Another day has brought more news about the NFL’s international games for the upcoming season. The league announced which teams will be the home teams for the three games in London on Wednesday morning, and the Green Bay Packers are not and will not be involved.
This fall, the Jacksonville Jaguars will play in two London games, going back-to-back in consecutive weeks across the pond, while the third London game will feature the Washington Commanders as the home team. This means that the Packers will not
be participating in any of those three games, as neither the Jaguars nor the Commanders are on Green Bay’s schedule for 2026.
Green Bay is also out of consideration for games in Australia, Mexico, and Brazil, as has been previously reported. They do not have a road game on the schedule against the announced home teams for those three games (the Rams, 49ers, and Cowboys, respectively).
That leaves three international destinations where the Packers could still theoretically end up, however. The most likely scenario at this point is be a divisional matchup with the Detroit Lions, who were just announced as the home team for the game in Munich, Germany on Tuesday. The NFL has never held a divisional game in an international venue before, but the Australia game set for 2026 changed that paradigm as the 49ers and Rams meeting in Melbourne. Packers-Lions would be a massive draw for a German market, particularly with those two teams holding marketing rights in the country, making that matchup a possibility.
Another possibility is that the Packers could face the New Orleans Saints in the game to be held in Paris, France. Green Bay does have a road game against the Saints on this season’s schedule, and with the Saints coming off a 6-11 season, getting a playoff team in that matchup could be a way to drum up interest in the league’s first game in France. Notably, the Saints are the only NFL team to currently hold marketing rights in France, so the NFL likely has no strong interest in who their opponent would be. Also, sending the Packers there would make for a relatively short trip for fans in the UK and Germany, where the Packers do have marketing rights.
The third possibility that still remains is the game in Madrid, Spain, though this looks the least likely. Three teams have marketing rights in that country: the Chicago Bears, Kansas City Chiefs, and Miami Dolphins. The NFL is likely to assign one of those three teams as the home team for that game, with the Bears looking most likely due to the NFC having 9 home games this season. If Chicago is indeed the team that gets that game, it could be a possible landing spot for a Packers-Bears rivalry.
However, with these two teams just coming off a playoff game at Soldier Field, expect the NFL to instead ensure that the longtime rivals continue to play their two games at that venue and at Lambeau Field, even if Chicago does end up getting the Madrid game. That leaves Packers-Lions in Munich and Packers-Saints in Paris as far more likely scenarios.
Based on today’s announcements, all signs point to the Packers indeed playing all nine of their home games at Lambeau Field in 2026.
