<Ul> <Li> NFL Kickoff Game: The 2018 season will begin with the Kickoff Game on September 6 at 8: 20 p.m. EDT . The game will feature the Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Atlanta Falcons and will be televised on NBC . </Li> <Li> NFL International Series: <Ul> <Li> NFL London Games: Three games will be played in London in 2018 . This will be the first season of a 10 - year agreement to play at least one game per season at the new Tottenham Stadium, where the Oakland Raiders will host the Seattle Seahawks on October 14 at 1: 00 p.m. EDT (6: 00 p.m. BST) on Fox . Two more games will be played at Wembley Stadium, with the Los Angeles Chargers hosting the Tennessee Titans on October 21 at 9: 30 a.m. EDT (2: 30 p.m. BST) on CBS and the Jacksonville Jaguars hosting the Philadelphia Eagles on October 28 at 9: 30 a.m. EDT (1: 30 p.m. GMT) on NFLN . This will be the first time the London games will be played on three consecutive weeks, a move the league has taken to try to streamline their London operations . </Li> <Li> NFL Mexico Game: The NFL will play one game at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in 2018, in accordance with an agreement the league announced in November 2017 to play one game at that venue each year through 2021 . The game will feature the Los Angeles Rams hosting the Kansas City Chiefs . The game will be held on Monday, November 19, and will be televised on ESPN . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Thanksgiving Day: As has been the case since 2006, three games will be played on November 22 . The 12: 30 pm EST game will feature Detroit Lions hosting the Chicago Bears on CBS . The 4: 30 pm EST game will feature the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Washington Redskins on Fox . A third game, Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints starting at 8: 30 pm EST, will be aired on NBC . </Li> <Li> Christmas games: Christmas Day, December 25, falls on a Tuesday in 2018 . Instead of moving the Monday Night from Christmas Eve, the game will be played at its normal time, marking only the second Monday Night game ever played on Christmas Eve . As is usually the case when a night game is played on Christmas Eve, the host team (the Oakland Raiders) is in the western United States, and thus the game will take place in the late afternoon local time . </Li> </Ul> <Li> NFL Kickoff Game: The 2018 season will begin with the Kickoff Game on September 6 at 8: 20 p.m. EDT . The game will feature the Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Atlanta Falcons and will be televised on NBC . </Li> <Li> NFL International Series: <Ul> <Li> NFL London Games: Three games will be played in London in 2018 . This will be the first season of a 10 - year agreement to play at least one game per season at the new Tottenham Stadium, where the Oakland Raiders will host the Seattle Seahawks on October 14 at 1: 00 p.m. EDT (6: 00 p.m. BST) on Fox . Two more games will be played at Wembley Stadium, with the Los Angeles Chargers hosting the Tennessee Titans on October 21 at 9: 30 a.m. EDT (2: 30 p.m. BST) on CBS and the Jacksonville Jaguars hosting the Philadelphia Eagles on October 28 at 9: 30 a.m. EDT (1: 30 p.m. GMT) on NFLN . This will be the first time the London games will be played on three consecutive weeks, a move the league has taken to try to streamline their London operations . </Li> <Li> NFL Mexico Game: The NFL will play one game at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in 2018, in accordance with an agreement the league announced in November 2017 to play one game at that venue each year through 2021 . The game will feature the Los Angeles Rams hosting the Kansas City Chiefs . The game will be held on Monday, November 19, and will be televised on ESPN . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> NFL London Games: Three games will be played in London in 2018 . This will be the first season of a 10 - year agreement to play at least one game per season at the new Tottenham Stadium, where the Oakland Raiders will host the Seattle Seahawks on October 14 at 1: 00 p.m. EDT (6: 00 p.m. BST) on Fox . Two more games will be played at Wembley Stadium, with the Los Angeles Chargers hosting the Tennessee Titans on October 21 at 9: 30 a.m. EDT (2: 30 p.m. BST) on CBS and the Jacksonville Jaguars hosting the Philadelphia Eagles on October 28 at 9: 30 a.m. EDT (1: 30 p.m. GMT) on NFLN . This will be the first time the London games will be played on three consecutive weeks, a move the league has taken to try to streamline their London operations . </Li> <Li> NFL Mexico Game: The NFL will play one game at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in 2018, in accordance with an agreement the league announced in November 2017 to play one game at that venue each year through 2021 . The game will feature the Los Angeles Rams hosting the Kansas City Chiefs . The game will be held on Monday, November 19, and will be televised on ESPN . </Li> </Ul>

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