Arizona is scheduled to host nine opponents in the 2022 NFL season, though it is highly unlikely it will face two of them at Estadio Azteca.
The NFL officially announced on Monday that the Arizona Cardinals will play a game as locals in Mexico in 2022, but what are the rivals what might they face?
The league indicated in its statement that the date and the team once morest which it will play Arizona at Aztec stadiumHowever, since the end of the 2021 regular season, the teams already know who they will face at home and away.
The Cardinals they are scheduled to host nine games next season, including their usual division matchups once morest the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks.
Arizona he also has home games once morest the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots, however, it is highly unlikely that he will face two of them in the Aztec stadium.
In addition to announcing that Cardinals will be local Mexicothe NFL He also revealed the rest of the teams that will participate in the international games this year.
The Buccaneers are scheduled to play the first-ever regular season game in Germany, playing at home at Bayern Munich’s stadium.
“We look forward to participating in the first regular season game of the NFL in Munich, Germany, this fall as part of the International Series,” said Buccaneers owner and president Joel Glazer. “This historic game will play a crucial role in the efforts of the NFL for growing its international presence while allowing us to directly involve fans of the NFL in Germany”.
On the other hand, the Saints will play at home at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England. New Orleans emerged victorious in its two previous visits to the UK capital, including a 20-0 shutout of the Miami Dolphins in 2017.
The Green Bay Packers will play their first international game this year and will host Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, while the Jacksonville Jaguars will host a game at Wembley Stadium.
Last year, as part of the expansion of the regular season from NFL a 17 matches it was determined that beginning this year, up to four conference teams whose clubs were eligible for a ninth match from regular season as locals they would be designated to dispute a match international at a neutral venue every year.
The Cardinals hosted the 49ers on October 2, 2005, in the first game of regular season in history that was played outside the United States. In that occasion, Arizona by 31 to 14. Previously, the league had carried matches from display to MexicoJapan, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Arizona was one of nine teams assigned by the league to the Mexican market for merchandising, marketing, broadcasts, etc. of the teams of the NFL in countries outside the United States.
