Baltimore Ravens Sailing to London for 1st Game

Submitted by UMProud on

Ahem....April 1 press release...

The Baltimore Ravens stop at nothing to give their players the best chance to perform at a high level.
 
That's why they will be the first team in NFL history to ditch the airplane and instead set sail for England.
 
The Ravens will charter a cruise ship and sail across the Atlantic Ocean for their Sept. 24 game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
 
The team will launch from the Port of Baltimore immediately after its Week 2 game. The trip takes just under seven days, and will put the Ravens in London in time for kickoff at Webley Stadium.
 
"We're really looking forward to this," Head Coach John Harbaugh said. "This is different, this is something that's never been done before. We try to be on the cutting edge. We try to study the best ways to keep our team as competitive as we have."

Source:  http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Ravens-Will-Take-A-Ship-To-London-Game/c8c987a4-9a69-47ea-ae13-a77ad7642742

 

UMProud

April 1st, 2017 at 7:50 PM ^

From their 4-1 press release....

"The cruise liner will have a regulation-size football field on board, offering state-of-the-art facilities. If there are rough waters, the swaying of the boat could help the players as they work on their balance. It's also a time to get acclimated to what weather could be like in cloudy, rainy London."