The NFL will allow international players in the league to represent their home countries, if they so choose, during the preseason in 2021.
That means the Buffalo Bills could be involved here.
The Bills have two players on their roster currently from across the pound, England’s Efe Obada and Christian Wade.
A memo sent out by the NFL said players who came to the league via their International Pathway Program, can put their home country flag alongside the United States flag on their helmet during the preseason.
The league has limited the initiative to only the exhibition season at this time, though. In total, the NFL has 14 such players currently on rosters.
The NFL also recently announced that every team in the league will begin an eight-year rotation starting in 2022 which will include international games.
In that time frame under that new policy, every team in the league will play in an international setting once every eight seasons.
The Bills previously have previously already played games in Canada and London.
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