The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2013 London trip turned into a sleepwalk. After flying out Thursday night and arriving Friday morning, they dragged through meetings and into a 34-27 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Mike Tomlin may have learned from that mistake, but according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac, the NFL didn’t allow Pittsburgh to adjust its travel plans this time.
“FYI, the Steelers wanted to go over early in the week but the NFL said no and making each [team] arrive at the same time,” Dulac wrote in his weekly Steelers chat. “I don’t know the exact reason for the change…Maybe it has to do with something about a competitive advantage.