London’s famed Wembley Stadium reopens next year, and the NFL wouldn’t mind playing a regular-season game there after drawing more than 100,000 to a Cardinals-49ers contest in Mexico City on Oct. 2.

NFL officials said after that game they would like to stage another outside the United States, and they say London would be a prime candidate to host it, probably in October. The new venue would hold 90,000, less than Mexico City, but bigger than any NFL venue except Washington, where Dan “The Fan” Snyder keeps adding seats.

One candidate to play there might be the New York Giants, an upgrade over the two bottom-tier teams who played in Mexico. League officials note that the Giants got an extra home game this season when they beat the homeless Saints 27-10 the second week of the season at the Meadowlands — a match designated a home game for New Orleans. The Giants also have enough high-profile players, notably Eli Manning, to attract British fans.

One possible opponent might be the Saints. They are scheduled to play at the Meadowlands — this time it is a real home game for the Giants — and what better way to equalize the advantage New York gained this season than to play at a neutral site next year.

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On the other hand, the Saints already have had their share of extra travel. They still are not sure where they will call home next season, and the NFL might be reluctant to send them on yet another long journey.

Most NFL coaches hate overseas travel, but tolerate it in the exhibition season. The Colts, currently unbeaten, were 0-5 in preseason, in part because of jet lag after playing in Tokyo in their exhibition opener.

One way to deal with that would be to play in London and follow that game with a bye week for the teams involved. That could go into the decision, which could be made as early as February.

Undefeated seasons
Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher isn’t ready to say it’s impossible for the Indianapolis Colts to go undefeated.

“History suggests that it is very, very difficult. They have some good things going right now,” Fisher said. “They have an offensive system that will include players that are very, very good.

“A combination of things has allowed them to have a great deal of success. They play with a great deal of confidence. I think they have a chance.”

Fisher had a unique look at the pressure on a team to go undefeated in 1985 with the Chicago Bears. An injury turned the defensive back into an unofficial assistant coach while on injured reserve, but he worked with defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan.

In the Bears’ lone loss to Miami on a Monday night that season, Fisher said they didn’t play well and didn’t have quarterback Jim McMahon.

“I would venture to say that had the Bears played that team 10 times, they probably would have beat them nine out of 10 times,” Fisher said.

Then there’s the thought that a loss can take the pressure off a team on the way to the Super Bowl, a concept Fisher embraces with his Titans (3-8) visiting the Colts (11-0) on Sunday.

“If the Colts feel like they need to lose, (this) week would be a good game for them,” Fisher said.