Did the 49ers Waste their Time by Practicing in Colorado?

MEXICO CITY — Lastly, the 49ers will fly to Mexico Metropolis at the moment after spending the previous 4 days on the Air Drive Academy in snowy Colorado, a visit that didn’t appear widespread with the gamers.

“It has been an attention-grabbing journey,” Nick Bosa mentioned. “It positively has examined our fortitude and skill to stay optimistic.”

That’s as a result of they’d take an additional highway journey, sleep in a resort, observe within the snow in the future and on turf the following, all whereas it’s freezing chilly, simply to arrange for a Monday night time sport towards the Arizona Cardinals in Mexico Metropolis, the place there’s grass and it’s heat.

“It’s like after we went to The Greenbrier (in West Virgininia),” Jimmy Garoppolo mentioned. “Your schedule’s not the identical. Your routine’s not the identical, so that you simply have to regulate and simply roll with the punches a little bit bit, however we’ve finished this earlier than so it’s nothing new for us.”

The 49ers spent every week in West Virginia in between again to again highway video games this season with the intention to acclimate to the East Coast time zone fairly than fly again to the West Coast. The logic was sound, however the journey was tiring and disrupted the gamers’ routines, they usually went on to lose by 14 to the Atlanta Falcons. Then they misplaced at house by 21 to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs the next week. So the journey was a bust.

This time, the 49ers spent the week in Colorado to acclimate to Mexico Metropolis’s elevation. As soon as once more, sound logic. However as soon as once more, the journey disrupted the routines {of professional} athletes who’re creatures of behavior. So was the journey price it? The Cardinals stayed in Arizona specifically to take care of their traditional observe schedule.

“Any time you get off your routine, it takes a little bit bit longer to get to observe,” Kyle Shanahan mentioned on Saturday. “However I do not contemplate {that a} problem. I contemplate that issues not being excellent, nevertheless it’s all concerning the observe area and that was a problem, however that is what Monday goes to be.”

Sadly for the 49ers, their journey to Colorado might need made their upcoming sport in Mexico Metropolis a much bigger problem than it must be. As a result of the Cardinals aren’t good. The 49ers didn’t must disrupt their schedule to beat them. 

Let’s see how a lot gasoline left within the tank the 49ers have on Monday night time.