From the Sacramento Bee:
Someone in the league's scheduling office must hate the 49ers. In addition to the 1,000-pound gorilla on the 2010 schedule - the home game in London -
the 49ers are in a midst of a five-week stretch in which they are on the road four times. In addition, they are preparing for the second road game this season that follows a Monday night appearance.
[Poster note-The Packers also are in the midst of a 5 games span with 4 on the road]
This week they have
another 10 a.m. start in the Midwest against a strong opponent, Green Bay. But they are doing things differently. Their regular Wednesday schedule, for example, was curtailed substantially. Instead of getting onto the field at 8 a.m. for a walkthrough, the 49ers did their walkthrough at noon. The afternoon practice, meanwhile, was done without helmets and shells.
The travel schedule also has been changed to allow players maximum recovery from the Monday night game. Instead of travelling on Friday - that's when they went to Kansas City - the team doesn't take off for Green Bay until Saturday. The 49ers will keep the same schedule when they travel to St. Louis, another 10 a.m. start in a Midwest city, later this month.
"If we were going to Philadelphia or something like that we'd probably leave Friday," Mike Singletary said. "But having it that maybe it's a three-and-a-half hour flight, maybe four or something like that, I think a two hour change, I think we'll just leave the day before."
T Joe Staley (leg) has been ruled out of Sunday's game. Staley had an X-ray Tuesday on his broken left fibula. He said his recovery is on schedule and there is still a hope that he can return by the end of the season.