Hard to read much into this one, other than they over thought a situation. Seriously, that flight and they thought they could treat it like any other road trip? I wonder how many analytical experts are now going to have their ideas tossed out because they only look at equations and not human beeings?
In their previous three overseas games, the team was 3-0, including a win over the Jaguars in London last October, where they deployed a similar travel plan. That worked to perfection as they blew out the eventual AFC South champs by 28 points.
However, the Rams had an easier time on that trip in particular because they flew directly from Baltimore to London, since they played the Ravens the week before, according to ESPN. By doing that, LA cut an 11-hour flight to seven hours.
For those of you who don’t know geography well — clearly the Rams’ coaching staff didn’t — Melbourne, Australia is quite a trek from the West Coast. The flight was over double what the team flew from Baltimore to London. To illustrate how baffling the plan was from the get-go, new 49ers wide receiver Mike Evans had a priceless reaction upon learning when LA arrived.
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/los-angel ... lure-49ers
They are saying the right things, not blaming the travel. But Good God this was dumb.
