Wild Card Weekend - Wild Card Weather

[zow2]

Well, the local and national folks were able to nail the 70+ inch lake effect last year, so if it's going to be terrible, life threatening travel conditions you'd think the NFL would be informed pretty quick.

[par73]

Gusts to fifty, and lake effect snow. Sounds like absolutely brutal conditions-- near-blizzzard. I wonder if consideration may be given to moving it to Monday (things don't look much better then, according to what I'm looking at), or to another city? Time-frame for this is limited, obviously.

[WotAGuy]

3 minutes ago, par73 said:

Gusts to fifty, and lake effect snow. Sounds like absolutely brutal conditions-- near-blizzzard. I wonder if consideration may be given to moving it to Monday (things don't look much better then, according to what I'm looking at), or to another city? Time-frame for this is limited, obviously.

It’s too late to move the location and I seriously doubt the NFL would ever move a playoff game unless it was a natural disaster. I could see them delaying the game a day or so however. I don’t think there’s enough of an indication of extreme conditions making travel unsafe like happened last year. The travel ban was a big reason why that game was moved. 

[mannc]

Just now, WotAGuy said:

It’s too late to move the location and I seriously doubt the NFL would ever move a playoff game unless it was a natural disaster. I could see them delaying the game a day or so however. I don’t think there’s enough of an indication of extreme conditions making travel unsafe like happened last year. The travel ban was a big reason why that game was moved. 

I don’t know how you can say that.  Multiple games have been moved/postponed in the past and we know that there are certain weather conditions that could make it impossible to play the game in Orchard Park on Sunday. Those factors are definitely in play.

[WotAGuy]

1 minute ago, mannc said:

I don’t know how you can say that.  Multiple games have been moved/postponed in the past and we know that there are certain weather conditions that could make it impossible to play the game in Orchard Park on Sunday. Those factors are definitely in play.

Playoff games are a different animal. 

[PaattMaann]

7 minutes ago, mannc said:

I don’t know how you can say that.  Multiple games have been moved/postponed in the past and we know that there are certain weather conditions that could make it impossible to play the game in Orchard Park on Sunday. Those factors are definitely in play.

 

The Bills have had two games in history moved. For EXTREME weather, like 7 feet of snow. This aint that. This is like the colts game in 2017...they dont want to move games ever and ESPECIALLY not playoffs.

[ALLinALLEN]

If they move the game I'll build a roof on the new stadium myself.

[mannc]

5 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

Playoff games are a different animal. 

I doesn't matter if it's the Super Bowl.  If fans, players and and officials can't get to the stadium (and home again), you can't play the game.  Period.  

2 minutes ago, PaattMaann said:

 

The Bills have had two games in history moved. For EXTREME weather, like 7 feet of snow. This aint that. This is like the colts game in 2017...they dont want to move games ever and ESPECIALLY not playoffs.

It won't require 7 feet of snow for the game to be moved...18-24 inches would probably do it.  As I understand it, that's within the range of possibilities for Sunday.

[Billsfan1972]

2 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

The Bills got a break playing Pittsburgh. I don’t care if it’s a friggin hurricane, if they can’t beat the Steelers, they would have never won the Super Bowl anyway. Just beat them. 

So wrong.  If Allen can't be Allen (the much better QB) and the field truncated because of the wind, that has nothing to do with Pittsburgh.  Slippery conditions and one long run (or 3 yard pass that goes for 80 and a TD because of the field) has nothing to do with skill.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

51 minutes ago, Process said:

What events though? Buffalo is a small city. And the stadium is being built in the middle of nowhere. 

 

Even with a dome Buffalo is not getting national events/conventions/big concerts etc.

why can Indy get that stuff though? It’s not exactly a booming metropolis. They get all kind of crazy stuff, including the NCAA volleyball finals, etc. 

[Process]

3 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

why can Indy get that stuff though? It’s not exactly a booming metropolis. They get all kind of crazy stuff, including the NCAA volleyball finals, etc. 

The population of the city of Indianapolis is almost 4x the city of Buffalo. Metro area 2x. Not really comparable. Factor in our garbage weather and Buffalo is just never going to be an attractive spot for big events. 

Edited January 11 by Process

[Gregg]

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 minutes ago, Process said:

The population of the city of Indianapolis is almost 4x the city of Buffalo. Metro area 2x. Not really comparable.

I used to live there. There is some gerrymandering that goes on with how they count their population. 
 

That said, even if you view Indy as much bigger, I do think the closed stadium in Buffalo could draw more events than a lot of folks think. 

[zow2]

59 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

The Bills got a break playing Pittsburgh. I don’t care if it’s a friggin hurricane, if they can’t beat the Steelers, they would have never won the Super Bowl anyway. Just beat them. 

 

I tend to agree with this as I was saying the same thing before the Chargers and Pats games.  I mean you lose any of those games or Pittsburgh at home in OUR weather, there was zero chance for a Super Bowl.  Therefore I'm not going to sweat it.  I expect a win, but if they don't it saves me the heartache of a brutal loss they would endure in the next round or so.

[Billsfan1972]

3 minutes ago, Process said:

The population of the city of Indianapolis is almost 4x the city of Buffalo. Metro area 2x. Not really comparable.

Double is the important # and doesn't include Canada and 6.7 million in Toronto Metropolitan area

[PaattMaann]

11 minutes ago, mannc said:

I doesn't matter if it's the Super Bowl.  If fans, players and and officials can't get to the stadium (and home again), you can't play the game.  Period.  

It won't require 7 feet of snow for the game to be moved...18-24 inches would probably do it.  As I understand it, that's within the range of possibilities for Sunday.

 

they are not moving this game..thats beyond even thinking about. They decided to move the last game on the Thursday before and that was thought to be cutting it too close. Aint happening for a regular winter storm this area sees regularly, lol. 

[WotAGuy]

10 minutes ago, Billsfan1972 said:

So wrong.  If Allen can't be Allen (the much better QB) and the field truncated because of the wind, that has nothing to do with Pittsburgh.  Slippery conditions and one long run (or 3 yard pass that goes for 80 and a TD because of the field) has nothing to do with skill.

And the Steelers aren’t playing on the same field?  Couldn’t those things you cited be plays by the Bills also?

[Billsfan1972]

Just now, WotAGuy said:

And the Steelers aren’t playing on the same field?  Couldn’t those things you cited be plays by the Bills also?

Talking talent.  No one whatsoever is saying Pitt is the better team talentwise.  Of course it can happen and the Bills are the beneficiary.

 

And same too "on any given Sunday", Pitt can beat Buffalo, however I 100% guarantee that if Buffalo loses Sunday, the blame will be due to the weather.

[benderbender]

What we need is local warming. If we’re so good at it globally, why can’t we just narrow it down and help us out for once?

[Negan]

Weather will be a nuisance, some snow some wind, nothing too crazy imo