The recent NFL Draft got everyone excited about American Football, with Joe Burrow’s switch to the Cincinnati Bengals and Tom Brady’s bromance rekindled with Rob Gronkowski at Tampa Bay. Recent enthusiasm has been tempered, however, by the news that the NFL won’t be coming to London this year, with plans for all four matches in the English capital scrapped.

The NFL coming to London has been a controversial subject since its first inception. The idea of travelling a domestic season abroad is one that has often been mooted for the Premier League but has never happened.

American Football in England has, to an extent, been a big hit. Recently, the Los Angeles Rams made the trip ‘across the pond’ and provided a fascinating glimpse into the logistical and physical challenges that come with crossing the Atlantic to play an NFL game.

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