Breaking Down Rams, 49ers’ Alternate Journey Approaches for NFL Week 1 Recreation in Australia

The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers took two very distinct approaches to their lengthy journey to Australia for his or her Week 1 opener.

The Niners have been in Melbourne for practically every week earlier than the Rams touched down previous to Thursday’s recreation.

San Francisco’s gamers and staffers ought to have shaken off any jet lag nicely earlier than the sport kicks off. In the case of Los Angeles, the workforce won’t be in Melbourne lengthy sufficient for jet lag to be an element.

The Rams tried to deal with this like enterprise as common by way of taking part in away from dwelling.

“What gives me confidence is I’m not going to really make it a big deal,” head coach Sean McVay told reporters. “It’s, ‘Hey, this is what the reality is. We’ve got a long way to go, but let’s be ready to rock when that three-hour window that we’re allotted comes.’ That’s what it is. To spend a bunch of time talking about it — I get it with you guys, too, like I understand your questions but for me, I’ve told you guys what our approach is. Our expectation is our guys will be ready to go and I’m not worried about it because I know what our plans are.”

Anybody who has traveled overseas will testify to how tough it may be to regulate after spending hours on a aircraft, which is compounded by the point change. Heading to Australia means crossing the worldwide date line, in impact shedding a complete day.

The lodging for the Rams are clearly much better than what the standard traveler experiences, and that can have made it simpler to get any wanted sleep.

Still, their technique for flying to Australia goes to be extra of a storyline if Los Angeles comes out flat in Week 1.