There are a number of ways to deal with jet lag when taking a trip to a place that is several time zones ahead of your home. Generally, you should try to avoid alcoholic beverages. You might also want to take a sleep-aiding medicine. If you arrive very early in the day, you should probably suck it up and stay up to keep a consistent schedule. If you arrive late, you might want to go to sleep right away rather than pushing your body past its usual rhythms. It’s a delicate balance.<\/p>\n
If you’re Sean McVay, planning a London trip for the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in Week 7, you try to eschew the concept of jet lag entirely. How? By having your team show up only roughly 24 hours before they’re scheduled to play a game at a rainy Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n This is exactly what McVay had the Rams do ahead of their London matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> on Sunday. McVay had the Rams fly out on Saturday morning for a game that would take place the following day, even though their body clocks would still be running behind. You technically don’t have to worry about jet lag if it never sets in, you know? It’s the first time an NFL team playing abroad has ever tried this sort of unconventional strategy. The plan seemingly worked wonders because the Rams showed no signs of weariness in a 35-7 drubbing of Trevor Lawrence and Co.<\/p>\n If the Rams were tired or groggy, they certainly didn’t show it. Well, that, or they were just playing the woeful Jaguars, who, notably, tried the usual “we’re going to fly there earlier to get acclimated” line of thinking.<\/p>\n