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    Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

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    I have a serious question.  The new field is supposed to be grass. Fine. I get that you can heat it and have grow lights and all that to keep it alive.  When we get a storm like this, how are they supposed to clear the field and the stadium without destroying the field?  In the current stadium they can drive large equipment right onto the field.  With grass, which would be soaked by melting snow if the ground were heated, it would be far too soft to do that.  I realize other grass fields can get snow but they don't get typically 2-3'+ of snow in a single storm in Philly or Pittsburgh or Green Bay or Baltimore or Washington.  Cleveland could I guess, but nobody accused Cleveland's field of being good in the winter either.

    Steelers @ Bills. Monday, January 15th at 4:30pm.

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    6 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

    I expect Miami to be absolutely destroyed tomorrow

    That game is bonus joy for me either way.  Whoever loses, that's just fantastic.  Let them beat the mess out of each other on that frozen rock of a field while they are at it.

     

    That said, Miami's misdirection game could be big for them.

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    Steelers @ Bills. Monday, January 15th at 4:30pm.

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    26 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

    We are a speed and finesse team on both sides of the ball.

    I think we are better equipped to win a slug fest this year than we were last.  I'd be happier if Dodson hadn't just wrecked his shoulder.  I had that same injury. He's not going to be fine.  Maybe they can shoot it up, but that arm isn't going to work right and it's going to hurt like hell when he tries to use it.

     

    Sitting Miller has to be a serious consideration.  Does he have confidence and the strength in his leg to be able to rush, and more importantly, anchor on a field like that?  Rousseau, Lawson, Epenesa, heck I'd even toy with having Oliver outside with more beef inside as part of a rotation though the DTs in this game are going to be huge for both teams. Any pressure is going to come up the middle rather than the outside and those guys need to jam up the inside running lanes as well.

    Steelers @ Bills. Monday, January 15th at 4:30pm.

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    9 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

    I agree. The ptsd is real. 
    it's a funny thing when we have Allen yet when there's snow, it seems more people have faith in Rudolph. (At least there's a ton of talk about how great he is). They are without Watt. I feel that the running game is about even for both teams given the weather. Idk, I'd take Buffalo no matter the weather. But all the talk has shaken me

    Rudolph doesn't bother me. Pickens bothers me because he's the sort of guy who can go catch a windblown jump ball over the top of 3 DBs just because.  Najee Harris really bothers me. Really really bothers me.  

     

    James Cook excites and terrifies me simultaneously. He's a Miami kid who I've never seen in really lousy weather. I saw him in the rain in Philly and he dropped a TD. That plants Ronnie Harmon thoughts in my head.  I don't need Ronnie Harmon thoughts in my head.  Josh Allen is at the same time the most exciting player we've ever had and the most butt clenching roller coaster ride there is.  In a super windy, super snowy game the need for him to do a thing becomes greater. The danger involved when he goes and tries to do said thing is greatly amplified.  His typical roller coaster from hell becomes a light speed space flight weaving through an asteroid belt with one hand on the wheel while pounding a 40 of OE 800.

     

    Now. Things that are keeping me sane. Pickens could also be the sort of guy who steps out of the locker room on a day like that and says no thank you. For those of you old enough, Haywood Jeffries used to be a guy like that. The last time Dionte Johnson was here in the winter he couldn't catch a tennis ball with velcro gloves. TJ Watt isn't playing.

     

    This is very much a game where scoring early will matter. Scoring going into the wind will be huge. Demoralizing the Steelers early and often, remind them that they don't belong there and it's really cold and they just would really rather go home.  Keeping them in the game does the opposite of that.  Turning the ball over does the opposite of that.  

     

     

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    Steelers @ Bills. Monday, January 15th at 4:30pm.

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    1 minute ago, Beck Water said:

     

    Where I am

    https://www.nws.noaa.gov/wtf/MapClick.php?site=BUF&textField1=42.7833&textField2=-78.7467&lg=ep

    Doesn't seem to have changed much as far as wind.  They've taken the snow accumulation predictions off of Sunday and Monday, maybe that's just an error with the updated forecast and they'll add it back in.

     

     

    That's not an error. It just means they don't know, which is disturbing.  They don't want to have a huge miss on either side.

    1 minute ago, Goin Breakdown said:

    Much of this  thread is Buffalo's going to lose because of the weather or Mason Rudolph is going to beat the Bills because he is the best Qb in the league right now. I wasn't particularly nervous about this game but all this talk is starting to get me down. Man it would be a shame to lose this game to this team or the circumstances.  

    Dry day, no wind, Bills roll, very little question in my mind.  With the weather it enters all sorts of variables and it triggers all of our accumulated and collective PTSD.

     

    I'll say this.

     

    1. I'm glad we have shown that we can run the ball more this year

    2. I'm glad Murray and Playoff Lenny are on the team.

    3. God Bless Daquan Jones, Ed Oliver, and Linval Joseph

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    Steelers @ Bills. Monday, January 15th at 4:30pm.

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    11 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

     

    I dunno about peak, but the NOAA forcast calls for 32-37 mph winds possibly gusting "as high as 65".  I would guess that number has an error bar which is where 60-75 might come from, but that would seem like the upper end of the upper end.

     

    Still, if I were a Steeler, I'd be wondering if a 3 hr bus drive to hotel near Highmark Stadium might be preferable to a bus to the airport, 1:15 flight, bus to hotel.

    Seriously. "Sorry Coach, I'll meet you guys there, I'm gonna drive today."

    Steelers @ Bills. Monday, January 15th at 4:30pm.

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    4 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

    Yes. They’re supposed to leave Pittsburgh at 3pm, arrive in Buffalo at 4:15pm 

    Isn't that supposed to be like the peak of the wind?  They were showing a graphic on the Weather Channel today (which admittedly was probably exaggerated) that showed Buffalo getting 60-75mph winds tomorrow afternoon.

     

    All I know is if they are flying in and it's even blowing 35 steady with gusts above that everyone on that plane better bring a barf bag and wear their brown pants. Pilots included.  

    Wild Card Weekend - Wild Card Weather

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    1 minute ago, strive_for_five_guy said:


    Wow, meanwhile I’m sure Steeler fans are watching that and encouraged to come to the game now.  Thanks Kathy….

    Yeah I'm sure their whole decision making process hinged on what Kathy Hochul had to say. I can see the vast unwashed hordes rising in the west (it's west for me).

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    Head coach carousel 2024 edition

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    2 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    I wouldn’t say zappe thrived.  Decent back up I guess.

     

    i do think O’Brien is a good OC limited by bad qbs and lack of playmakers, 

    BOB is a backstabbing clown and Mayo's skids will be greased from day one if he keeps him.

    Wild Card Weekend - Wild Card Weather

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    3 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    Too much uncertainty re: conditions in the stadium 49 hours from now. 
    If the wind is 40 mph as kickoff approaches, run to/log on your favorite sports book if it still gives you those odds! And bet the under. 

    The under has gotten hammered down all week

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