SANTA CLARA — The 49ers will likely be dwelling the resort life subsequent week after going through the Carolina Panthers Sunday, one thing that’s turn into a profitable custom beneath coach Kyle Shanahan.
Slightly than return residence with a cross-country flight and start preparations for one more highway task in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons, they’ll bunk at The Greenbrier, a resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia within the Allegheny Mountain Vary that dates again to 1778.
It removes the lengthy flight residence and permits Shanahan and his workers to follow at a facility with two soccer fields and replicate a house schedule with out the drag of jet lag. It additionally creates a bit bonding time for a 2-2 staff that's trying to sweep a pair of NFC South opponents earlier than returning to Levi’s Stadium for a showdown in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Oct. 23.
“You’re not sleeping in your personal mattress, however our group does such an unimaginable job of constructing certain we’re taken care of that it’s actually the one change,” proper deal with Mike McGlinchey stated. “The place you eat your meals, the place you’re sleeping. That’s all that’s totally different. The schedule stays the identical, the method stays the identical and all of the assets that we have now you're taking with you.”
That is the fourth time since Shanahan was employed in 2017 that the 49ers have practiced off-site to remain sharp with out a time zone-induced listlessness, and the outcomes have been spectacular with the 49ers going 7-1 in these video games.
2019
The 49ers opened the season with a 31-17 highway win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, then flew to Youngstown, Ohio, to organize to face the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 2.
The 49ers practiced at Youngstown State’s Stambaugh Stadium soccer subject and outside monitor, had entry to the load room and held three days of follow. Youngstown occurs to be the place the DeBartolo-York household is from.
The consequence? The 49ers beat the Bengals 41-17, had 571 yards of whole offense, and opened a season with back-to-back wins on the highway for the primary time in 30 years.
In Week 13, the 49ers misplaced to the Baltimore Ravens 20-17 on the highway, then held per week of follow at IMG Academy at Bradenton, Florida.
After a brief flight to New Orleans, the 49ers beat the Saints 48-46 on the Superdome for considered one of their greatest victories in a 13-3 season that ended with an NFC Championship.
2020
With back-to-back video games in opposition to the New York Jets and New York Giants in New Jersey, the 49ers made their first go to to The Greenbrier in between. They beat the Jets 31-13, dropping Nick Bosa and Arik Armstead to season-ending knee accidents, then beat the Giants 36-9.
2021
Again to the Greenbriar once more after operating up an enormous lead on the Detroit Lions and holding on for a 41-33 highway victory to open the season. Then it was on to Philadelphia, with the 49ers prevailing 17-11 at Lincoln Monetary Subject.
It’s noteworthy that every one 4 instances, the 49ers received the second recreation — after spending per week away from their residence base.
Shanahan is fond of claiming there isn't a home-field benefit just like the one in soccer as a result of crowd noise can have an effect on a staff’s bounce off the snap. However there are some perks to highway video games as properly, they usually’re solely enhanced with out a return journey earlier than doubling again to the East Coast once more.
“The distractions are rather less there,” Shanahan stated Wednesday. “The folks aren’t there, even in your personal home, you’re form of locked in a room and I feel it simply helps guys focus a bit bit extra. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, however the numbers have positively been lots higher.”
With opponents predetermined yearly however not but put so as, it’s common for West Coast groups such because the 49ers and Raiders to request back-to-back video games with the NFL in Jap locales.
Shanahan, who had labored in Washington on the East Coast, instantly realized in 2017, his first yr with the 49ers, that going west to east was extra of a pressure than the opposite approach round.
“Midway by that yr I spotted how huge of a distinction it's West Coast to East Coast,” Shanahan stated.
Heart Jake Brendel stated the much less time on a airplane the higher.
“Clearly you’re away from your loved ones, however you get time to deal with the following recreation and be sure you’re not getting infected or any adversarial results from the airplane trip.”
Defensive finish Nick Bosa instructed KNBR he tolerates the highway journey greater than he celebrates it.
“It’s not my favourite factor to do, nevertheless it’s one thing Kyle likes to do,” Bosa stated. “It’s an excellent facility. We’ve received our personal spot, the meals is a bit sparse. It’s positively a staff bonding expertise. Everyone must expertise one Greenbrier keep. Just one.”
Whereas the week on the highway has proved useful 4 instances for the second recreation, the 49ers’ return residence will likely be have to addressed.
In every of the 49ers’ 4 highway journeys, the primary recreation again at Levi’s was a loss — 30-28 to Inexperienced Bay final season, 25-20 to Philadelphia 2020, and two of the 49ers’ three losses in 2019 — 24-20 to Pittsburgh and 29-22 to Atlanta.