The NFL’s bid to grow the game internationally continues this season.

Schedule makers have also worked their magic to create mouth-watering match-ups for primetime TV, beginning with the season opener.

The opening weekend continues with the first regular-season game to be played in Brazil as the Eagles face the Packers in Sao Paulo on Friday (01:15 BST Saturday), while the first Monday night game (01:15 BST Tuesday) sees the Jets visit the 49ers – the team Rodgers supported as a boy and who overlooked him when they had the first pick in the 2005 draft.

There’s a Super Bowl rematch in October, a Thanksgiving triple-header, another Black Friday game, plus two games on Christmas Day.

The Brazil venture is one of five international games this season, with the NFL returning to Munich in November while there will again be three games in London in October.

There will be a match played in Spain in 2025 while Australia and Ireland are among the markets being considered for future international games.

Like last year, the Jacksonville Jaguars are playing at both Wembley and Tottenham, so former Wales rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit could make a mid-season return to the UK.

Rees-Zammit spent the summer with the Chiefs before joining the Jags’ practice squad and can be promoted to the active roster up to three times during the season.

The same goes for the other four athletes who also came through this year’s international player pathway and are now with NFL teams – Travis Clayton (Buffalo Bills), Bayron Matos (Miami Dolphins), Praise Olatoke (Carolina Panthers) and Charlie Smyth (New Orleans Saints).