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empty · 01-09-2018, 07:13 PM

(01-09-2018, 04:58 PM)D6 Wrote:
(12-30-2017, 02:46 PM)jaglou53 Wrote: This is a great schedule, but it would be unfair to our fans if one of those 3 games is in London. Ideally, it will be the Jets or Redskins.

I'm not sure how much, if any validity the following has. But I came across it a few minutes ago on Twitter. According to this info, the Jaguars will be hosting the Eagles in London on Sept. 23. The game would start in the morning, Eastern Time.

https://twitter.com/Frank_LA_Rams/status...9613637632

While anything's possible, I don't know that I buy the Steelers giving up a home game to play in London.

Dakota · 01-09-2018, 07:21 PM

(01-09-2018, 07:13 PM)empty Wrote:
(01-09-2018, 04:58 PM)D6 Wrote: I'm not sure how much, if any validity the following has. But I came across it a few minutes ago on Twitter. According to this info, the Jaguars will be hosting the Eagles in London on Sept. 23. The game would start in the morning, Eastern Time.

https://twitter.com/Frank_LA_Rams/status...9613637632

While anything's possible, I don't know that I buy the Steelers giving up a home game to play in London.

Do they have a say in it one way or the other?

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Rockman1966 · 01-09-2018, 07:42 PM

As we have seen in the past, this year's performance sometimes does not carry over to the following year. We'll be playing a 1st place schedule, of course your opponents are going to be better. Its the price every team is willing to pay when they win.

empty · 01-09-2018, 09:29 PM

(01-09-2018, 07:21 PM)Dakota Wrote:
(01-09-2018, 07:13 PM)empty Wrote: While anything's possible, I don't know that I buy the Steelers giving up a home game to play in London.

Do they have a say in it one way or the other?

Good question. I thought that at one point the NFL was talking about having a rotating schedule for each team to host a home game in London, though I don't know if they did/are actually going to implement it. The other issue is stadium leases. I believe the Jaguars reached a deal with the city to take one game away since the lease states they must host 10 games, and Pitt's is the same way from the little bit I read. Is the NFL going to foot the cost to break that part of the lease if Pitt (or any other team) doesn't want to lose a home game to London? IDK, maybe it's correct and they will host a game in London. Just seems unlikely a team of Pitt's stature would willingly host a home game or the NFL would foot the cost to make it happen. The games are already selling out, so at this point they don't appear to need Pitt.

Sneakers · 01-09-2018, 10:48 PM

1) Steelers
2) Patriots or Titans
3) an NFC team

I'll worry about next season next season.

When you get into the endzone, act like you've been there before.

RicoTx · 01-10-2018, 08:37 AM

If they take the Steelers or Eagles, that really sucks. Those would be real big money-maker in Jax.