Rams and 49ers set to shatter NFL report for miles traveled throughout grueling 2026 NFL season

The NFL is rapidly changing into a world empire and the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams are about to really feel each brutal mile of it. 

The NFL’s 2026 schedule was formally launched final Thursday night time and the league shattered the earlier journey report. 

All 32 NFL groups will collectively cowl 628,873 miles this season thanks largely to 9 worldwide video games unfold throughout the globe. To place that into perspective, that’s the equal of greater than 25 journeys across the Earth’s circumference.

All of it begins with the 2026 season opener when the Rams and 49ers journey to the legendary Melbourne Cricket Floor in Australia. 

The round-trip trek to Melbourne clocks in at a staggering 15,742 miles, serving to push the 49ers to a brand new NFL report 38,105 miles traveled, with the Rams proper behind them at 34,847 complete miles traveled. Each groups will even cross 54 time zones over the course of the yr. 

Each groups even have powerful schedules this season as nicely. Based mostly on opponents successful share final season, the Rams have the thirteenth hardest schedule and the 49ers have the 18th. However that rating doesn’t account for the bodily and psychological drain of journey. Each groups must be ranked No. 1 and No. 2 due to jet lag alone.

In the meantime, the Carolina Panthers will journey simply 8,740 miles this season, 4 instances lower than the Rams and 49ers. Carolina won’t ever enterprise additional west than Minneapolis in 2026. 

That hole between the Rams/49ers and the Panthers appears virtually absurd. One franchise obtained a regional bus route. The opposite two will go world wide in 80 days. 

Invoice Speros of Bookies.com just lately calculated all of the miles traveled for all 32 NFL groups and the result’s within the graphic beneath.

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