Tampa Bay Buccaneers Make Second Trip Across the Pond: Will Play Bears in London

April 14, 2011   ·   Josh Hill   ·   Jump to comments

The Buccaneers got another date in London, this time their guest is the Monsters of the Midway; the Chicago Bears.
League sources including ESPN's Adam Schefeter confirmed that should there be an NFL season in 2011, the two teams will play in London.
The schedule for 2011 has the NFC North matching up against the NFC South with the Bucs playing road games against the Vikings and Packers and hosting the Lions (again) and, of course, the Bears.
It will be the first time the Bears will be playing in London since 1986 when they played the Cowboys.
It will be the second time Tampa has played on the other side of the pond since they got blown out by the Patriots two years ago.
The matchup should be one of the better games of the season. The Bears got bounced in the NFC Championship game by the eventual Super Bowl champions, the Packers.
The Bucs didn't make the playoffs but exploded out of the blue to win 10 games and showed the promise of a future elite NFL squ...

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