Blog Category: NFL

The NFL plays nine regular-season games outside the United States this season, in seven countries, from Melbourne in Week 1 to Mexico

The thinnest card of the season: thirteen games, with the Falcons, Browns, Packers, Rams, Patriots and Seahawks all on byes.

Seven division games, four of them rematches, with the Bears, Broncos, Eagles and Buccaneers on byes and a 9:30 AM ET international kickoff.

Fifteen games at the midpoint: eight cross the conferences, only two are division games, and Pittsburgh and Tennessee are on byes.

Seven division games, three of them the season’s first rematches, with the Texans, Saints, Giants and 49ers on byes.

Seven of fourteen games cross the conferences and settle no tiebreaker, with the Bills, Jaguars, Chargers and Commanders on byes.

Six of fourteen games are inside a division, the highest share of the season so far, with the Bengals, Lions, Dolphins and Vikings on byes.

The first byes of the season, Carolina and Kansas City, leave fifteen games, five of them inside a division, and a second 9:30 AM ET kickoff.

The first international game of the year, a 9:30 AM ET kickoff, on a sixteen-game card with no byes and four division games.

Sixteen games with every team playing, and only three inside a division, the fewest of any full week this season.