News Summary

• The NFL no longer guarantees a bye week after an international game.
• The Detroit Lions are not expecting to get one after their 2026 game that will be played in Munich, Germany.
• At the moment, the Lions’ Germany opponent is unknown, and the date of the game hasn’t been announced, either.
• The expectation is for it to be an early November game, because each of the Germany games in the past four years have been played between November 5 and 13.
• The Lions have played in back-to-back Thursdays in two consecutive seasons.