Detroit Lions protected these 2 video games from being performed in Germany

As of this publishing, we all know the Detroit Lions will play a sport in Munich, Germany for the 2026 season. However, a lot of the particulars about that sport stay unknown. We don’t know the precise date of the sport—though the Germany worldwide sport has historically been performed within the first week or two of November. We additionally don’t know who the Lions’ opponent might be in that sport.

We do know that Detroit would be the house workforce, which limits it to 9 doable opponents: Bears, Packers, Vikings, Patriots, Saints, Giants, Jets, Buccaneers, and Titans. However, we will whittle that checklist right down to seven primarily based on feedback produced from Lions workforce president Rod Wood in an interview with the Detroit Free Press.

Wood mentioned the workforce was capable of defend two video games from being overseason. The workforce’s picks: the Packers and the Vikings. Obviously, it was vital for the Lions to have a real home-field benefit in opposition to divisional opponents, however with solely two video games to guard, it’s doable the Chicago Bears may very well be the Lions’ Germany opponent. However, Wood doesn’t consider that’ll occur.

”It may very well be Chicago [but] have a tough time believing that,” Wood mentioned.

The NFL added Germany to their worldwide slate in 2022. Here are the matchup we’ve seen up to now:

2022: Seahawks at Buccaneers
2023: Dolphins at Chiefs
2023: Colts at Patriots
2024: Giants at Panthers
2025: Falcons at Colts

So, up to now, there haven’t been any divisional video games performed in Germany. So, hopefully, the Lions will face one in every of their different six designated house opponents.