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Browns could find out within 'next week' about chances of playing Eagles in Brazil
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
ORLANDO, Fla. — The home team for the NFL's first game in Brazil has been known since before the Super Bowl. On Tuesday, the league announced where fans around the country will be able to watch the game.
The only question remaining is whether or not the Browns will be the team facing the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday, Sept. 6, in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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The NFL announced during the owners meetings in Orlando, Fla., that the game will be exclusively streamed on Peacock. The game will be broadcast in the local markets, both in Philadelphia and the other city.
During his press conference on Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said "the teams are important. I expect we'll have that in the next week." There are those around the league who believe that announcement could come as soon as Thursday.
"We don't know a thing," Browns owner Jimmy Haslam told a small group of beat writers, including the Beacon Journal , on Monday. "We don't know when we'll know. We know we're one of the teams up (for the game)."
The Browns and the Green Bay Packers are seen as the two favorites to end up in the Brazil game. Cleveland hasn't played in an international game since a 2017 game against the Minnesota Vikings in London, England.
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The United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico and Germany have all hosted NFL regular-season games since the International Series began in 2007. The season opener will be the first game played in South America.
"We have a little experience in that," Goodell said of expanding into Brazil. "We've gone through a great deal of analysis and a great deal of thought. We've made several trips down there over the last year or so. I think we feel it's a market we think is going to be an explosive market."
Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Browns wait for word on Brazil should end within 'next week'
