Another Eagles and Mexico City Nugget

Jimmy Kempski threw this nugget into a PhillyVoice notebook:

A couple of months ago, the NFL announced that the Cardinals would be playing a home game in Mexico City this season..

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The Eagles have a road game against the Cardinals this season, so a game in Mexico City is a possibility.

This is a bit of a late notebook item from the NFL owners meetings, but the Eagles told the NFL that they would be happy to play the Cardinals in Mexico City, or they’d be just as happy to play them in Arizona. I took that to mean that they were essentially volunteering to play in Mexico City. At the time, the Eagles did not know where that game would be held, and they did not believe they’d hear anything from the NFL imminently. But perhaps their willingness to travel to Mexico for that road game raises the odds a bit that they’ll play there this season?

That’s interesting. You do wonder what the Birds’ attitude is on playing these types of games.

Losing a home game to “host” in London or Mexico City is one thing, but if you’re the “road” team and you don’t mind the travel, then there are opportunities here to grow the Eagles brand and get international eyeballs on your team. You’re gonna have the opportunity as well to get your fans there en masse and maybe create a neutral site type of advantage, since you know Birds supporters would be happy to go to Mexico to watch a game. Look at how many went to London a few years back. The Green Legion and Phans of Philly and the other traveling groups would bring loads of folks to Mexico City, like this guy:

New Orleans is known for their music

Eagles fans brought their own 🎶 #BirdsintheBayou #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/dG3ZDpmnXN

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) November 18, 2018

Eagles, Eagles, Eagles all around

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