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NFL Schedule Release: How Many Miles Will Your Team Travel In 2022?

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NFL Schedule Release: How Many Miles Will Your Team Travel In 2022?

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Five NFL teams this season will travel more miles than it takes to go around the world. 
The Seattle Seahawks will cover the most miles of any NFL team. They are scheduled to traverse 29,446 miles on their eight road trips. The Seahawks will cross a total 34 time zones. That includes nine each way to and from Seattle to Munich, Germany, where they meet the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Nov. 13. 

The distance around Earth at the equator is 24,901 miles. The other teams traveling a distance greater than "around the world" this season are New Orleans, Jacksonville, Denver, and Miami

Ahead of the NFL schedule release on May 12, Bookies.com looked at every NFL team's road opponents for the 2022-23 regular season, along with the five international games, to compute the linear miles each team will travel and how many times they cross into a new time zone on each round trip.

The Saints, Jaguars and Broncos have games scheduled in London this year. The Dolphins (25,178 miles and 14 time zones) traverse the most miles of any team not leaving the Continental United States.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will travel the fewest miles of any NFL team this season. The Steelers schedule has the team never leaving the Eastern Time Zone. The team will cover 6,442 miles, or just 21% of the distance traveled by the Seahawks.

How Far Will Each NFL Team Travel This Season?

Here is a breakdown of the travel mileage in store for all 32 NFL teams for the 2022-23 NFL regular season. These numbers include mileage for teams playing in the five NFL international games this season (home and away teams, as both will be traveling). The milage was calculated by using the linear distance between each stadium city. 

 32 NFL Team Travel Totals For Upcoming Season

TeamTotal MileageTime Zones
Seattle Seahawks29,44634
Denver Broncos27,39832
Jacksonville Jaguars25,53422
Miami Dolphins25,17814
New Orleans Saints24,97630
Tampa Bay Buccaneers23,76426
LA Chargers23,26630
San Francisco 49ers20,79222
Las Vegas Raiders20,73426
New York Giants20,61422
Arizona Cardinals19,61620
Dallas Cowboys19,56614
New England Patriots18,94414
Minnesota Vikings18,36022
Green Bay Packers17,79422
LA Rams17,20420
Kansas City Chiefs16,74622
Carolina Panthers16,49414
Houston Texans16,22414
New York Jets16,15414
Atlanta Falcons15,64814
Indianapolis Colts14,26018
Buffalo Bills13,98410
Philadelphia Eagles13,94010
Washington Commanders13,67012
Tennessee Titans12,48414
Cincinnati Bengals10,8364
Chicago Bears10,0868
Cleveland Browns9,9862
Baltimore Ravens9,5002
Detroit Lions8,3488
Pittsburgh Steelers6,4420

Depending on how the overall schedule is formulated, the Seahawks may be able to trim a few miles depending on where they play before heading to Germany. But the only other road opponent the Seahawks have in the Eastern Time Zone this season is the Detroit Lions. The team would likely head for its game in Germany against “DIE ZIEGE” and his Tampa Bay squad from the Pacific Northwest coming off, or heading into, the bye. 

Thanks to that “home” game in Munich, the Buccaneers will travel 23,764 miles. In addition to Tampa Bay's game in Munich, Germany (4,981 miles each way from Tampa), the Buccaneers have a 4,738-mile round trip in store when they visit the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, California. The Buccaneers are the top pick out of the NFC to win the Super Bowl at +700 with DraftKings. Some trips could be combined depending on how each team's schedule is formulated and their travel preferences. 

Longest & Shortest Road Trips

The Buffalo Bills are the current NFL betting favorite to win the Super Bowl at +650 NFL odds with DraftKings. They will travel 13,984 miles this regular season, crossing 10 time zones. Their longest round trip is a 5,072-mile journey to visit the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. That game could likely be the NFL season opener.  


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The shortest "road trip" this season is zero miles when the Rams play host to the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. The teams share the site for their home games.

The 10,566-mile round trip between Seattle and Munich is the longest in the NFL this season. The longest round trip for any team within the Continental United States belongs to the Carolina Panthers, who will travel 5,528 miles in going to and from Seattle.

The Denver Broncos, who play the Jaguars in London, make 32 time-zone changes during the regular season. That's the most in the AFC.

This year, the unbalanced NFL schedule has each NFC team with nine home games and eight games on the road. 

There will be five games total played outside the U.S. in 2022. The Seahawks and Buccaneers meet in Germany. The Arizona Cardinals have a “home” game in Mexico City against the San Francisco 49ers. In London, the Jaguars play the Broncos, the Green Bay Packers face the New York Giants, and the New Orleans Saints face off against the Minnesota Vikings. 

NFL Road Trip Team-By-Team Breakdown

Here is the breakdown for every NFL team this season, plus the five games scheduled to be played outside the United States. It includes each team's road opponents, the total mileage to complete each trip and the number of time-zone changes.

ARIZONA CARDINALS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
LVR 5782
LAR8042
SF14522
DEN15140
SEA27182
MIN31342
CAR35684
ATL36544
SF @Mexico City21942
TOTAL1961620

(Note: Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time, but is considered Mountain Time for this study since it will change back to Standard Time midway through the season.)

ATLANTA FALCONS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
CAR 4840
TB9200
NO9382
CIN9900
WAS12980
BAL13480
LAR43966
SEA52746
TOTAL1564814

BALTIMORE RAVENS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
NYG 3800
NYJ3800
PIT4660
CLE7140
NE7900
CIN10040
JAX14900
TB19560
NO23202
TOTAL95002

BUFFALO BILLS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
DET 5260
BAL 6620
NYJ6740
CIN8440
NE8860
CHI 10502
KC19422
MIA23480
LAR50726
TOTAL1398410

CAROLINA PANTHERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
ATL 4840
NO 15302
TB11220
BAL8400
CIN8500
NYG12160
LAR 49246
SEA55286
TOTAL1649414

CHICAGO BEARS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
GB 3960
DET 5402
MIN8280
ATL13542
NYJ15682
NYG15682
NE 19142
DAL19180
TOTAL100868

CINCINNATI BENGALS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
BAL 4840
CLE 5420
PIT5660
DAL10042
NE12760
NO16082
NYJ 16560
TB17960
TEN19042
TOTAL108364

CLEVELAND BROWNS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
PIT 2500
BUF 3460
CIN5420
BAL7140
WAS7220
CAR10340
ATL 13380
MIA24620
HOU25782
TOTAL99862

DALLAS COWBOYS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
TEN 13700
MIN 19160
JAX10322
GB26220
WAS27302
LAR28044
PHI 29602
NYG31322
TOTAL1956614

DENVER BRONCOS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
KC 11542
LVR 15062
LAC20602
LAR20602
TEN22922
SEA26262
CAR 31044
BAL32664
JAX @London937012
TOTAL2739832

DETROIT LIONS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
CHI 5402
GB 5822
NYG9480
NYJ9480
CAR10100
MIN10842
NE 12080
DAL20282
TOTAL83488

GREEN BAY PACKERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
CHI 3960
MIN 5200
DET5402
BUF9582
WAS13782
PHI14562
TB 2370 2
MIA26942
NYG @London768212
TOTAL1779422

HOUSTON TEXANS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
DAL 5500
TEN 15580
JAX16422
IND17322
DEN17562
CHI18840
MIA 19162
LVR24524
NYG28342
TOTAL1622414

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
TEN 5022
MIN 10222
NYG12780
JAX 14020
DAL15582
NE15860
HOU 1732 2
DEN19984
LVR31826
TOTAL1426018

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
TEN 10022
WAS 13060
IND14020
PHI 15180
HOU16422
DET16660
NYJ 16800
KC19002
LAC46946
DEN @London852410
TOTAL2533422

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
IND904 2
CIN 1078 2
DEN 11142
HOU 1294 0
TB2078 2
ARI 21042
LVR 2282 4
SF2918 4
LAC2976 4
TOTAL1674622

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
LAC774 0
LAR 774 0
DEN 12102
SEA 17420
KC22824
NO 30184
TEN 31524
PIT3830 6
JAX3932 6
TOTAL2073426

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
SF6180
LVR 7740
ARI 12202
DEN 20602
KC 2976 4
HOU 32264
IND 3862 6
ATL 42286
CLE43026
TOTAL2326630

LOS ANGELES RAMS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
LAC00
SF 6180
ARI 8042
SEA 19200
KC 2708 4
NO 33384
GB 35164
TB 43006
TOTAL1720420

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
CIN18880
BAL 18940
NYJ 21762
DET 2290 0
CHI 2360 2
NE 24540
LAC 46584
SF 51106
TOTAL2517814

MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
GB5000
CHI 8180
DET 10842
BUF 1476 2
WAS 1872 2
PHI 19662
MIA 26122
NO @London 802212
TOTAL1836022

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
NYJ3400
BUF 8860
PIT 9360
CLE 10780
GB 1716 2
MIN 22362
MIA 24540
ARI 45764
LVR 47226
TOTAL 1894414

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
ATL938 2
TB 962 2
CAR 15302
PIT 18402
PHI 2176 2
ARI 26402
SF 37864
MIN @London 925412
TOTAL 2497630

NEW YORK GIANTS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
PHI1660
WAS 396 0
TEN 15142
JAX 16800
MIN 2018 2
DAL 31322
SEA 47886
GB @London 692010
TOTAL 2061422

NEW YORK JETS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
NE3400
PIT 620 0
BUF 6740
CLE 7960
GB 1500 2
MIN 20182
MIA 21760
DEN 32424
SEA 47886
TOTAL 1615414

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
NYG1660
WAS 2340
DET 8840
IND 11660
CHI 1328 2
HOU 26802
DAL 29602
ARI 41624
TOTAL 1394010

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
CLE2500
BUF 3580
BAL 3920
CIN 5140
PHI 514 0
IND 6580
CAR 7260
ATL 10440
MIA 20060
TOTAL 64420

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
LAR6180
LVR 7720
SEA 14180
DEN 18602
CHI 3682 4
ATL 42246
CAR 45526
ARI @Mexico City 36660
TOTAL 20792 22

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
ARI13592
LAR 19200
SF 14180
LAC 19200
KC 2970 4
NO 3786 4
DET 41486
TB @Munich 10566 18
TOTAL 29446 34

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
ATL 9200
NO 962 2
PIT 17480
DAL 18342
ARI3600 4
SF 4738 6
SEA @Munich 996212
TOTAL 23764 26

TENNESSEE TITANS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
IND 2512
KC 944 0
JAX 10022
WAS 1146 2
GB 1160 0
BUF 1252 2
PHI 1366 2
HOU 1558 0
LAC 35544
TOTAL 12484 14

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS

Road OpponentRT MileageTime Zones
PHI 3340
NYG 396 0
DET 7960
IND 994 0
CHI 1198 2
HOU 2452 2
DAL 2730 2
SF 48706
TOTAL 13670 12

 

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Bill Speros for Bookies.com
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Bill Speros is an award-winning journalist and editor whose career includes stops at USA Today Sports Network / Golfweek, Cox Media, ESPN, Orlando Sentinel and Denver Post.