When the NFL’s 2026 schedule was announced, few Week 1 matchups were as highly anticipated as the meeting between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. Yet much of the buzz around Thursday’s season opener played in Melbourne, Australia, has concerned something totally different — jet lag. ↧ The X factor that could decide the NFL’s first game in Australia ... The San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams took wildly different approaches to the 16-hour flight.