Why does the NFL keep exporting its worst games to Europe? Because it can

For a league that often trumpets its desire to grow its audience in Europe, the NFL has a weird way of showing it.

The matchups that the NFL has inflicted on crowds in the United Kingdom and now Germany have almost always been putrid.

There have been 42 NFL games in Europe since the NFL first brought its product overseas in October 2007. Of those, only two have pitted a pair of teams with winning records, a matchup between the Giants and Packers in 2022 and one between the Chiefs and Dolphins last season.

Nine times, the NFL has subjected crowds in Europe to a game featuring at least one winless team. The 2017 Cleveland Browns made a London appearance on their way to becoming the second 0-16…