This season will mark just the second time in league history that the NFL will play a regular season in Spain – the Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders played in November 2025. 2026’s showdown in Madrid will mark the Falcons' fifth regular-season game played overseas, and the third in the last four years.

The Atlanta Falcons' 2026 NFL schedule has yet to be revealed, but we finally know who the team will play in their international series matchup in Madrid, Spain. The NFL revealed that the Falcons would be facing the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 9 at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

Here’s an NFL cover-up for you. The Mercedes-Benz Stadium is set for a name change this NFL offseason, although things will be back to normal by the start of the beginning of the season. For now, though, the massive Mercedes-Benz emblem will remain covered.