It turns out it’s hot in the southern Nevada desert. When the Raiders moved to Las Vegas and built their practice facility in Henderson, Nev. they included a room players could enter to cool off during or after practice.
Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group indicated that around 40 linemen from both teams hopped into the cooling room during practice. 49ers defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw was not among them.
Despite temperatures north of 90 degrees during the morning practice, Kinlaw was unfazed.
“I didn’t go in there,” Kinlaw said in a post-practice press conference. “This ain’t nothing to me. You know where I’m from. Come on now.”
Kinlaw played his high school and college football in South Carolina where temperatures this week will reach the high 90s with a suffocating humidity turns a low-80s temperature into a low-90s RealFeel per AccuWeather.
Even if Kinlaw was bothered by the weather, he wouldn’t need to deal with it for much longer. The 49ers and Raiders play their preseason opener on Sunday in the cozy indoor confines of Allegiant Stadium where weather won’t be a factor for either club.
