Is Buffalo now considered the most intimidating/hardest stadium to play in for opponents?

[Another Fan]

Well especially this time of year?

 

While not a perfect performance yesterdays game reminded me a little of watching early 90s home games as a kid.  I’d have to look it up but I thought the team was 8-0 at home most of the Super Bowl years.  Opponents have to face the cold and possibly rainy weather without sunlight like yesterday, the loud fanbase, and a real nasty defense.  Btw I thought all the hits on White were clean.  While still knowing they’ll have to play their A game to have a chance to win.  

 

Even from a non homer perspective now I wouldn’t want any part of playing in Buffalo as an opponent.  While my thread was based off nostalgia for watching childhood games….  it shows as well though how important having the number 1 seed would be 

 

 

[Greg S]

It's one of them. KC is another. Buffalo is known for having crazy, passionate fans and bad weather especially this time of year. When the Bills are good, they are very hard to beat in OP.

[Billz4ever]

10 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

Well especially this time of year?

 

While not a perfect performance yesterdays game reminded me a little of watching early 90s home games as a kid.  I’d have to look it up but I thought the team was 8-0 at home most of the Super Bowl years.  Opponents have to face the cold and possibly rainy weather without sunlight like yesterday, the loud fanbase, and a real nasty defense.  Btw I thought all the hits on White were clean.  While still knowing they’ll have to play their A game to have a chance to win.  

 

Even from a non homer perspective now I wouldn’t want any part of playing in Buffalo as an opponent.  While my thread was based off nostalgia for watching childhood games….  it shows as well though how important having the number 1 seed would be 

 

 

Don't see why it would be. That would mean it would have to be an advantage for us to play in this weather.  Our offense and that weather are not a great combination.

 

I believe the new stadium will be louder with how it's designed, which should definitely work in our favor.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Billz4ever

[Warriorspikes51]

well, apparently the visitors locker room is pretty bad haha 

[Big Turk]

Bills by far have the hardest conditions to play in, especially as it gets to playoff time.  Weather Channel broke down the worst weather stadiums in the NFL and Buffalo won in a landslide...and that didn't even include the notorious swirling winds at one end of the stadium caused by only a single tunnel entrance, just the conditions themselves.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Big Turk

[Matt_In_NH]

Probably...I will say even though the fans might make the most noise, it is not the loudest place but that is due to how it is made with the seats going out at a lower upward slope than other stadiums and obviously not being in a dome.  The loudest place I ever was was the Houston playoff game, when they were coming back and made some big plays that place was insane due to its design.

[LeGOATski]

1 hour ago, Billz4ever said:

Don't see why it would be. That would mean it would have to be an advantage for us to play in this weather.  Our offense and that weather are not a great combination.

Neither is any other offense in that weather. I'll take Josh Allen and the Bills offense over any other, in any type of weather.

[LeGOATski]

27 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

Probably...I will say even though the fans might make the most noise, it is not the loudest place but that is due to how it is made with the seats going out at a lower upward slope than other stadiums and obviously not being in a dome.  The loudest place I ever was was the Houston playoff game, when they were coming back and made some big plays that place was insane due to its design.

Outdoor stadiums are known to be the loudest. Not domes. I think it's due to the reverberation in the dome causing some noise to cancel itself out. I'm no expert, though.

[Gunsgoodtime]

Saw a part in a sports show the other day, not sure which one. They had people vote and Buffalo was not on the list, KC was.  So to answer your question basing it off a poll, the only way we have a non biased opinion evidence of this, the answer is No

Edited December 12, 2022 by Gunsgoodtime

[rusty shackleford]

2 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Outdoor stadiums are known to be the loudest. Not domes. I think it's due to the reverberation in the dome causing some noise to cancel itself out. I'm no expert, though.

It's just because domes makes the fans soft and weak.

[RoyBatty is alive]

50 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

Probably...I will say even though the fans might make the most noise, it is not the loudest place but that is due to how it is made with the seats going out at a lower upward slope than other stadiums and obviously not being in a dome.  The loudest place I ever was was the Houston playoff game, when they were coming back and made some big plays that place was insane due to its design.

I agree.  I was at the game and even though there were a LOT of Bills fans it was so loud it hurt my ears.    It is a massive difference with the roof closed and an open air stadium.  An open air stadium cant compete with a dome.

[LeGOATski]

1 minute ago, rusty shackleford said:

It's just because domes makes the fans soft and weak.

And old

[Alphadawg7]

1 hour ago, Another Fan said:

Well especially this time of year?

 

While not a perfect performance yesterdays game reminded me a little of watching early 90s home games as a kid.  I’d have to look it up but I thought the team was 8-0 at home most of the Super Bowl years.  Opponents have to face the cold and possibly rainy weather without sunlight like yesterday, the loud fanbase, and a real nasty defense.  Btw I thought all the hits on White were clean.  While still knowing they’ll have to play their A game to have a chance to win.  

 

Even from a non homer perspective now I wouldn’t want any part of playing in Buffalo as an opponent.  While my thread was based off nostalgia for watching childhood games….  it shows as well though how important having the number 1 seed would be 

 

 

It wasn’t that easy for our offense to play in either.  One of our players on Twitter using weather as excuses for dropping passes even.  
 

With us not being great at running the ball in these bad weather games, it makes me remain skeptical just how much of an “advantage” it really is for this offense to be at home in bad weather.  
 

Don’t get me wrong, the fans are amazing and stadium is amazing environment.  But as much as we say it’s an advantage, end of the day bad weather is not a friend to what this offense does best either.  

[LeGOATski]

3 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

I agree.  I was at the game and even though there were a LOT of Bills fans it was so loud it hurt my ears.    It is a massive difference with the roof closed and an open air stadium.  An open air stadium cant compete with a dome.

Except they do. Decibel levels have been measured. I think it's the reverb effect you get in your ears. Crisp sound vs muddled sound.

[LeGOATski]

1 minute ago, Alphadawg7 said:

It wasn’t that easy for our offense to play in either.  One of our players on Twitter using weather as excuses for dropping passes even.  
 

With us not being great at running the ball in these bad weather games, it makes me remain skeptical just how much of an “advantage” it really is for this offense to be at home in bad weather.  
 

Don’t get me wrong, the fans are amazing and stadium is amazing environment.  But as much as we say it’s an advantage, end of the day bad weather is not a friend to what this offense does best either.  

The Bills at least have a chance to throw in that weather. Most other teams don't. They're automatically one-dimensional. 

[RoyBatty is alive]

7 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Except they do. Decibel levels have been measured. I think it's the reverb effect you get in your ears. Crisp sound vs muddled sound.

Because a stadium has been recorded as louder doesn't mean it is because of the dome versus open air,  could also be the fan base so yes Seattle is one of the loudest ever recorded.  Certain Stadiums like Seattle were acoustically designed to funnel the sounds and the fans are rabid (when they are good), have the 12th man mantra (the stole form Texas A&M) and try to live up to it.  Sounds is a wave and enclosing the sound makes it louder, simple physics.  Put a dome in Seattle and it will be louder.  

Edited December 12, 2022 by RoyBatty is alive

[Matt_In_NH]

8 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Except they do. Decibel levels have been measured. I think it's the reverb effect you get in your ears. Crisp sound vs muddled sound.

 

I see varying accounts online.   The design of the structure, with a dome or partial covering matters.  According to the link below the sound reflecting in Seattle is the reason theirs is the loudest, while not a dome, it has a ceiling in the ideal locations.  THere are lots of factors that are not apples to apples such as how much the fans get into making noise, that is different with different fan bases.

 

https://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/09/17/the-science-of-sound-how-seattle-got-so-darn-loud/

 

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by Matt_In_NH

[Buffalo Super Fan]

That is all fine until you don’t have the Buffalo weather for the Super Bowl so what is the point? We have done this before so some Buffalo Bills fans thinking it is great to try to stack the odds in Buffalo Bills favor for a Super Bowl championship that is shortsighted as the Buffalo Sabres tanking with some Buffalo Sabres fans buying in what the Sabres organization was going to cheat the game to win a Stanley Cup championship ridiculous. You can’t cheat the game you need to play well at the end of the day to win a championship in my opinion. Go Bills! Let’s Go Buffalo 

[Mr. WEO]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

Bills by far have the hardest conditions to play in, especially as it gets to playoff time.  Weather Channel broke down the worst weather stadiums in the NFL and Buffalo won in a landslide...and that didn't even include the notorious swirling winds at one end of the stadium caused by only a single tunnel entrance, just the conditions themselves.

 

 

I read in countless threads for weeks right here that it was Miami....

[Big Turk]

Just now, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

I read in countless threads for weeks right here that it was Miami....

 

They were surprisingly high due to early games and the heat/humidity...so was Arizona due to the heat.