Why sending Packers, Eagles to Brazil was no small feat

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It took the Green Bay Packers 10 hours and 40 minutes to reach São Paulo, Brazil, on their Boeing 777-300ER. The Philadelphia Eagles, flying on the same type of aircraft, had a slightly shorter flight plan of nine and a half hours -- one way.

And that's just the players and coaches plus whatever could fit in the cargo areas.

But when it came to transporting everything the two teams needed on the road, it took more than three months -- and three airplanes plus a cargo ship -- to get everything to the first NFL game in South America, which kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET Friday on Peacock.

"It's hard every week," Packers director of logistics/team travel Matt Klein said.…