The Seattle Seahawks better have a good frequent flier program set up. They’ve got more than 30,000 miles of away games to fly to in 2023.
Road trips to New York, Baltimore, Nashville and Detroit will dial up the Seahawks’ jet lag, giving Seattle the longest travel distance of any NFL team this upcoming season — even without an International Series game. A look at this year’s busiest schedules shows Pete Carroll’s team is merely the biggest example of the downsides of playing on the West Coast. The San Francisco Chargers, Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers all rate out as top five teams when it comes to the distance they’ll cover to play road games this fall.
Here’s the full list, compiled by Bookies.com’s Bill Speros.
How far is your @NFL team going to travel this season?
Here's the rundown — from the @Seahawks to the @Bengals and all 30 teams in between https://t.co/KwyrUMqpQw pic.twitter.com/UMHHNoQprF
— Bill Speros (@billsperos) May 10, 2023
The five teams who’ll have to travel most:
- Seattle Seahawks: 31,600 miles across 36 time zones
- San Francisco 49ers: 29,958 miles across 36 time zones
- Miami Dolphins: 27,110 miles across 18 time zones
- LA Rams: 26,332 miles across 34 time zones
- LA Charger: 26,102 miles across 30 time zones
And these are the five teams who’ll travel the least in 2023:
- Cincinnati Bengals: 11,942 miles across 14 time zones
- Green Bay Packers: 11,956 miles across 16 time zones
- Chicago Bears: 12,253 miles across 12 time zones
- Carolina Panthers: 12,257 miles across 12 time zones
- Minnesota Vikings: 13,226 miles across 16 time zones
So, if you’re keeping score, the Bengals, Packers and Bears will have to travel almost one-third the distance the Seahawks will this season. That’s a lot of streaming time for Seattle — and brutal timing for a writer’s strike.
