Around the NFL - Week 1

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On the travel point, I read a very interesting article about sleep and recovery as it related to the two different approaches, and there were experts that actually came out on both sides of the issue, which I was surprised. One of the experts said you have to factor in a day for each time zone travelled to adjust, and said SF wouldn't be adjusted in a week. (FWIW, I live in California, and when I traveled to Australia years ago, I think I adjusted in about 3 days.) That expert thought the Rams would have such a relatively brief stint in Australia that they wouldn't need to adjust and would have an advantage. Another expert saw the opposite -- and thought that the Rams would be exhausted from the long flight and not adjusted to the time zone. Which is what I would have thought.

It sure looked like the former approach was better, as the Rams wilted in the second half. But all that aside, kudos to SF for having a great game plan and play calling. Shanahan is really pretty extraordinary; I think he's the best coach in the game right now. Still amazes me that we had him, Sean McVay, Kevin O'Connell, Matt LaFleur, McDaniel, and Raheem Morris all at the same time. We had more now-head coaches (5) than wins (3) that season (2013). Insane.