OT…Bills have one skill talent player from a cold weather state

[78thealltimegreat]

Someone brought up on the radio today the Bills have exactly 1 skill talent player from a cold weather state on their active  roster and they really do with Jake on IR ....

Gillam Florida 

Singletary Florida Atlantic

Hines NC State

Johnson Miami 

Cook Georgia 

Knox Old Miss

Diggs Maryland

John Brown Pittsburg State Ks

Cole SMU

Davis Central Florida 

Shakir Boise State obviously cold here

 

Not a big deal at the nfl level but just odd the way the roster was constructed with no receivers who played in cold weather and you play in Buffalo 

[RiotAct]

Maryland gets cold too!

 

  Plus he (Diggs) grew up in NoVA/Maryland, didn’t he?

[Boatdrinks]

1 minute ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Someone brought up on the radio today the Bills have exactly 1 skill talent player from a cold weather state on their active  roster and they really do with Jake on IR ....

Gillam Florida 

Singletary Florida Atlantic

Hines NC State

Johnson Miami 

Cook Georgia 

Knox Old Miss

Diggs Maryland

John Brown Pittsburg State Ks

Cole SMU

Davis Central Florida 

Shakir Boise State obviously cold here

 

Not a big deal at the nfl level but just odd the way the roster was constructed with no receivers who played in cold weather and you play in Buffalo 

Just a reflection of where the College talent is. It’s been that way for a long time now. 

[frostbitmic]

Diggs and Shakir all night baby

[Big Turk]

Allen played in Wyoming.

 

It's less about growing up in cold/snow than it is about playing in it regularly. Anyone can become accustomed to it but it's a lot harder for teams that aren't used to it to get over that mental hurdle of playing in it. 

 

Sometimes you can see those teams are defeated by the weather before even getting on the field.

Edited December 14, 2022 by Big Turk

[Epstein's Mother]

10 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Not a big deal at the nfl level but just odd the way the roster was constructed with no receivers who played in cold weather and you play in Buffalo 

 

I don't think it matters where you played in college.  When you live and work in cold weather you get used to it.  At least a lot more than players in Miami.

[whorlnut]

I really wanted Jahan Dotson from Penn state last year. He was picked before us, but man would he have been nice to have in the slot about now?

[RiotAct]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

Allen played in Wyoming.

 

It's less about growing up in cold/snow than it is about playing in it regularly. Anyone can become accustomed to it but it's a lot harder for teams that aren't used to it to get over that mental hurdle of playing in it. 

 

Sometimes you can see those teams are defeated by the weather before even getting on the field.

yep - Sal mentioned that on WGR this morning.  Let’s hope that’s the case with the Phins!

[Royale with Cheese]

Most high school and college football teams usually avoid the really cold months.  By this time of the year, college football is Bowl games and the National Championship games.  High school football is closing out now.

[HOUSE]

Another reason for a dome

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

they'll adjust. 

[SoCal Deek]

How many high school or college football games will have been played in the last two weeks? Answer: one….Army v Navy. Is that where teams should now look to build their rosters? 

[Low Positive]

18 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

Allen played in Wyoming.

 

It's less about growing up in cold/snow than it is about playing in it regularly. Anyone can become accustomed to it but it's a lot harder for teams that aren't used to it to get over that mental hurdle of playing in it. 

 

Sometimes you can see those teams are defeated by the weather before even getting on the field.

Mac Jones looked defeated by the cold in that Wildcard game.

[Wayne Cubed]

Just as an aside, I'm not sure listing where they played college ball is being 'from' a cold weather state. That's just where they played college FB.

 

- Gilliam was born and raised in Ohio and played his college ball at Toledo, not sure where you got Florida from. So has played in the the cold.

- John Brown grew up in Florida, played college football at Pittsburg State, in Kansas. Grew up warm, played in cold.

 

I'm not sure it matters all that much otherwise warm weather teams would always lose to cold weather teams. Colin Kapernick, raised in warm climate, went to Lambeau when it was like -10 and beat the Packers.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

Mac Jones looked defeated by the cold in that Wildcard game.

Mac is finding jawing at refs has a better chance of succeeding than jawing at the cold. 😁

[bmur66]

I don't think the cold, snowy weather is much of an advantage for the Bills anymore. They just deal with like the visiting teams. 

 

[CDogg20]

1 hour ago, FrenchConnection said:

Mac Jones looked defeated by the cold in that Wildcard game.

That and the Hyde pick in the end zone sealed his fate

[dorquemada]

I think the larger point here is the 2022 Bills aren't the 1992 Bills.  The 1992 squad loved playing in the snow, Bruce would come out in short sleeves when it was 15 degrees, they had a top notch running game, and were physically tough.   The O this year relies a lot more on finesse (as with most other teams!) but the D seem pretty hard nosed.

 

This week though, Tua is definitely a warm weather guy.  he's not going to like it one bit.

[Mango]

I think players lived in their teams cities a lot more in the 80's and 90's. It really isn't much of a thing these days. Most guys seem to hunker down in CA or FL for most of the year and have a second place in their teams city. They leave in February and move back in after camp in mid-late August.

 

That makes just about the entire league warm weather players whose home field happens to be somewhere were it gets cold for a couple of weeks during the season. 

[DCofNC]

The issue is, this team is built on the pass, great early in the year and much tougher to do as the weather gets worse.  The backend of the schedule, when you have must wins, your team is handicapped.  It’s not the greatest situation.  I don’t understand why a dome wouldn’t be the #1 option in a new stadium.