Jacksonville heads overseas for a high-stakes clash against Jalen Hurts and a revamped Philadelphia offense, testing their international dominance against the 2025 Super Bowl champions in London.
For those who don’t know, the Jacksonville Jaguars play in London.
Like, a lot. Maybe not enough for London to be considered a second home for them, but certainly more than for anybody else.
Jacksonville has played in England 14 times, by far the most international appearances of any NFL team.
The next highest number is eight, which is held by the Buffalo Bills (six of those eight have been in Canada, which isn’t nearly as far from Buffalo as London is from Florida).
Since the Jags played their first game in London in 2013, the team has only finished with a winning record four times, with the most recent coming last season. So playing meaningful football in London beyond growing the game internationally isn’t something the Jags are used to, but 2026 is lining up to be a year in which the Jags play not one but two high-quality London games. The first of which is scheduled for Oct. 11 against the Philadelphia Eagles.
No NFC team has had more success in the 2020s than Philadelphia.
Sure, the Green Bay Packers have just as many wins, but what separates Philadelphia is that the Eagles have been to two Super Bowls and won one.
The Super Bowl win took place not too long ago, with the Eagles pounding the Kansas City Chiefs in February 2025.
Philly’s title defense didn’t go as well as hoped. The Eagles played well enough to retain the NFC East (11-6) but lost their first playoff game to the San Francisco 49ers, 23-19, in Philadelphia. Many felt that Kevin Patullo, who took over for Super Bowl-winning offensive coordinator and current New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore, was the No. 1 guy to blame, and the Eagles fired Patullo after one season.
Now, Sean Mannion will be calling the shots.
Mannion, just 34, played in the league as recently as 2023 and has since spent his two seasons in coaching with the Green Bay Packers, where he was the quarterbacks coach in 2025.
His quarterback in Philly will be Jalen Hurts, who will be without his top receiver, AJ Brown, who eclipsed 1,000 yards in each of his four seasons with the Eagles but now plays for the New England Patriots.
Philly’s offense still has plenty of firepower, with Hurts, the great Saquon Barkley at running back, DeVonta Smith at receiver and arguably the best offensive line in the NFL. Defensively, the Eagles finished fifth in scoring last year under coordinator Vic Fangio, but lost three starters (Jaelen Phillips, Nakobe Dean and Reed Blankenship) to free agency. The Eagles signed A.J. Epenesa, traded for Jonathan Greenard (Minnesota Vikings), and signed Riq Woolen, who just won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks.
If things go right for the Eagles and Jags, this could be a Super Bowl preview.
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