Big Turk

So far it just looks cold without much wind...like 23 and winds 10-15 mph.

Unlikely...this area is pretty much fine with anything under 4 feet. We have the best snow plowing in the country outside of the Sierra Nevada Mountains that get like 15-20 feet of snow in storm systems at times. So good that many other states send their snow plow drivers to be trained in WNY

There is increasing thought the lake snows could extend into Monday and possibly even Tuesday now. This is going to be a rough winter week in WNY. Can't really complain, we have gotten off Scott Free all winter so far and the lake is at a record warm temperature right now so that was kind of foreboding as it was.

NOAA expected snow for Buffalo is a little under 2 feet thru Monday morning. This could and often does increase as we get closer and they become more sure of the wind direction. Looks like Buffalo Metro and the immediate Southtowns are taking the brunt of this on the chin while the game is being played. Think Indy Snow game with slightly less wind than the New England Wind Game mixed together.

How do you know the offense would not have taken a KC nosedive without them? Are you clairvoyant or did you just stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night?

Well, it's happening. Chance of precipitation on Sunday in Orchard Park is 100% and the forecast is for 8-12" Saturday Night on top of that. Latest forecast: "Saturday Night Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow. Low around 21. Windy, with a southwest wind 28 to 36 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches possible. Sunday Snow before 7am, then a chance of snow showers between 7am and 10am, then snow after 10am. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow after 10am. High near 24. Windy, with a southwest wind 26 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%."

It's also the first time the Steelers have ever played here in the playoffs. All 3 prior matchups were in Pittsburgh.

Buffalo Metro now supposed to get in on the action Saturday night... Just looked at NWS Buffalo forecast for my area in the Depew/Lancaster area and see we now have a Winter Storm Watch as well and they expect 6-10 inches of snow Saturday night. Likely much higher than that...weather.com is not a reliable source for these events. NWS Buffalo or Donn Paul only.

You cannot ask a player to do as much as Allen is asked to do, put up 400+ yards running/passing every week and then say "Oh yeah, and btw, we can't have you turn the ball over." That's just the way it is. If you want to ask him to do as much as you are, you have to accept there will be some bad along the way. But there will be far more good.

Punting will look something like this: On that day, Kelly went 11-16 for 165 yards and 4 TDs. No reason Allen can't have a similar day.

Not to mention it has unique features that no other stadium in the NFL has that causes swirling and unpredictable winds at one of the field. Namely the stadium only has a single tunnel entrance instead of two tunnel entrances that balances out the winds, whereas the single tunnel causes uneven winds that swirl unpredictably and even blow in different directions on the field than they do on the goalpost flags. This was detailed in length in Jim Kelly's book when he talked about "The Hawk", the name for our wind.

Only because Allen decided he wouldn't be happy with a nice, easy 27-10 win once they got up 17-0 and wanted a 55-0 win instead. His TO's were the only reason Miami was in the game.

Latest hourly forecast for KC saying temps will be around 0 at kickoff and quickly dip to -2 by 9pm and continue getting colder as the game goes on to as low as -6 by the end of the game. Low temp expected to be -8 there now. Wind only around 13 mph so wind chill won't be too terrible but likely in the -15 to -20 range.

Amateur hour. Anyone who has been in these situations knows hunter heat packs are far more effective than a piece of cardboard.

Almost no player will bat a ball down on a 4th down play unless it's a Hail Mary. Benford intercepted Dak Prescott on 4th down and cost the Bills like 10 yards of field position. You act as if the Bills could go for it with Allen then halfway thru the play decide nothing is open and call timeout and punt the ball. They can't. Allen throwing it up hoping someone can make a play or getting it intercepted is far better than him taking a sack, throwing an incompletion or running and being tackled short of a first down.

I don't think it will neutralize it as much as you think. Allen would has done well in windy games and even in the wind game he had decent numbers...and that was with them not reallt throwing much until the 2nd half of the game. If they want to line up big and run, put Joseph, DaQuan and Oliver in the middle with Lawson and Rousseau on the edges and run a 5-2-4

This looks more like what I was expecting for Sunday with heavy lake snow expected for OP. Amounts expected likely will be in there by late tomorrow. Latest from NOAA/NWS Buffalo: "Sunday: Snow showers likely before 1pm, then snow after 1pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow. High near 23. Windy, with a west wind 29 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%."

Well sometimes they have clear guidance when the models all say the same thing and sometimes they don't so they try and wait it out as long as they can until they get better guidance. That's why you'll typically see expected snow totals increase leading up to and sometimes even during the event as they have more up to date information. Also sometimes the winds don't do what they expect them to do and end up staying over one area longer than expected which then increases the total. Right now they just have the winter storm watch out but we should get better updated expected storm totals by tomorrow night into Saturday morning.

I don't think it gets that bad, as of right now it looks like this might be a 1-2' event with a few places locally higher. That could change tho with future model runs as things come more into focus. I mean the times we got 7 feet of snow, it started out expecting 6-12".

That's likely for Northern Erie County. Southern Erie County has a Winter Storm Watch in effect from Saturday 1pm to Monday 7am. Does it limit Josh Allen? He might be the most effective runner on either team with these conditions.

If we lose due to weather condition related reasons like a missed kick or something probably not.

I don't have any of those but the heat packs work well for me no matter what I have worn

Latest GFS model basically showing Lake Snows are a bullseye over OP during much of Sunday https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10161088174633728&set=p.10161088174633728&type=3

Wouldn't naming a minority as head coach override that considering he was already coaching the team? Or is this the NFL's way of getting more candidates interviewing experience?

Hunter heat packs in your boots and gloves are a MUST. Thank me later, you'll be able to enjoy the game instead of wondering how much longer you have to endure your feet literally so cold your bones are hurting from touching the concrete.