![]() ![]() If San Francisco truly has acclimated better than than their opponents, they could be facing a very winded defense at the most important time in the game. Every additional conversion not only only extends the drive but also the amount of time Arizona’s defense stays on the field, unable to get any extra oxygen in the thin air of Mexico City. The defenses are going to be gassed by the fourth quarter.”Ĭonverting on third downs could have even more significance for the 49ers than usual on Monday Night. Don’t think the game is put away if the Niners or the Cards are leading by two scores. So this is going to be a very high-scoring fourth quarter. You’re going to see people constantly on TV getting oxygen on the sideline. “Defensive line depth is going to be massive in this game because of the elevation, making it so hard to get oxygen. “It could end up being that, by the fourth quarter, defensive lines can’t do a single thing because they’re so exhausted,” Levin Black said on today’s Gold Standard podcast. The Cardinals aren’t traveling anywhere special to practice, and that could be a factor late in this game. The 49ers are trying to acclimate themselves to that situation by practicing at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs this week. Since the amount of oxygen required for activity is the same, the body must adjust to having less oxygen. This extra ventilation increases the oxygen content in the blood, but not to sea level concentrations. In order to properly oxygenate the body, your breathing rate (even while at rest) has to increase. As altitude increases, the amount of gas molecules in the air decreases, reducing oxygen and pressure. That is a huge deal, and the team that uses the thin air to its advantage is going to win the game on Monday night.įirst, the science of the whole operation. This week in Mexico City, the 49ers and Cardinals are going to play at more than 7,200 feet above sea level. As we saw in the Week 1 monsoon in Chicago, weather can be a great equalizer in football games. ![]()
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