Jaguars set to play 26 of next 30 games away from Jacksonville

The Jacksonville Jaguars are set for an unusually nomadic stretch of football, with the team scheduled to play 26 of its next 30 regular-season games away from its home stadium in Jacksonville. The run includes a game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this Sunday, part of the NFL's continued push to stage regular-season games overseas.

A historic scheduling quirk

According to the report, the Jaguars will become the first NFL team since 1926 to play in 12 or more different stadiums over the course of a single season, an extraordinary logistical and competitive challenge even by the standards of a league that regularly asks teams to travel across time zones.

Playing the bulk of a season away from a true home environment can carry competitive implications, from disrupted routines and travel fatigue to the loss of a consistent home-field advantage that most teams rely on throughout the year.

The international game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium adds to the NFL's growing slate of regular-season matchups played in London and other overseas markets, part of a broader league strategy to grow its global fan base.

How the extended run of true road and neutral-site games affects the Jaguars' performance over the rest of the season remains to be seen, but the sheer number of venues involved marks a notable departure from a typical NFL schedule.