The NFL is looking into playing a regular season game in China as early as the 2018 season.
A detailed analysis of how much interest there would be in such a game in the world's most populous country is underway, and is being discussed this week at the owners' meetings, but few details, including which city the league will target, have been settled.
Quietly, several teams have expressed a willingness to be involved, although the logistics would be more challenging than participating in the annual regular-season series in London.
For one, heading to China after playing a Sunday game and then suiting up again the following Sunday could be problematic considering the hefty time difference and travel involved.
This year, the NFL will stage three games in London and return to Mexico for a regular-season game in November.
The London matches will feature Washington against Cincinnati and Indianapolis facing Jacksonville at Wembley Stadium with the Bengals and Jaguars as hosts.
NY Giants then face the LA Rams at Twickenham which is being used for the first time.
On November 21, Oakland will host Houston at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, the first NFL game in the country since 2005, when Arizona beat San Francisco 31-14 before 103,467 fans.
The NFL had planned to play a pre-season game in China once before, in 2007 in Beijing, but it was cancelled.
A trip to China would be the longest for the NFL, which has previously staged exhibition games in Japan and Australia.
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