Wild Card Weekend
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Logistically, there's not much they can do at this point unless the move the game someplace warmer, and play it no later than Monday. KC is freezing for the next few days. Sunday has a high of -2, with snow. Monday 4, with wind chill around -10 during the day, also with some snow.
With the NFL moving the season further and further back this might be more common in cold weather cities. The Pats won the AFC title 27 years ago yesterday. We haven’t even had the kickoff for the playoffs yet this year.
I'll be the scold here and note that if your attitude is "Fuck it, make'em play," you should refrain from making any posts about the NFL's attitudes toward player safety in the future. RGIII is right, and they're going to be playing on what will feel and carry the risks of playing in the parking lot. Tyreek Hill might deserve whatever he gets, but that's not true for most of the others.
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When they inevitably go to 18 games, I hope this doesn't start a push for neutral sites for all playoff games, because that would suck.
FWIW the field is heated so it won’t be quite that bad. This article says the field will be about 50 degrees at game time.
https://fansided.com/posts/is-the-chiefs-field-heated-at-arrowhead-stadium-01hm02fw6gzw#
You're right, but I can't stop the NFL from NFL'ing.
But, if you were in charge, what's the solution?
It was around freezing for the last few days as well. It's not like they're playing on the Astrodome turf only frozen.
They'll have heaters on the sidelines etc. It's going to be cold but it's playoff football. The Titans game was one of the most memorable games I can remember and I don't even remember shit about the game outside of the Pats won. We're not making them play in a tornado, it's just going to be cold as shit.
Hypothermia is a thing and NFL players can't layer up like they're scaling a mountain.
Until the linemen come out in short sleeves. It's 3 hours real time and each side of the ball is on the field about 50% of the time and then there's half time. it's going to suck but no one is dying of hypothermia.
Don’t really have a strong opinion here, but has an NFL player developed hypothermia during a game before? I must say I don’t recall hearing anything like that over like 25 years of watching games.
The field is heated to 50 degrees and the NFL has long been played on frozen surfaces
I don’t see how this game, from the “field is akin to a parking lot” is really different than plenty of other games played.
What’s the the argument? Should the NFL should always reschedule games played in temperatures where the ground could be frozen (which it won’t be tonight anyway). Should the NFL mandate climate controlled conditions for all stadiums?
I understand the wind chill/hypothermia stance to some degree but the frozen field thing doesn’t seem to make much sense to me
0 degrees is not a big deal when the body is working hard, like playing football.
I have hiked at negative temparatures and been comfortable with a base layer and a windshirt while moving.
Stopping is another story.
The players will be fine, the fans and everyone else, they may have a bad time.
I have hiked at negative temparatures and been comfortable with a base layer and a windshirt while moving.
Stopping is another story.
The players will be fine, the fans and everyone else, they may have a bad time.
Everyone is well aware of why the game will be played as planned. The issue is whether or not it's a good idea.
Maybe end the regular season this weekend, and take a break and start the playoffs in February. It seems like January 15-31 is the worst part of the winter. At least in the northeast.
I guarantee a frozen field is softer than the Texas Stadium field from the late 1990s. That was green concrete
For sure. And the Vet's surface, which had cancer lurking under it. And check out clips of the Orange Bowl surface from the 70s (SBs V and X).
View: https://youtu.be/hwaTLSZz7w8?si=lqoHzAVYrcuAsMF_
View: https://youtu.be/MpqZWXy2-JU?si=hoQwKO1Z4r18318O
Noah is good. (Nepotism issues aside) he was really good as the clippers PBP man on the radio (the three years he was there)
So you don't see a difference between a cold weather game and, say, CTE?