Already going through the problem of enjoying a sport in a special nation, the Inexperienced Bay Packers have one other hurdle forward of Friday’s sport towards the Philadelphia Eagles in Brazil.
The Eagles, being the house workforce on this sport, have a lodge that is in shut proximity to Corinthians Enviornment in São Paulo. Conversely, the “visiting” Packers can have a game-day commute estimated to be between 1.5-2 hours based mostly off heavy site visitors, in keeping with CBS Sports activities lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones.
Inexperienced Bay’s insanely lengthy commute may very properly have an effect on Friday’s sport. Whereas the Eagles’ pregame preparations can be nearer to the norm, the Packers will mainly be mimicking what highschool groups do for away video games. That comparability is becoming provided that Packers will certainly be enjoying below the lights on Friday night time.
The Packers’ unlucky sport day commute is one other odd storyline main as much as Friday night time’s sport. Whereas the Packers are taking the scenic path to Friday night time’s sport, the Eagles can be trying a lot totally different than they usually do when the ball is kicked off. The Eagles are eschewing their regular uniforms for one that hardly has any black in it. The reason being due to an off-the-cuff ban on the colour inexperienced based mostly on the truth that inexperienced is important coloration of the world’s soccer workforce’s chief rival.
Commutes and jersey colours apart, Friday night time’s sport must be a enjoyable one between two playoff groups from a yr in the past. Followers in Brazil can be get an opportunity to look at two of the league’s greatest younger quarterbacks duel in Inexperienced Bay’s Jordan Love and Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts.
Love bought an enormous contract extension this offseason after main the Packers to the divisional spherical of the playoffs. Hurts — simply two years faraway from main the Eagles to the Tremendous Bowl — is hoping to assist the Eagles get again on monitor after Philadelphia misplaced six of its final seven video games final yr following a 10-1 begin.