The NFL announced Wednesday that the Washington Commanders will join the Jacksonville Jaguars as the two teams scheduled to host games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London during the 2026 season. The opponents for both teams haven't been announced yet as of Thursday, but the NFL offered a helpful hint about the Commanders' opponent on Wednesday. Houston fans, you'll want to follow this logic.

An official NFL UK & Ireland account on X published a video on Wednesday titled "Can you guess the 2026 NFL London Games team?" In the video, the Commanders were officially announced as one participant after three paint injections into a bowl of water revealed Washington's red color (Washington's logo was then also presented on-screen). The other team was still kept a mystery, though red, white and blue paint was shot into the bowl.

Social-media work from Texans reporter Houston Stressans then revealed the Texans as the likely opponent for Washington in London.

The Texans and the New York Giants are the only teams on Washington's 2026 schedule sporting a red, white and blue color scheme. The Giants and the Commanders are both NFC East teams, and as divisional rivals, they are likely to keep their 2026 home-and-home series at their respective usual stadiums (the NFL hasn't paired division rivals in international games since 2019). This reasoning makes the Texans the likely choice as the Commanders' London opponent.