Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1154 Heading to London
Look at the Olympics and then the World Cup. Athletes often go to the competition city a week or even longer in advance to adapt to the time difference, the environment and their status.

However, the NFL needs to complete such a move during the intensive regular season, which is difficult to imagine and may even be far beyond imagination.

Generally speaking, when the NFL goes to London or Berlin for overseas games, they need to start adjusting from Monday. According to the plan of the physical trainer, they need to adjust the time difference by 90 minutes to 2 hours every day to ensure that the players adapt to the time difference on the other side of the ocean without realizing it.

When they headed to London, the time difference had already been adjusted to London, and as soon as the plane landed, the players could start training seamlessly.

At the same time, relying on high-tech means, we collect players' sleep data and physical conditions, keep abreast of the situation, make adjustments and provide necessary assistance.

But even if we do this, the difficulties are still there:

There are games in the week before and the week after, and the overseas game is just one of the weeks. The players must adjust to the rhythm of London in a short period of time and then adjust back to the rhythm of North America, and maintain their competitive form during this period.

Difficult! Harder than ascending to heaven!

Just look at the past London games and you will know that, like the Monday Night Games, overseas games are often disappointing, with the intensity and excitement of the competition lower than expected. Both teams need to face drastic changes in a short period of time, which is much more difficult than the home and away games of the Champions League.

For young players, they have never experienced such challenges before. When actual games occur, situations often go beyond their cognition, and their shortcomings due to lack of experience will be further magnified.

This is the advantage of Los Angeles Lightning——

The veterans, led by Rivers, are all experienced. In addition to team arrangements, they will also make their own adjustments to prepare for the game.

However, Mahomes, Levi and other young people are different.

In fact, not to mention Levi, even Kelsey was doing it for the first time.

After the game against the Tennessee Titans, the Kansas City Chiefs began to adjust to the time difference. Not only the players, but the coaching staff also needed to adjust for ninety minutes a day, trying to match the frequency on the other side of the Atlantic without affecting daily training and preparations.

Moreover, teams need to start preparing even further in advance:
Equipment. Supplies.

All kinds of unimaginable materials, worth millions of dollars and weighing up to nine tons, all need to be transported across the Atlantic to the London front line, and all arranged and set up before the players and coaching staff arrive to ensure that the team can enjoy the same training facilities in London intact.

Please note that these equipment cannot be simply thrown onto the plane. Special items such as medical alcohol, batteries for electronic devices, etc. can only be transported by sea, which involves different logistics cycles. This means that the team's logistics department needs to start preparations and planning early.

There is a lot more to the excitement behind a London race than meets the eye.

Looking back at the past decade, Goodell has been determined to expand overseas markets, but there are always different voices in the league, and not all 32 teams agree happily.

The reason is just the tip of the iceberg.

It is precisely because of this that in the past few years, weak teams led by the Jacksonville Jaguars were willing to sign agreements with the league and go overseas to play games, even if it was troublesome and tiring, but this was the best way for them to build a fan base overseas; while those strong teams had no interest in overseas games, their eyes were still on victory and the Super Bowl, and it was not cost-effective to go to overseas to play games.

As time went on, teams gradually saw the huge potential of the overseas market, especially the London game, whether it was attendance or ratings, including the enthusiasm of British fans. Those strong teams gradually put aside their arrogance and agreed to go overseas to play games, and Goodell's plan was on track.

For various reasons, this year is the Kansas City Chiefs' first overseas game. Not only the team, but the NFL also gives them the highest treatment, and has been laying the groundwork, promoting and building momentum for several months.

After waiting and waiting, this week has finally arrived.

In fact, it was indeed a tough adjustment for Levi and others.

In the three or four years, their daily biological clock has been formed, and any change may disrupt their usual rhythm of life. Don't underestimate the adjustment of one hour or ninety minutes every day. In the familiar biological clock plan, forcing yourself to delay going to bed by one hour may not necessarily help you fall asleep smoothly.

There is a feeling of oppression there, and if you force yourself to sleep, it will easily disrupt your rhythm.

Moreover, after just one week, we have to adjust back?
Just by describing it, one can feel the numerous difficulties; what's more, the actual situation is even more difficult than described.

For a young team like the Kansas City Chiefs, pressure and motivation coexist, excitement and tension are intertwined, and different emotions are intertwined in a bustling manner.

"…Rookie, are you awake yet? Haha, did you have a secret date with Ariana last night and are you feeling listless now?"

"Professor, you should be called professor now! How can a professor not be able to do it? If you can't do it, the professor must be able to do it too."

"Get lost, I don't bother to show you if I can do it, you just envy me."

"You've been sleeping all the way here, and there's another seven hours of flying across the Atlantic. Are you going to continue sleeping all the way to London?"

"You should have seen Patrick. He was so excited with his eyes wide open the whole time. The rookie slept too much, while Patrick slept too little."

There was a lot of chatter, complaints and jokes, it was very lively.

Kansas City Chiefs owner Hunter was particularly satisfied with the two-time defending champions' season performance. This time he went to London and cooperated with NetJets, which is endorsed by Levi, to charter two private planes to transport 200 people including players, coaches and staff to the other side of the Atlantic for exclusive treatment.

However, Kansas City could not travel directly to London, and the team had to complete a transfer in New York, splitting the long flight into two parts.

In front of us, the team has just arrived in New York.

It can be clearly seen that Levi is sleepy and looks like he can't open his eyes.

Obviously, the pace of preparation for going to London is different, and Levi is adapting.

Mahomes on the side was too excited to sleep, with his eyes wide open the whole time.

Amid the complaints and teasing from his teammates, Mahomes had no intention of refutation. He just laughed and looked ready to fight.

It's not just Levi and Mahomes, Kelce, Hill and the others are all equally excited as it's their first overseas game in their career.

"Do people really watch rugby there? I mean, they like to watch rugby, right? I know rugby has its own World Cup."

"They are probably all watching football, right? Whose stadium is Wembley? Manchester United?"

"Arsenal, that's Arsenal's home ground! Don't discuss football with others when you go to the UK."

"Idiots, that's Tottenham's home ground, you all should shut up."

Haha, hahaha.

(End of this chapter)