the Vikings in London on October 6. Christmas game on Netflix
Aaron Rodgers will face a familiar opponent, albeit in a different uniform and in a new location.
Rodgers and the New York Jets will begin this year’s games in London when they are the away team against the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 6. The NFL announced four international games in London and Germany this morning. the previous Wednesday. The full version will be released later in the day.
Rodgers went 17-11-1 against the Vikings when he was with the Green Bay Packers. The four-time NFL MVP was traded to the Jets last year, but he tore his left Achilles tendon in last year’s first-round series against the Buffalo Bills.
Rodgers is on track to return to practice without restrictions when the Jets begin voluntary spring practices next week. The league announced Tuesday that the Jets will open the season on “Monday Night Football” at NFC champion San Francisco on September 9.
The Jacksonville Jaguars will spend consecutive weeks in London for the second year in a row and face two of this year’s top three quarterbacks selected in the NFL draft. The Jaguars will visit top recruit Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 13 and then host the New England Patriots, who ranked Drake Maye third, at Wembley Stadium on October 20.
This is the 10th time the Jaguars have hosted a match at Wembley.
The Carolina Panthers will host the New York Giants in Germany on November 10 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
International matches weren’t the only thing announced on Wednesday morning. Netflix reached a three-year agreement with the league to host the games on Christmas Day.
The streaming giant will make two games this year and at least one in 2025 and ’26. Netflix announced during its presentation to advertisers that it will have defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City in Pittsburgh, followed by Baltimore in Houston.
With four international games and two on Christmas Day, the NFL has announced 12 of its 272 regular-season games for the upcoming season. It will begin on September 5 when the Chiefs host the Baltimore Ravens in a rematch of last season’s AFC title game.
Other Week 1 games include the Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Green Bay Packers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 6 and the Dallas Cowboys visiting the Cleveland Browns on September 8.
So far, the announced Week 2 games have the Miami Dolphins hosting the Buffalo Bills on September 12 and the Cincinnati Bengals at Chiefs on September 15.
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