{"id":851503,"date":"2026-04-03T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/851503\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:09:16","slug":"k-c-chiefs-lobby-nfl-to-face-atlanta-falcons-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/851503\/","title":{"rendered":"K.C. Chiefs lobby NFL to face Atlanta Falcons in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-franchises \">Chiefs officials are \u201clobbying the league\u201d for a game in Spain after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/03\/03\/falcons-to-play-in-nfl-madrid-game-next-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/03\/03\/falcons-to-play-in-nfl-madrid-game-next-season\/\">Falcons announced they will play this fall in Madrid at Bernab\u00e9u<\/a> Stadium, according to Sam McDowell of the K.C. STAR. Chiefs President Mark Donovan said, \u201cWe\u2019ve been very open and aggressive with the league &#8212; as we have been since the beginning &#8212; that we want to play in Spain this year. We think it would be a great market, game (and) matchup.\u201d The Chiefs added Spain as one of their international rights markets last year. The Falcons matchup will \u201cbe revealed when the full schedule is released\u201d in May. Donovan said, \u201cIt\u2019s perfect timing for us. And to play in Real Madrid, and for our fans to experience that stadium and city, I think it\u2019d be amazing for our fans. So we\u2019re all in.\u201d McDowell: \u201cWill the league be all-in? That\u2019s not exactly a lock.\u201d The Chiefs have \u201clong raised their hand for international games.\u201d In the QB Patrick Mahomes era alone, the Chiefs have played in Brazil (2024), Germany (2023) and Mexico City (2019) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/article315280327.html#storylink=cpy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/article315280327.html#storylink=cpy\">K.C. STAR, 4\/2<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-franchises \">FOR THE GIRLS: ESPN.com\u2019s Nate Taylor noted the Chiefs\u202frevealed an advertising campaign called \u201cLet Her Play\u201d on Thursday in hopes of \u201cpersuading the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) to make girls\u2019 flag football a sanctioned sport in the state.\u201d In a 55-second video, the Chiefs \u201cshowcased several girls who already play the sport.\u201d The Chiefs then \u201chighlighted girls in Kansas who can only dream of representing their school by playing organized flag football.\u201d The Chiefs\u2019 video ends with prominent members of the organization &#8212; including coach Andy Reid, Donovan and players such as G Trey Smith, C Creed Humphrey\u202fand WR Xavier Worthy\u202f&#8211; shouting the three-word phrase, \u201cLet Her Play\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48380482\/kansas-city-chiefs-girls-high-school-flag-football-campaign-petition-let-play \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48380482\/kansas-city-chiefs-girls-high-school-flag-football-campaign-petition-let-play \">ESPN.com, 4\/2<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chiefs officials are \u201clobbying the league\u201d for a game in Spain after the Falcons announced they will play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,5107,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-851503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-falcons","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-international","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116341647965746087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}