Despair for the Seahawks as figures show how far NFL teams will travel this season

A recent article has demonstrated just how far teams will have to travel for the upcoming 2022 NFL season, and there are some vastly different numbers on show.

The 2022 NFL season’s schedule is set to be released next Thursday at 8pm ET, as teams find out exactly when and where they will be playing their games in the autumn and winter months.

Teams already know who they will be facing, one of the benefits of playing in a league with no promotion or relegation means that the NFL can put together a large portion of their schedule ahead of time, which is where their intra and inter-divisional rotation system comes in incredibly handy. 

However, the one thing that they don’t know is in what order the games will be played and when their bye-week is, which is more important than it sounds. 

For instance you don’t want to play a physical team like the Minnesota Vikings who ranked 2nd in the league in sacks last year on the road after a Monday night game, nor would you want a short Thursday-Sunday turnaround to get used to playing the Denver Broncos at altitude. 

So there is an awful lot riding on the order in which games will be played, and travel is also an important part of the equation.

Rest and recovery is critically important in a game like football, and the last thing you want is to spend time on an airplane traveling to and from your games. But it’s part and parcel of the job and for some it is more of an ordeal than others.

As compiled by journalist Bill Speros, and relayed by Adam Schefter on Twitter, the Seattle Seahawks have got the unenviable task of doing the most travelling of any team, as they are set to clock up 29,446 miles and cross 34 time zones to play their 17 games:

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