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Old 11-23-2011, 12:41 PM   #2011
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead View Post
49ers are the first West Coast team to play on Thanksgiving since the Rams visited the Lions in '75.

The 49ers D was only on the field for 15 minutes on Sunday, so hopefully they are rested.
A couple years back when Arizona went East to Washington they got destroyed...that team eventually did go to the Superbowl. So although not a true West Coast team they faced long travel on a short week.

Granted there are teams from the West who've gone East and won Thursday night games before. But most of the time on short weeks a team who has to travel a time zone or two is at a pretty significant disadvantage. San Fran to Baltimore is a pretty long trip.
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