Heading into the 2024 NFL season, the league is shaking things up, with the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers set to go head-to-head in an NFC heavyweight battle in Brazil.
Usually, games in another country take place midway through the season, with the locations typically in England or Germany, but this time, the NFL has decided to look south right out of the gate, which hasn’t sat well with some players.
Not only will the Packers and Eagles be the teams to go on the road to start their 2024 campaigns, but these two could be among the best in the NFC and potential Super Bowl title contenders. So, they don’t want their routines to get out of whack, especially when opening the season against a formidable opponent.
Eagles star Darius Slay is one of the players who isn’t exactly ecstatic about starting the season in Brazil, with the cornerback not bringing family to the game, in large part because of concerns for the safety of everyone involved.
“They already told us not to leave the hotel … because the crime rate is crazy,” Slay said, via Dov Kleiman.
Eagles Darius Slay does not want to play the season opener against the #Packers in Brazil.
The NFL has advised family not to travel with him because of ‘the high crime rate.’
“They already told us not to leave the hotel.”
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 2, 2024
Slay has a point in saying he doesn’t understand why the league would put two teams in this situation with such a high crime rate in Brazil, as he can’t see the benefit of going through this Week 1 matchup out of the country.
Hopefully, for the sake of both teams, things will go smoothly and a great game will be played.
