NEW YORK — Aaron Rodgers will face a familiar opponent, but with a different uniform and in a new location.
Rodgers and the New York Jets will kick off this year’s slate of games in London when they play the away team against the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 6. The NFL announced the four international games in London and Germany on Wednesday morning. before the full list is 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 tore his left Achilles tendon on the first series of last year’s opener against the Buffalo Bills.
Rodgers is on track to return to practice without limitations once the Jets begin voluntary spring sessions next week. The league announced Tuesday that the Jets would open the season on “Monday Night Football” at NFC champion San Francisco on Sept. 9.
The Jacksonville Jaguars will spend consecutive weeks in London for the second year in a row and will face two of this year’s top three quarterbacks taken in the NFL draft. The Jaguars will visit Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 13 and then host the New England Patriots, who took Drake Maye third, at Wembley Stadium on October 20.
This is the tenth time the Jaguars have hosted a game at Wembley.
The Carolina Panthers will host the New York Giants in Germany on November 10th at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
With the four international games, the NFL has announced 10 of its 272 regular season games for the upcoming season. It will all begin on September 5th when the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Baltimore Ravens on September 5th in a rematch of last season’s AFC title game.
Other Week 1 games include the Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Green Bay Packers in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 6th, and the Dallas Cowboys visiting the Cleveland Browns on September 8th.
The announced Week 2 games so far have the Miami Dolphins hosting the Buffalo Bills on September 12th and the Cincinnati Bengals at the Chiefs on September 15th.
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