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Feb 21, 2022

Start brushing off your English-to-German dictionaries, Carolina Panthers fans! - As announced by commissioner Roger Goodell during the lead-up to Super Bowl LVI, Germany will play host to four NFL games between 2022 and 2025. So, in the latest edition of “Peter King’s Football Morning in America,” the NBC Sports scribe takes a shot at forecasting the league’s future forays into “Das Land der Dichter und Denker.” - “Roger Goodell announced that four games will be played in Germany in the next four seasons, two in Munich and two in Frankfurt,” King writes. “In December, four teams were awarded marketing rights to the German market by the NFL: Kansas City, New England, Carolina and Tampa Bay. Two AFC, two NFC. It’s logical to think that the NFL will give each of those teams one game in Germany over the first four years of the marketing-rights deal.” - Back on Dec. 15, it was announced that the Panthers were granted those International Home Marketing Area rights. Given that they’ll have the chance to introduce themselves over in Germany, it only makes sense they get one of those games there, right? - “Because NFC teams have nine home games in 2022 and ’24, look for Tampa Bay and Carolina to play the ‘home’ games in those years, while Kansas City and New England, with nine home games in 2023 and 2025, could play a game in Germany in those years,” King continues. “The ’22 game was set up perfectly, with Tom Brady slated to lead the Bucs into Germany. But his retirement means the NFL will likely have to find the best ‘host’ of two teams with questionable QB situations, Bucs and Panthers, to kick off the Germany experiment this fall.” - King goes on to add that he believes the Buccaneers make a bit more sense to “host” the 2022 contest being that, ya know, they’re just a season removed from a Super Bowl victory and aren’t a complete disaster. (He’s not wrong in insinuating that.) - While it is a bit of a bummer that one of their home games would be sent to what’s essentially neutral turf, the Panthers organization would likely more than embrace the opportunity to expand their brand. Plus, Carolina is an embarrassing 4-12 at home since 2020—so maybe home-field advantage isn’t really much of an advantage for Matt Rhule’s squad anyway. - Hallo, Deutschland! - - RelatedIs this 'a lot of compensation' for a potential trade of Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey?Are these the Panthers' best and worst-case offseason scenarios? - - List - - Who's out and who's in for the Panthers 2022 coaching staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Panthers Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Panthers Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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