The 49ers beat the Rams 27-7 in Melbourne, the league's first regular-season game in Australia. [1] The Guardian filed Brock Purdy and a 100,021 crowd at the MCG. [1] ESPN filed the same 27-7. [2] Thursday owns that kickoff. Print underway. Do not print a preview.
A Friday-morning local kick in Victoria is still Thursday's NFL night in the U.S. file. High-school Friday is not the NFL. Sunday owns the 13-game slate. Do not invent a second kickoff on this page. Print 27-7 as Thursday's.
Print Melbourne. Print Week 1 open. Twenty-seven to seven remains Thursday's Melbourne clock, not a U.S. Friday night.
Week 1 is open. Sunday still owns the slate.
Thursday is not a preview week on this sports desk.
Week 1 openers double as television products; a Friday-morning local kick means Thursday-night American eyeballs. The league sells both. Sunday's thirteen games are the main course.
Main courses follow appetizers; Thursday's appetizer is served. Sunday's thirteen games are the feast. Melbourne ate first.
Melbourne ate first; Thursday owns 27-7. Friday has no kickoff. Thirteen-ten is Wednesday's Lumen Field.
A Friday-morning local kick means Thursday-night American eyeballs. The league sells both. Sunday's thirteen games are still the main course.
Thursday owns Melbourne 27-7. Lumen Field's 13-10 is Wednesday's. Friday morning in Australia is still Thursday night in the league's TV window.
Melbourne 27-7 is Thursday night in the league's window. Sunday's thirteen games are still the feast. Lumen Field's 13-10 stays Wednesday's.
Lumen Field's 13-10 is Wednesday's, not Thursday's. Sunday's thirteen games are still the feast. Thursday owns Melbourne 27-7.
Lumen Field's 13-10 is Wednesday's, not Thursday's. Sunday's thirteen games are still the feast. Thursday owns Melbourne 27-7.
-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos