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For Immediate Release

November 25, 2015

WASHINGTON REDSKINS TO PARTICIPATE AS VISITING TEAM

IN NFL INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN LONDON IN 2016

Game vs. Bengals set for Oct. 30; team could become first NFL franchise to play

consecutive regular season games overseas pending results of 2015 regular season

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins will play in front of a global audience in 2016, as the league announced today that the team will face the Cincinnati Bengals at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, as participants in the NFL’s International Series. Kickoff time will be announced at a later date.

In addition, the Redskins could potentially play back-to-back games in London, as the team could also face the St. Louis Rams at Twickenham Stadium a week earlier, pending the results and standings of the 2015 regular season. The Rams and the NFC East team that finishes in the same place in their respective divisions are scheduled to face one another on Oct. 23, 2016. If the Rams and Redskins finish in identical places in the NFC West and NFC East, respectively, the Redskins would become the first team in NFL history to play consecutive regular season games overseas.

The game against the Bengals and the potential game against the Rams would both be considered road games, preserving the Redskins’ eight-game regular season home slate.

Redskins Owner Dan Snyder has been involved in expanding the NFL’s footprint overseas. He serves on the NFL’s International Committee, which staged three regular season games in London in each of the past two seasons and has authorized the league to potentially expand the series to other markets in future years.

“We are excited to showcase the Washington Redskins on an international stage,” Snyder said. “We are honored to help grow the game overseas.”

"The Washington Redskins are proud to be one of the most popular sports teams in the world," President Bruce Allen said. “We look forward to seeing our fans from everywhere come together to sing Hail to the Redskins in London."

The contest at Wembley will mark the Redskins’ European debut in regular season play and only their second regular season game outside the United States all-time. In their only other international regular season game to date, the Redskins faced the Buffalo Bills at the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Oct. 30, 2011. The Redskins have twice appeared overseas in preseason competition, once at the former Wembley Stadium in London in 1992 and once at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan in 2002.

Redskins fans can register to receive more information by visiting Redskins.com/London. Information on related updates, ticket announcements, travel packages and more will provided at a later date.

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wait...so we play the bengals on sunday october 30th in London. the rams are playing in london the week before that (sunday october 23rd) and they are going to host the NFC East team that finishes in the same spot in the standings as they do...what if we end up in the same spot in the standings as them at the end of the season...? we would have to then play them in london on the 23rd and then play the bengals in london on the 30th...am i the only one that sees a flaw in this plan?

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O.M. ****ING G. I was going to hit the weights tonight, but I think a few beers are in order. HTTR.

 

 Been living in the London the last two years for school, and the decision to send the Redskins overseas for a game( or two) occurs when my program's complete. Missed it by a year.  Oh well

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what if we end up in the same spot in the standings as them at the end of the season...? we would have to then play them in london on the 23rd and then play the bengals in london on the 30th...am i the only one that sees a flaw in this plan?

What's the flaw?

Skins just arrive in London a week earlier. If anything it'd give us a good advantage for the Bengals game as we'd be the more acclimatized to London.

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What's the flaw?

Skins just arrive in London a week earlier. If anything it'd give us a good advantage for the Bengals game as we'd be the more acclimatized to London.

Would probably hurt our ability to practice. Can't imagine there being too many American Football fields to pracitce in in London.

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Would probably hurt our ability to practice. Can't imagine there being too many American Football fields to pracitce in in London.

Teams always arrive like a week before the game to get accustomed to the time difference etc. There's always good facilities made available.

They usually use the local rugby clubs as far as I know. Pretty good facilities. Skins will have all their training equipment brought with them. Don't see it being an issue.

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Would probably hurt our ability to practice. Can't imagine there being too many American Football fields to pracitce in in London.

Apart from London Barracuda, London Blitz, London Hornets, London Olympians, London Rebels, London Vipers and London Warriors, I can't think of any.  :)

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What's the flaw?

Skins just arrive in London a week earlier. If anything it'd give us a good advantage for the Bengals game as we'd be the more acclimatized to London.

ah ok. fair enough. would be pretty cool to watch the skins at 9:30 AM 2 weeks in a row! although i hope we aren't the team that plays the rams, as it would mean we finish in 4th place once again...

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Really wish this wouldn't happened.  Not in favor of getting up early in the morning to watch football.  

I thought I was the only who felt this way and just think how many people will have to choose between church and football.  Perhaps maybe two weekends in a row.

 

HTTR!

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ah ok. fair enough. would be pretty cool to watch the skins at 9:30 AM 2 weeks in a row! although i hope we aren't the team that plays the rams, as it would mean we finish in 4th place once again...

Rams are currently in 3rd place, and they might wind up there at season's end.  Meanwhile, the Skins can really be considered as close to first as they are to last......of course, I want them to finish 10-6 and in first THIS season.

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ah ok. fair enough. would be pretty cool to watch the skins at 9:30 AM 2 weeks in a row! although i hope we aren't the team that plays the rams, as it would mean we finish in 4th place once again...

 

I thought I read that the Rams game would be the traditional 1300/1pm start here (an 1800/6pm start there, which would make it a night game)

 

My sister, brother-in-law and their two kids live in Brussels and I took my BIL to his first NFL game during the 2012 preseason when their stateside visit was late enough for him to go and enjoy tailgating.  I may have to see if he would be interested in doing another game; just in his back yard.

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Football trumps church 7 days a week for me. Never a problem. And 9:30 isn't early. Jeez, get your lazy asses out of the bed. Stop sleeping your life away.

For some football does not trump church 7 days a week.  This is not about folks getting their lazy asses out of bed and sleeping their lives away. Jeez.

 

HTTR!

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Football trumps church 7 days a week for me. Never a problem. And 9:30 isn't early. Jeez, get your lazy asses out of the bed. Stop sleeping your life away.

Stop footballing your spiritual life away and go to church. Its on literally ALL DAY and Man invented dvrs. Football will never change your eternity, a relationship with God will. Just figured I say that, ya know, while we're all giving life advice and what not. :)

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I opened a fortune cookie and it said...

 

"Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny."

 

 

....in bed... : )

 

 

/ “A man who walks with God always gets to his destination.” - Henry Ford

// "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else." - Yogi Berra
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