The Pittsburgh Steelers had largely the same travel schedule heading to Dublin, Ireland for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings as they did heading to London in 2013 for their first international game.
Twelve years later, not much changed despite a lot of criticism centered on the 2013 travel schedule, which led to a disastrous showing against the Vikings that year.
Steelers team captain Cameron Heyward has stated multiple times that players and coaches were falling asleep in meetings ahead of that 2013 international game, so having a similar travel schedule raised some concerns.