New York Jets take 350 toilet rolls with them for trip across the Atlantic... because English version is too thin

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The New York Jets won't be caught short after shipping 350 toilet rolls to England for their 65-hour excursion.

They reckon the English version is too thin, and you certainly can't accuse the Jets of being meagre with their plans.

'Some may say that’s a little over the top or whatnot, but it didn’t really cost that much, so why not?' Aaron Degerness, the Jets’ senior manager of team operations told the New York Times. 'We’re basically trying to replicate everything that we’re doing here over there.'

The Jets seek their third win of the season, and no-one can accuse them of not preparing for the trip overseas

Wide receiver Eric Decker (left) was missing for the loss to the Eagles, but practised on Thursday

That lengthy logistical process comes after eleven months of preparation for the game with the Miami Dolphins at Wembley on Sunday.

An army of 220 Jets staff fly into London on Friday morning. They will become acquainted with 5,000 familiar items after travelling on seven coaches to their team hotel and practice ground. They include wristbands, cereal, adapters and condiments.

That meant shipping 'over condiment staples that could be difficult to procure, like hot sauce and barbecue sauce'.

Players have also been instructed on how to combat jetlag, with a sleep specialist employed to get the players used to the five-hour time difference.

Leonard Williams was certainly a fan of his methods, with the No 6 overall pick of this year's draft catching forty winks while listening to his methods.

'I was kind of nodding off in that meeting, to be honest,' Williams said.

'The guy was telling us it’s all right to go to sleep. And he shouldn’t have said that. And then he turned off the lights,' he added.

Rookie Leonard Williams dozed off in a meeting with a sleep specialist ahead of the trip overseas

The Jets are spending about 56 hours in England but their trip has been planned down to the finest detail