Last month, the NFL announced the five teams who will host international games for the 2023 schedule. On that schedule was the Kansas City Chiefs who will play in Germany later this year. The Chiefs happen to be one of the Detroit Lions’ nine opponents they’ll face on the road this year, meaning the Lions could be traveling internationally for the first time since 2015.
Over the past week, a couple of news items have seemingly increased the likelihood of this happening. First, Ben Volin of the Boston Globe wrote that a team official said the Lions believe they will play in Germany in 2023.