The Jets are returning to London with the hope that crossing the ocean doesn’t inject turbulence into their season but once more.
Jets-Broncos shall be performed on Oct. 12 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the NFL introduced as a part of Tuesday’s reveal of a six-game worldwide slate in 2025.
The Jets are the “home” crew for the 9:30 a.m. EST kickoff in Week 6 on NFL Community.
Even with out former quarterback Aaron Rodgers and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett — Hackett was ripped by Broncos head coach Sean Payton in 2023 — there’s loads of intrigue in Jets-Broncos.
Payton is a mentor to new Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, who was an assistant underneath Payton with the Saints. New Jets basic supervisor Darren Mougey helped construct the Broncos’ roster as a prime lieutenant.
One 12 months in the past, the Jets misplaced to the Vikings in London, and head coach Robert Saleh was fired shortly after returning house.
Proprietor Woody Johnson — a former United States ambassador to the UK — shortly fired Saleh after returning house, and the choice threw the entire season into chaos slightly than creating the specified spark.
That is the sixth straight season that the Jets and Broncos have met, which may be very uncommon for non-divisional opponents. Particularly contemplating that neither crew has gained their division throughout that span.
The Broncos have gained three of the earlier 5 conferences, together with final 12 months’s ugly 10-9 victory when Greg Zuerlein missed a would-be game-winning subject aim.
The final two conferences – each gained by the visiting crew – have been dominated by the Hackett-Payton storyline after Payton criticized the job that Hackett did as his predecessor teaching the Broncos.
The Jets maintain advertising and marketing rights in the UK underneath the NFL’s World Markets Program.
The remainder of the Jets’ schedule shall be introduced Wednesday and can nonetheless embody eight house video games at MetLife Stadium.