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Oct 22, 2016; London, United Kingdom; General view of NFL football with British union jack flag during NFL Fan Rally at the Victoria House prior to game 16 of the NFL International Series between the New York Giants and the Los Angeles Rams. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

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Could the Eagles, who last visited London for a preseason game in 1991, be headed across the Atlantic in 2017?

If you do some math and connect some dots, there could be an Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams game scheduled for London next season.

The NFL announced earlier this month that there will be four games played in England next season. One of those games will have the Jacksonville Jaguars back again as the home team and another is expected to have the Rams. A third game has been speculated between the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins. The fourth is wide open.

Concentrate on that Rams' game as a likely match for the Eagles.

The Rams non-division schedule (and of the 17 games played in London over the years, there has only been one division game -- Jets vs. Dolphins in 2014) includes the Eagles, Redskins, Texans, Colts and the third place team in the NFC South (likely the Saints).

The Redskins went to London this year, so it's doubtful the league would send them back again. The Texans also played out of the country in 2016 with a game in Mexico City. And the Saints are reportedly playing the Dolphins in London.

That leaves either the Eagles or the Colts, unless they have the Rams play a division game in London, which a league source said "was unlikely.''

So it appears to be a 50-50 shot with either the Eagles or the Colts.

Throw in the fact that the Colts just played in London in 2015 against the Jaguars, while the Eagles are one of eight teams to have never played a regular season game there and the odds point toward the Eagles vs. Rams.

Ironically, the Eagles would have played the Rams in London this season if they had lost last year's season final to the Giants and finished in third place in the NFC East. Instead, they won and played Seattle instead.

The Eagles did play two preseason games in London. In 1989 they faced the Cleveland Browns and in 1991, the Buffalo Bills.

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