The Steelers began their preparation for Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings in Dublin, Ireland, adjusting their practice schedule to prepare for the five-hour time difference.
The team moved practice up by an hour and a half to get acclimated before they depart for Ireland on Thursday night.
"The physical work on this side of the trip is important for us," said Coach Mike Tomlin. "We are doing some things to acclimate ourselves to the trip. We are working early this week to start the body clock transition process. We certainly have some best practices in terms of acclimating ourselves once we begin the journey. Nothing unique there.
"A lot of organizations have been traveling internationally now for a number of years so some of those procedural things that put you in position t