Patriots Could Take On Raiders In Mexico City Next Year?

According to ESPNโ€™s John Sutcliffe, the NFL could return to Mexico City in 2017 with the Patriots taking on the Raiders.

Last night, Sutcliffe mentioned that Patriots owner Robert Kraft is โ€œvery interestedโ€ in the possibility of playing in Mexico City and Raiders owner Mark Davis has even said that he has a keen interest in the team making regular trips to Mexico. The Raiders are obviously one of the more popular teams in Mexico, so thereโ€™s some logic in them going back again in 2017.

This comes just a week after the NFL hosted the first game in Mexico City between the Raiders and Texans in over more than a decade.

The NFL also indicated that theyโ€™re interested in continuing to host games in Mexico City, even though there was some fan violence last week.

โ€œMy goal would be similar to the U.K., where weโ€™re able to go back at least once a year and create our piece of the Mexico City sporting calendar,โ€ Mark Waller, the leagueโ€™s Executive VP of International, mentioned in an interview with NFL.com. โ€œMexico City has the size of NFL fan base that would rival any city in the United States. The area is 22 million people. Itโ€™s a huge and very passionate fan base.โ€

Logistically speaking, Mexico City is a lot easier for teams to deal with, considering that itโ€™s located in the Central time zone and wouldnโ€™t require an early start time.

Weโ€™ll have more regarding a potential 2017 matchup between the Patriots and Raiders in Mexico City as the news is available.

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