Do Nfl Players Play Better Or Worse When Playing In A Different Time Zone?

[Davenport]

Do east coast NFL players play better or worst when traveling to the west coast due to time zone change. And the same with west coast players... Do they play better or worse going to the east coast to play football. Does the time zone take a toll on the mental state and/or physical state from the travel?

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[Ricky Spanish]

I saw a stat a few years ago that said teams on the west coast have a worse W-L record when coming out to the East Coast to play games. It was one of those in game did you know things on fox, and it was back in 08 or so. things could have changed since then.

[MadHatter]

I saw a stat a few years ago that said teams on the west coast have a worse W-L record when coming out to the East Coast to play games. It was one of those in game did you know things on fox, and it was back in 08 or so. things could have changed since then.

Yep....here was a quote from it.....

West coast teams were 0-10 playing games on the East coast with a 1 p.m. eastern start – or 10 a.m. in the West. The record was 5-50 since 2005, Since 2000, the winning percentage in such games for West coast teams was a dismal 24 percent.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/extra-points/2008/do-west-coast-teams-lose-it-heading-east