49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has made clear this offseason that he doesn’t think his team benefits from opening the season in Australia. He made that point again after Thursday night’s preseason finale.
The 49ers-Rams game on Thursday, September 10, is a designated Rams home game, but Shanahan says the 49ers’ fan base always turns out so well in Los Angeles that they view that as a home game, and he’d take that over an extremely long road trip to Australia.
“I wish we played them here, for what we usually look at as a home game, but we’ll see how it is in Australia,” Shanahan said. “We’ll play the Rams wherever. Going there, it is what it…
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