Paul Revere wouldn't have had a chance against the Tartan Army.
The recent Scottish takeover of Boston — they drained the city of its beer — left a significant impression on Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
Via Nicole Yang of the Boston Globe, Kraft has informed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that the Patriots are interested in playing a regular-season game in Scotland.
Scotland had not previously been mentioned as a potential site of an NFL game.
It's another example of the overall impact of the ongoing World Cup. America is getting an extended glimpse of the intense passion that fans from other countries have for soccer. That's the feeling into which the NFL is hoping to tap through its ongoing global experiment.