The Los Angeles Rams fell to the San Francisco 49ers 26-23 in overtime at SoFi Stadium on Thursday, so they’ll have plenty of time before they take the field for their Week 6 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.
Los Angeles will take on Baltimore at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, Oct 12, and then they’ll have to play in London for their Week 7 battle with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
On Friday, Rams head coach Sean McVay shared the team’s travel plans for back-to-back games that would normally be very difficult to get to.
“I actually think it’s great because it’s the scenario that we’re dealt,” McVay said. “What we’ll do is we’ll have a normal week of preparation. We’ll go out to Baltimore on Saturday, but then we’ll stay out there in our preparation for Jacksonville going into the London game. Then we’ll fly out on Friday. That gives us a good opportunity to really lean in. I think it’ll be good for guys to be able to get a couple days off, let the emotions, let their bodies recover and recuperate. Then we’ll come back swinging on Monday. But it’ll be a normal week of preparation and then we’ll just stay out in Baltimore to shorten that trip to London when we go play Jacksonville before our bye. But what a big stretch this is going to be for us.”
This will be a great opportunity for the team to rest a bit more and bond with each other on the road, perhaps helping their communication on the field later in the season.
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