On Sept. 4, 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk took the team’s Melbourne practice field—at local rugby/soccer stadium AAMI Park—for the first time, feeling a lot better than he figured he would. After all the precautions taken, and warnings heeded, and the flight undertaken, maybe all the work the team did had defeated the jet lag he knew he’d get.
Then, the 14-year vet actually started moving around on the grass.