Game Postponed! - To be played Monday at 4:30pm

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

8 hours ago, Draconator said:

If this is true, Hochul and Polencarz did Buffalo a favor

 

 

I would have been fine with that if the NFL had made the call earlier .

 

If you tell us Wednesday/Thursday that's plenty of time to fly out Friday. But no, the NFL played chicken 

[Augie]

4 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

I would have been fine with that if the NFL had made the call earlier .

 

If you tell us Wednesday/Thursday that's plenty of time to fly out Friday. But no, the NFL played chicken 

 

I know it’s got to be super frustrating for people with plans affected by this, but it’s weather, not a math formula with a simple answer. It is by nature uncertain, so it’s hard to have the perfect answer. 

[Meatloaf63]

11 minutes ago, VaMilBill said:

Do you think at a certain point the nfl says to the bills you have to play in another stadium since weather isn’t improving?

Move it to Miami, it’s our home field anyways 

[Just Jack]

7 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

At 1:00 p.m. it was perfectly safe to get to orchard Park... I've been all over Western New York today before 8:00 p.m.

 

It was nothing that we are not used to

Now drive out there today at 1pm and let us know how it compared to yesterday. 

[SectionC3]

19 minutes ago, VaMilBill said:

Do you think at a certain point the nfl says to the bills you have to play in another stadium since weather isn’t improving?

It will be better by tomorrow.  The big issue is going to be getting the steelers into town for Tuesday.  The should have been here on Saturday, but they held off a day. Maybe they can bus in up the 219 (or the 90, depending on where the lake snow is falling) - I'm not sure.  But flying in today might be a problem at the airport.  I'm not sure whether the airport is or will soon be open. 

Edited January 14 by SectionC3

[Big Turk]

19 minutes ago, Since1981 said:

The people posting here yesterday suggesting it was “soft” not to play the game? Totally misses the point. Not the game itself but travel.
 Many of those posters live elsewhere too ( I noticed) 

 

Always the way. They have no concept of what this even looks like. For most it would be the worst winter weather they ever faced and where they live it would go down as a "storm of the century" that people would be talking about for the next 100 years.

 

Here, it's just a part of life and we respect Mother Nature, stay indoors and then clean up after.

5 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

It will be better by tomorrow.  The big issue is going to be getting the steelers into town for Tuesday.  The should have been here on Saturday, but they held off a day. Maybe they can bus in up the 219 (or the 90, depending on where the lake snow is falling) - I'm not sure.  But flying in today might be a problem at the airport.  I'm not sure whether the airport is or will soon be open. 

 

They won't fly into the main airport, likely the one in Niagara Falls which should be fine.

Edited January 14 by Big Turk

[TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th]

I think the NFL is big time upset that Kathy Hochul  played their hand by issuing the state of emergency and travel ban. The NFL wanted a playoff game to be played in a blizzard so badly.  The ratings would have been through the roof.

[oldmanfan]

I am surprised how many folks there and on social media don’t understand how lake effect snows work.  Some folks on social media claiming it’s OK where they are should realize the band will drift up and down the lake all day.  Anyone from WNY should know that.

[jethro_tull]

1 hour ago, longtimebillsfan said:

The issue was the traffic the game would generate in near white out conditions, not the fact that the game would be played in snow.  A dome it not the issue here.

plus the fact that there is a driving ban in effect as well as the closure of pretty much major roads and highways leading to the stadium. 

[Stroke 17]

Just curious, what its like in Orchard Park as on now.  Sunday 9:30 A.M.

[Just Jack]

8 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

I am surprised how many folks there and on social media don’t understand how lake effect snows work.  Some folks on social media claiming it’s OK where they are should realize the band will drift up and down the lake all day.  Anyone from WNY should know that.

I know!  Here’s what it looks like outside my front door in Syracuse.  
 

 

 

[artmalibu]

So will the 1 day delay get any of the questionable guys back?

[oldmanfan]

2 minutes ago, NJKBillsfan said:

Probably not that bad. LOL

And in an hour it may very well be a whiteout.

[Boatdrinks]

28 minutes ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:

I think the NFL is big time upset that Kathy Hochul  played their hand by issuing the state of emergency and travel ban. The NFL wanted a playoff game to be played in a blizzard so badly.  The ratings would have been through the roof.

It appears the NFL actually wanted to move the game to Atlanta vs playing in a blizzard. 

[beebe]

What's the best current guess (I know it's just a guess) for Monday playing conditions?

 

Temps, precipitation, wind. 

[Just Jack]

7 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

It appears the NFL actually wanted to move the game to Atlanta vs playing in a blizzard. 

I would have ok with that.  There’s enough transplants in the area and surrounding states that it could feel like a home game for the Bills. 

[boyst]

The news stations are ridiculous. They're showing previously recorded video right now on wgrz and the abc show. 

 

They're showing ridiculous footage that can be proven wrong by the ny thruway cam system and other weather cams

[Nextmanup]

Having just made the rounds at Channels 2, 4, 7 (online), it sounds like the storm band formed further to the north than expected!  It's going to slowly move south throughout the day.

But right now, no reason not to be playing football in OP at 1pm today. People from the north would have trouble getting to the stadium, but it really wouldn't be bad in OP. 

 

Ironically, the delay will shift game time much more into the time zone when the storm hits SOUTH in OP.

 

Sounds like the weather folks didn't nail this one.

 

 

[LabattBlue]

48 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

I am surprised how many folks there and on social media don’t understand how lake effect snows work.  Some folks on social media claiming it’s OK where they are should realize the band will drift up and down the lake all day.  Anyone from WNY should know that.

…and always possible that a narrow band may not move for hours on end. 

[Jamie Nails]

Fwiw- It’s absolutely dumping right about, 2-3 miles from the stadium.