The Los Angeles Rams will have a unique travel schedule in the next two weeks as they’re set to face the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars on the road. Only, that game against the Jags is in London, not Florida.
Rather than flying back home to L.A. and then heading out to London, they’re going to stay in Baltimore for a week and fly across the pond from there. They obviously had to find somewhere to practice and it was revealed on Tuesday that they’ll be borrowing Camden Yards from the Baltimore Orioles for the week.
The Rams will practice at the baseball stadium next week in preparation for the Jaguars, a unique setup for the team following Sunday’s game at M&T Bank Stadium. The Rams initially considered using the Ravens’ stadium but there were concerns about the field’s condition before Baltimore’s next home game.
Here are some details from The Baltimore Banner:
The Rams will be able to practice at the ballpark for a week beginning Saturday, the day before they face the Ravens. Their practices will not be open to the public.
The Maryland Stadium Authority, which operates as the landlord for Baltimore’s state-owned pro stadiums, approved the Orioles’ request for the usage during a board meeting Tuesday.
Initially, the Rams discussed the possibility of using M&T Bank Stadium as a facility, the authority’s executive director Michael Frenz said.
“But the field would get really torn up and they wouldn’t have time to get it in condition for the next Ravens home game, so they went to the Orioles, and the Orioles agreed,” Frenz said during the meeting.
The Rams have done something similar to this before. In 2019, they stayed in Atlanta after facing the Falcons in Week 7 with a trip to London in Week 8, shortening the travel time and making things easier on their players.
They’ll take a similar approach next week, setting up a training camp-type atmosphere where players and their families stay in the same area rather than heading to their homes like they would in Los Angeles.
After facing the Jags in London, the Rams will have a Week 8 bye, so they’ll have plenty of time to rest after these long flights from L.A. to Baltimore to London and back.
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