One way the Seahawks hoped to ease the travel burden on players was to give them the first-class seats, making sleep that much easier.

"I had the first-class seat where it lays all the way down like a bed, so I wasn't used to that," cornerback Shaquill Griffin said. "I'm mostly in the back with the seats standing straight up, so my neck be hurting sometimes. This plane was really nice. Pete definitely made sure we were comfortable on this one."

Well, not everyone was as comfortable as Shaquill Griffin and the other Seahawks veterans.

"The rookies didn't have those seats," said Shaquill's twin brother, Seahawks linebacker Shaquem Griffin. "I don't know what he's talking about. We really were closed off, so it was cool, I didn't get that experience of it. I was definitely comfortable, and I slept well. They had it blocked off, so we didn't know what was going on with the vets. I'm pretty sure they were living good up there, but you know, we got here safely."

While players took part in a team event after practice, the purpose of which was, in part, to make sure everyone stayed awake into the evening, some Seahawks staffers, as well as 710 ESPN Seattle employees, checked out the town of Watford, which is close to the team hotel. The biggest takeaway of the evening—other than the fact that the High Street area of Watford is quite lovely—is that Brits apparently refer to arugula as rocket leaves. And let me tell you, ordering a pizza with prosciutto and rocket leaves sounds a hell of a lot cooler than prosciutto and arugula. This might be how I get my 3-year-old to eat her greens when I get back. Also, shout out to Beavertown Brewery's session IPA. Delicious.