NFL Exec VP/Int'l Mark Waller said that the Week 8 Lions-Falcons game, which was played at Wembley Stadium at 9:30am ET, "worked 'incredibly well' ... both for UK fans used to Sunday afternoon starts for Premier League games and stateside fans looking for more football," according to Albert Breer of NFL.com. It also "prompted fans in England watching the over-the-air product ... to keep watching games on cable into the night, a big positive." The league "now has three more London games under its belt," and there "were positives and negatives" to the league's '14 efforts there. One positive was "more involvement from the British media than there has been," although there is "a ways to go." But "on the flip side, the concerns over the condition of the Wembley turf after games has grown." The other thing that "will be looked at as a result of this year's games is how the NFL handles its clubs over there, who'd often rather just stay in one place during the trip." Next year's "introduction of games in back-to-back weeks will further test Wembley's turf and logistics, and adding an in-division contest" between the Jets and Dolphins "will take the stakes to another level" (NFL.com, 11/14).
