Two early standouts share an early kickoff Sunday morning. For a third consecutive weekend and the final time this season, the NFL extends its tentpoles into British soil, with the Los Angeles Rams dueling the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium. Trevor Lawrence and the upstart Jags are still trying to break through in a cramped AFC; Matthew Stafford and his Angelenos must adapt on the fly without their elite lead receiver.
This game invites a whole round of questions — about time zone shifts, broadcast restrictions, on-field mismatches and the strange connection between Duval sunshine and London fog. Here’s what you need to know before tuning in for the latest overseas kickoff.
How to watch Rams vs. Jaguars
- Venue: Wembley Stadium — London
- Time: 9:30 a.m. ET, Sunday
- TV (national): NFL Network
- Rams, in market: Fox channel 11 (KTTV)
- Jaguars, in market: Fox channel 30 (WFOX)
- Streaming: Fubo (Stream Free Now)
- Watching in person? Get tickets on StubHub.
NFL Network also streams on NFL+.
The 4-2 Rams, sans Puka Nacua
Sean McVay directs a team that enters Week 7 ranked in the top 10 in yards gained and yards allowed. Stafford leads all throwers with nearly 1,700 yards and 78 passing first downs. His current passer rating of 106.2 is the highest of his distinguished 17-year career. Granted, Stafford’s life is considerably easier with Davante Adams in vertical routes. The three-time All-Pro wideout has a 20+ yard catch in every week of his nascent L.A. tenure.
The offense will be without intermediate staple Puka Nacua, who was ruled out of this game on Friday. He hurt his ankle in last Sunday’s blowout win over the Baltimore Ravens. Nacua had garnered nine or more targets in every game before the injury.
McVay has established himself as a savant in zone blocking and motion offense, but this year’s defense is unequivocally leading the Rams so far. The Chris Shula-coordinated group has the third-best red zone percentage; it is wearing down opposing QBs with the pass-rush pairing of Byron Young and Jared Verse. Young has 7 1/2 sacks entering this weekend’s play, remarkable given he had that many across 17 games in 2024.
Rams’ all-time record in London: 2-2
The 4-2 Jaguars, pride of London
Lord Byron; Amy Winehouse; Trevor Lawrence. Against all odds and geographic reasoning, the Jaguars have become an indispensable part of British culture. No NFL team has played more London games than Jacksonville, an arrangement originally made to compensate for small-market revenues. Jags owner Shahid Khan once tried to buy Wembley Stadium outright.
Defensive end and perpetual block-shedder Josh Hines-Allen loves the city and visits during the NFL offseason. “My wife and I went to Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant last year and the staff said we just missed him. I really don’t try to get fan-boyish around anybody, but like, Gordon Ramsay… when I was in college, I binge-watched Kitchen Nightmares,” he told The Athletic during last year’s trip.
Jacksonville lost at home last Sunday, unable to cover Seattle Seahawks breakout Jaxon Smith-Njigba as he torched its secondary for 162 yards. The teal team did pick up a signature win the previous Monday night, topping the incumbent AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs behind Lawrence’s slip-and-score touchdown scramble. Rookie head coach Liam Coen broke into the league working as an assistant under McVay, and Jacksonville’s offense has shown signs of growth. But the wins so far have largely come from an aggressive defense that lurched out to No. 1 in takeaways. Devin Lloyd, who is very much a linebacker and not a defensive back, leads the NFL in interceptions after six weeks.
Jaguars’ all-time record in London: 7-6
The broadcast situation
All of the NFL’s European games are shown live on NFL Network for U.S. audiences. There’s a local over-the-air simulcast in the teams’ respective regions, meaning this Sunday’s matchup has in-market listings for L.A. and Jacksonville. The significant time zone shift brings a 6:30 a.m. start to Southern California.
Rich Eisen is on play-by-play, and Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner takes color commentary. Sara Walsh reports along the sidelines.
Gridiron football’s history in London
The NFL has been traveling to the U.K. for regular-season games since 2007, but the London Monarchs predated that engagement back in 1991. They were a part of NFL Europe, the developmental league probably best remembered stateside for its minuscule Madden ratings.
London’s first NFL showcase was won by Eli Manning’s New York Giants, who outlasted the Miami Dolphins 13-10. That game was televised throughout the U.K., but it was actually slotted as a regional Fox game in America. It was also aired at 1 p.m. ET for American viewers, compared to the current 9:30 a.m. shift. From 2007 through 2015, all London games were held at Wembley. Twickenham became the second stadium used in 2016, and Tottenham was added to the venue rotation in ’19.
This year’s first U.K. matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns was marred by Ticketmaster malfunctions, which created gridlock at the gates. The game itself was a good watch, though, and the Vikes won off the strength of a final-minute strike from Carson Wentz to Jordan Addison. Last week’s game was claimed by the Denver Broncos, who dropped the New York Jets to 0-6 with nine sacks of Justin Fields.
What are the teams doing over there?
Rams tight end Tyler Higbee is watching “School of Rock,” by his own admission, while the injured Nacua is bumping Adele (an appropriate choice for a bruised man). McVay has received love from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, who has the juice in London right now with Arsenal’s first-place position on the EPL table. McVay is a confirmed Gooner, telling the “Men in Blazers” podcast that he loves Arsenal’s set pieces.
As for the “hometown” Jaguars? Jaxson de Ville is riling up supporters via pub crawl. The Hall of Fame mascot (seriously, show some respect) has been doing aerial stunts at Wembley for more than a decade now, so he’s eminently comfortable measuring heights with the metric system. As for the human beings involved with Sunday’s showcase, Jacksonville’s D-line just learned “having a chinwag” is British parlance for conversation. They can’t seem to keep a straight face about that, understandable given its all-around hilarity:
Who is expected to win on Sunday?
The Rams are, by a thin margin. BetMGM has Los Angeles as a field goal favorite at a neutral site, which is suitably close for intercontinental viewership. London exports often turn into low-scoring grinders. Though both sides have effective defenses, the Jags rely on creating turnovers, which is a more volatile week-over-week metric than the Rams’ deep and scalable pass rush.
2025 NFL International Games
All upcoming games start at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Week 1 (Friday, Sept. 5): Los Angeles Chargers 27, Kansas City Chiefs 21
Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, Brazil
Week 4 (Sunday, Sept. 28): Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Minnesota Vikings 21
Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland
Week 5 (Sunday, Oct. 5): Minnesota Vikings 21, Cleveland Browns 17
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England
Week 6 (Sunday, Oct. 12): Denver Broncos 13, New York Jets 11
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England
Week 7 (Sunday, Oct. 19): Los Angeles Rams vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Wembley Stadium in London, England
Week 10 (Sunday, Nov. 9): Atlanta Falcons vs. Indianapolis Colts
Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany
Week 11 (Sunday, Nov. 16): Washington Commanders vs. Miami Dolphins
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain
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