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Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton leads his team onto the field for the Broncos game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)<\/p>\nLONDON \u2014 Broncos coach Sean Payton has issued a \u201cno sightseeing\u201d edict in London, but that is fine with tight end Evan Engram.<\/p>\n
Engram played the past three years for the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have been going to London for an annual game since 2013 with the exception of a 2020 season limited by COVID-19 restrictions. <\/p>\n
So when Denver faces the New York Jets on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it will be his fourth game in the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve told the guys, \u2018Like, look, you\u2019re not going to see me outside the hotel,\u2019\u2019\u2019 Engram said. \u201cI\u2019m locked in. I\u2019m chilling. I\u2019m resting. I\u2019ve been here four years in a row, so good luck.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sort of talk would seem ideal for Payton, who has said the Broncos going to London is a business trip. He was asked about the voyage after Denver (3-2) on Sunday knocked Philadelphia (4-1) from the unbeaten ranks with a 21-17 win at Lincoln Financial Field.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be exactly like a practice week,\u2019\u2019 said Payton, whose Broncos left Philadelphia after Sunday\u2019s game and arrived in London on Monday morning. \u201cExactly. You want the schedule? No sightseeing. We\u2019re staying in the middle of nowhere (with) no sightseeing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s schedule included running and lifting and watching tape of the upset of the Eagles. Players will be off Tuesday and have practices Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
OK, Payton did acknowledge that some players perhaps will go out to \u201chave some dinner.\u201d But this trip to London looks to be different from the last time the Broncos played here, a 21-17 win over Engram\u2019s Jaguars on Oct. 30, 2022, at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were probably like 15 to 20 minutes the last time (from central London),\u2019\u2019 defensive tackle D.J. Jones said of where the team stayed in 2022. \u201cIt\u2019s like an hour (now).<\/p>\n
Jones, who joined the Broncos in 2022, said he did a lot of shopping in Denver\u2019s previous visit to London under coach Nathaniel Hackett.<\/p>\n
\u201cBought a bunch of stuff that was cheaper than in America,\u2019\u2019 Jones said. \u201cLike a Goyard bag and some clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones said the Broncos staying far away from central London will probably cut down on his shopping but that he \u201cpacked too heavy to buy anything, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones is one of 11 players on Denver\u2019s 53-man roster who played in London against the Jaguars three years ago. The others are wide receiver Courtland Sutton, guard Quinn Meinerz, center Luke Wattenberg, outside linebackers Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper, inside linebackers Alex Singleton and Justin Strnad, cornerback Pat Surtain II, safety P.J. Locke and long snapper Mitch Fraboni.<\/p>\n
Strnad said he and several players on the last visit were able to slip out to attend a Premier League match.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe actually went to Tottenham to watch the soccer team last time,\u2019\u2019 Strnad said of the seeing the Hotspurs in action at the stadium where the Broncos will play Sunday. \u201cWe hope to get around and see something this year, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, that might depend on how much Payton actually does restrict sightseeing.<\/p>\n
Facing the 0-5 Jets will mark the third time Payton has coached a game in London, his first two when he headed the New Orleans Saints. He wasn\u2019t amused when he took his first team to London in 2008 and tight end Jeremy Shockey came up wth a plan for some recreation.<\/p>\n
\u201cShockey tried to get all the passports and take the team to Amsterdam,\u2019\u2019 Payton said. \u201cSo we put the kibosh on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton leads his team onto the field for the Broncos game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)<\/p>\n
On that trip, the Saints defeated the San Diego Chargers 37-32. In Payton\u2019s second visit, they beat the Miami Dolphins 20-0 in 2017.<\/p>\n
The Broncos are 1-1 in regular-season games in London, which have been held since 2007. They lost 24-16 to the San Francisco 49ers in 2010 before beating the Jaguars in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love London,\u2019\u2019 Jones said. \u201cThe fans support us. It\u2019s a special place, so they welcome us with open arms. So I\u2019m excited to play there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday will mark the 41st regular-season game played in London, and the second of three this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s cool to touch that fan base (in London) and get those people seeing the NFL and getting a couple of games a year,\u2019\u2019 said Strnad, who joined the Broncos in 2020.<\/p>\n
Then again, Strnad wasn\u2019t enthralled with one thing in 2022 visit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t a big fan of the food,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cBut hopefully it\u2019s a little better this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Engram offered no complaints about the food when he went to London with the Jaguars. In addition to the game against the Broncos in 2022, he played for Jacksonville in a 25-20 win over Buffalo in 2023 and in a 35-16 loss to Chicago last season.<\/p>\n
In three London games, Engram has caught 18 passes for 185 yards. He scored a touchdown on a 22-yard reception against the Broncos and against the Bears had 10 receptions for 102 yards, one of his six 100-yard games in nine NFL seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do think it\u2019s really cool,\u2019\u2019 Engram said off the NFL playing games in London. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing football our entire lives and for us to go across to another country and a different place to be able to play the game we love in front of new fans and give them that experience, I think it is really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Engram feels \u201clike a local\u201d having been to London regularly when the Jaguars stayed near the center of the city. This time he said the Broncos are staying in the \u201cboondocks,\u2019\u2019 but he\u2019s fine with that.<\/p>\n
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