Deep dive into Eagles’ travel plan for Brazil

The Eagles released their travel plans on Monday morning for their Week 1 trip to Brazil.

Dan Ryan is the Eagles’ director of team travel and logistics. He put this whole thing together.

“The first site visits were to get an idea of the infrastructure of the area and what we can do within that and in visits after that, we wanted to customize the experience as best we could to fit our needs,” Ryan said in the release. “We essentially made the schedule for that game – our hotel, the logistics of the traffic in Brazil – to have a plan going in. You look at buses and transportation options, and you look at hotels and everything we need.”

The Birds will fly down on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. ET. It is about a 10-hour flight, having them land Wednesday night. Thursday will be a team walkthrough of the stadium, playing the game Friday, and getting right out of there, flying home immediately after the game.

“The goal is to keep the guys comfortable but also to keep our body clocks on the same time, so we will fly out at 10 a.m. on Wednesday and get there around 10 p.m.,” Ryan said. São Paulo, where the game is being played, is one hour ahead of Philadelphia. “That will help on the back end when we return, too.”

American Airlines is providing the largest airplane in its fleet and that will allow as many players as possible to have “access to pods where the players can stretch out and relax on the way to and from Brazil.”

So the Eagles are getting in and out of Brazil. Makes sense. It is obviously not the safest place, not to get political. So, get in, win a football game, and get out.

Now the reporters just need to figure out how to tweet during the game.

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