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The Ravens are headed to Brazil.

In Week 3, the Ravens will take on the Dallas Cowboys, who are the home team for the first NFL game to be played in Rio de Janeiro, two league sources told The Banner. They requested anonymity because they were not cleared to discuss the schedule publicly.

The game in Maracaña Stadium will be the first of at least three in Rio over the next five years.

It will be the third NFL game in Brazil after the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers played in São Paulo in 2024 and the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers played there in 2025.

It is one of an NFL-record nine international games scheduled to be played across seven countries in 2026.

Last year, the Ravens announced they had been granted marketing rights in the United Kingdom as their first foray into the NFL’s Global Markets Program.

They had previously played twice in London — a 2017 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars and a 2023 win over the Tennessee Titans.

At the annual league meeting in Phoenix this week, Ravens president Sashi Brown did not provide updates on whether the team would play an international game.

The Ravens were unlikely to host a game abroad because they are in the midst of a nearly $500 million project to renovate M&T Bank Stadium. The NFL tends to let teams that have opened new stadiums or remodeled their existing ones keep their full slate of home games. However, the Ravens have two away opponents hosting games overseas, the Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons are hosting a game in Madrid.

The NFL typically announces the full schedule in May.

Although the NFL has granted the Ravens marketing rights in only one country, the United Kingdom, the team has a growing following in Brazil. Several social media accounts representing Brazilian Ravens fans have thousands of followers, and the play of star quarterback Lamar Jackson has apparently gained attention. After a 41-10 blowout of the Denver Broncos in 2024, a reporter asked Jackson how he felt about motivating young men in that country.

“It’s a blessing for people in Brazil to know who I am. That’s just dope. That’s crazy,” he said. “I’ve got to go to Brazil one time. I have to travel to Brazil once.”

Now he will.