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Falkes
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 Lions in London next year! http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/24/nfl-sets-the-lineup-for-its-three-2014-london-games/Quote: The NFL will expand to three London games for 2014, and the six teams who’ll play there have been determined.
The league already had announced that the Jaguars, Falcons, and Raiders will host games in London. They’ll face the Cowboys, Lions, and Dolphins, respectively.
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the Cowboys-Jaguars, Lions-Falcons, and Dolphins-Raiders matchups during a media event in London, where the Jaguars will host the 49ers on Sunday.
The dates have not been determined, but the time difference means that the games will be played at 1:00 p.m. ET on a Sunday. Also, look for the three games to be played before Thanksgiving, since the NFL prefers having no bye weeks after the fourth Thursday in November. Every team that plays in London gets a bye the following weekend.
For four of the teams, it’ll be their first regular-season game in London. The Dolphins played the Giants there in 2007. The Jaguars are playing one game per year in London for the next four seasons, starting Sunday.
And with three games for 2014, NFL officials will be scurrying around England next year to the tune of Yakety Sax.
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| October 24th, 2013, 10:05 am |
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thelomasbrowns
Player of the Year - Defense
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Re: Lions in London next year! This one's for you, UK Lion!
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"Good teams don't worry about a whole lot of stuff. They travel, they play, they win. And it doesn't matter where they go, what the time block is, all those kinds of things. They never seem to bother teams that play well, and we want to be one of those teams." -Jim Caldwell
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| October 24th, 2013, 10:06 am |
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Pablo
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Re: Lions in London next year! have they said if this is a Lions or Falcons home game?
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| October 24th, 2013, 10:13 am |
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thelomasbrowns
Player of the Year - Defense
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Re: Lions in London next year! Pablo wrote: have they said if this is a Lions or Falcons home game? Falcons, apparently.
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"Good teams don't worry about a whole lot of stuff. They travel, they play, they win. And it doesn't matter where they go, what the time block is, all those kinds of things. They never seem to bother teams that play well, and we want to be one of those teams." -Jim Caldwell
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regularjoe12
Off. Coordinator – Joe Lombardi
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Re: Lions in London next year! ok so this is going to test my theory on Time zone effects on the teams traveling there. If the Jags pull off a win against SF, my argument will be validated! Time will tell.
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| October 24th, 2013, 10:55 am |
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UK Lion
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Re: Lions in London next year! That is absolutely awesome! Can't believe it. I'll definitely be there. 
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| October 25th, 2013, 9:56 am |
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BillySims
William Clay Ford Jr.
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Re: Lions in London next year! Is this the 1st time the Lions will have played an overseas game? I can't remeber them ever playing 1 before. The NFL has been playing overseas games for what? 10 years now. You would have thought the Lions would have played 1 before now. Yeah, they have sucked for most of the last decade. But, that can't be the reason. How would you explain the Jaguars playing in London for the next 4 years then?
As for overseas games: I always wanted the Lions to play a game in Rome against the Saints.
Rome has a long history of Lions feasting on Saints. LOL.
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| October 25th, 2013, 10:07 am |
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TADOne
Play by Play Announcer - Al Michaels
Joined: April 27th, 2005, 3:26 pm
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Re: Lions in London next year! The Lions played a preseason game in London, I believe in 1993.
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