Arizona Cardinals: A business trip to London

The Arizona Cardinals have landed in London for their week seven game against the Los Angeles Rams

The Arizona Cardinals left late Monday afternoon from Phoenix en route to London to play their closest geographical opponent in the Los Angeles Rams.  Both teams are coming off week six victories.

The home of the Cardinals, University of Phoenix Stadium, is just 368 miles from the LA Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, home of the Rams.  The flight to London from Phoenix is 5,290 air miles.

The almost 11-hour flight puts the Cardinals in London mid-day Tuesday with the eight-hour difference.  The team has insisted this is a business trip, no sightseeing.

Of course this Sunday they can do some sightseeing on the football field if they wish.  Running back Adrian Peterson can watch Rams defenders try to catch him from behind.  The offensive line can get a good look at the defensive line as they do their best to stand them up.

They will have to put in good work at practice this week though to make either one of those things happen.  The Rams are a different team now.

Maybe AP had the chance to study more of the playbook on the way over to Europe?  One can only hope.  He had a great debut but now the key is being consistent.

With this being AP’s second trip to London this season he should be very familiar with the travel. This is the Cardinals first trip to London as a team. This can be a good area for AP to lend some travel and sleeping tips to his new football brothers.

A reminder to Cardinals fans that this Sunday’s game does not start the typical London start time. Previous games have started at 6:30 a.m. Arizona time.  This will start in the NFL’s normal early start window at 10:00 a.m. Arizona time, a 6:00 p.m. local start from Twickenham Stadium in London.