{"id":793569,"date":"2026-05-13T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793569\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:00:14","slug":"international-games-matchups-for-2026-nfl-season-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793569\/","title":{"rendered":"International Games matchups for 2026 NFL season revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>WHERE:\u00a0<\/strong>Bernab\u00e9u Stadium (Madrid)<\/li>\n<li><strong>WHEN:\u00a0<\/strong>Week 9 | Nov. 8 | 9:30 a.m. ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>HOW TO WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong>NFL Network, NFL+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the NFL descends upon Madrid for the league\u2019s second trip to Spain, it will do so with an assortment of young talent on the marquee, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/bijan-robinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bijan Robinson<\/a> and the Falcons host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/joe-burrow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Burrow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/ja-marr-chase\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ja\u2019Marr Chase<\/a> and the Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>A season ago, the NFL touched down in Spain with the Miami Dolphins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/games\/commanders-at-dolphins-2025-reg-11?tab=recap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defeating<\/a> the Washington Commanders, 16-13. Though he struggled in the victory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/tua-tagovailoa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> could have a chance to go 2-0 in Madrid as he\u2019s set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/falcons-qb-tua-tagovailoa-embracing-competition-excited-to-work-with-michael-penix-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">battle it out<\/a> this summer for the Atlanta starting quarterback spot with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/michael-penix-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Penix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, however, has emerged as the face of the Falcons and one of the top talents in the NFL. Following his first All-Pro season and a career and league-best 2,298 scrimmage yards, Robinson will aim to propel Atlanta back to prominence after an 8-9 2025 campaign &#8212; the club\u2019s eighth straight losing effort.<\/p>\n<p>While new Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski offers up an offense that features Robinson, wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/drake-london\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake London<\/a> and tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/kyle-pitts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Pitts<\/a>, Zac Taylor and Cincinnati counter with Burrow, five-time Pro Bowler Chase and fellow wideout extraordinaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/tee-higgins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tee Higgins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Falcons, the Bengals are aiming for a rebound, having gone 6-11 last season and missed out on the postseason for a third year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The star-studded affair is a rare matchup, as well, with Burrow and Chase having played the Falcons just once in their careers (a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/games\/falcons-at-bengals-2022-reg-7?tab=recap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 7 win<\/a> in 2022 in which Burrow threw for 481 yards with two of three TDs going to Chase).<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, however, will play against the Bengals &#8212; who had the 25th-ranked defense last season &#8212; for the very first time in his already illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Grant Gordon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHERE:\u00a0Bernab\u00e9u Stadium (Madrid) WHEN:\u00a0Week 9 | Nov. 8 | 9:30 a.m. ET HOW TO WATCH:\u00a0NFL Network, NFL+ When&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":793570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[43574,6328,532,8997,8998,9000,2505,9002,8017,9006,8812,533,9004,50,1232,530,1105,1545,9005,59472,62,67,132,68,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-793569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-dallas-cowboys","13":"tag-detroit-lions","14":"tag-houston-texans","15":"tag-indianapolis-colts","16":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","17":"tag-los-angeles-rams","18":"tag-minnesota-vikings","19":"tag-new-england-patriots","20":"tag-new-orleans-saints","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-no-minute","24":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","25":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","26":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","27":"tag-schedule-release","28":"tag-sports","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-unitedstates","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116567634819270211","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}