For the past couple of years, the NFL has been trying to get Europeans interested in our national pastime by playing a regular season game overseas. They’d like to do this in Germany, Canada, and other countries, but not on the scale of NFL Europa, the league’s last sorry attempt at exporting the sport around the world. Thankfully, the NFL euthanized that monstrosity in 2007, but hasn’t completely given up it’s plans for world domination.
Lately, the Brits have been hosting the game. From what I’ve observed, they don’t exactly know what to make of it. They applaud politely when something happens. They dress up in team colors to enter more deeply in the fan experience. They find the game fast and loud, which is fun, but in the end they don’t get it.
Well, if the NFL should decide to base some teams across the pond, Dave at Dave’s Art Locker has already been working on it. The rest of the NFC North is below the fold…
