For anyone who has been hiding under a rock for the past 24 hours, you may not have heard that the NFL has released their international schedule for NFL games 2023-2024 regular season. And whew, is it a great one for the home team.
London:
As covered by Gus Logue earlier today, the NFL confirmed that the Jaguars will indeed have two London games this season in back to back weeks (week 4 home game vs the Atlanta Falcons & a week 5 away game vs the Buffalo Bills).
#Jaguars true away games in 2023:
— Demetrius Harvey (@Demetrius82) May 10, 2023
Titans
Colts
Texans
Browns
Saints
Buccaneers
Steelers
NFL’s 2024 International Schedule:
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 10, 2023
Week 4: Falcons vs. Jaguars in London.
Week 5: Jaguars vs. Bills at Tottenham.
Week 6: Ravens vs Titans at Tottenham.
Week 9: Dolphins vs. Chiefs in Frankfurt.
Week 10: Colts vs. Patriots in Frankfurt.
In summary, the Jaguars lost the neighboring Atlanta Falcons home game to London. And while that sorta stinks for any Falcons fans who may have been looking forward to making that short drive or flight, it is absolutely the best case scenario for the Jaguars. The remainder of the Jaguars home schedule is pretty incredible & more importantlythe Jaguars will avoid facing the Bills at home (which I would consider a major advantage avoiding an October game in Buffalo).
The @Jaguars are currently 4-5 in London games. Yet, they're undefeated in London games vs @BuffaloBills (1-0) after beating Buffalo 34-31 during the 2015-2016 season in a Blake Bortles upset of EJ Manuel (starting for the injured Tyrod Taylor).
— Travis D. Holmes (@TravLikesBacon) May 10, 2023
How far these teams have come pic.twitter.com/3U6cNM5yhM
More importantly, today's release finally gives us some clarity on who the Jaguars will play at home vs away moving forward:
True Away Schedule:
The Jaguars' 2023 away game schedule just might be the most favorable true away schedule in the NFL this year. While it's never a guarantee that a team goes undefeated on the road, the Jaguars are definitely set up in a prime position to do so.
#Jaguars true away games in 2023:
— Demetrius Harvey (@Demetrius82) May 10, 2023
Titans
Colts
Texans
Browns
Saints
Buccaneers
Steelers
True Home Schedule:
A note of emphasis: with the Jaguars having 9 home games this season, even with two London games Jax will still end up with 8 home games in 2023. In hindsight, the NFL was truly limited on which home game they could have chosen to take from Jaguars' fans & I commend them for choosing Atlanta. The only real choice was the Falcons or the Panthers, while avoiding giving away a primetime home game. I'm sure most Jag fans would prefer to lose that game over the majority of the non-AFC South opponents.
So the Jaguars Jacksonville home games are:
— Jordan de Lugo (@jordandelugo) May 10, 2023
Chiefs, 49ers, Bengals, Ravens, Panthers, Titans, Colts, Texans
Pretty awesome slate and perhaps advantageous playing some of the top dogs at home.
We will take a deeper dive into the full schedule release once made fully official & we know the teams' bye week date. But, what is your current opinion of the hand the Jaguars were dealt?
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