NFL playoff weather: snowfall could make things hard for the Bills, and Baltimore plans to host the Ravens-Texans game in freezing temperatures.
As the Buffalo Bills get ready to meet the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round on Sunday, lake-effect snow could cause them more trouble.
On the other hand, it will be very cold when the Houston Texans arrive in Baltimore for their game against the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday.
Buffalo is getting another lake-effect snow warning before the game on Sunday. It won’t affect the game itself, but it could make it hard for the Bills to get ready for the Chiefs during an already short week.
Western New York got a lake-effect snow warning on Tuesday afternoon, and it won’t end until Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.
Buffalo is expected to get another 1 to 3 feet of snow on top of the snow that was already there from Sunday’s storm, which is why the Bills’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers had to be moved to Monday.
The storm could make it hard to drive and live in the area. As a result, Erie County officials have asked businesses to make plans for their workers to work from home.
Football practice isn’t a place to work from home. Head coach Seán McDermott said on Tuesday that training for Wednesday and Thursday will go ahead as planned, but he did say that the storm is still on his mind.
There will be rain and freezing weather in Buffalo through Friday, according to Yahoo Weather. As of Tuesday, the prediction for Sunday was for partly clear skies and temperatures between 21 and 26 degrees.
Sunday is going to be cold, but they’re not going to snow. Mother Nature could still be done making things hard for the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs. On Tuesday, coach Sean McDermott will look at his choices.
McDermott said that the team will still train on Thursday and Wednesday while keeping an eye on the weather prediction, which says that a lake-effect storm will dump almost 2 feet of snow in the Buffalo area.
The Bills beat Pittsburgh 31–17 on Monday to open the playoffs. On Sunday night, they will host the Kansas City Chiefs for an AFC divisional round game.
McDermott said, “We have a plan in place that makes sure we get the players and staff in at the right time and try to stay on top of that from a scheduling point of view.” “Okay, we’ll take care of it.
Sure about that. Right now, the best thing you can do is just talk about it a lot. On Monday, the Bills win that game. On Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, they will meet the Chiefs in a game for the chance to play for the AFC title.
People should not drive to Erie County right now, and the county chief, Mark Poloncarz, is asking businesses to let their employees work from home for the rest of the week.
It’s still too early to tell if officials will impose a travel ban, which means that Bills players might not be able to drive to their site.
The Baltimore Ravens as well as San Francisco 49ers are the No. 1 seeds in the AFC and NFC, respectively, and are coming into the playoffs after bye weeks.
The Houston Texans or Green Bay Packers, on the other hand, are looking to build on their impressive Wild Card wins behind young quarterback stars CJ Stroud and Jordan Love.
“I’m sure it can help someone with his skills, especially when it comes to the people who are trying to hold him back.”
“I think he’ll be able to handle the snow much better than some of the extremely heavy sheets of rain and torrential downpours we’ve played within the last couple of years,” he said.
We went to New England, and there was a nor’easter coming through. There was water everywhere. Yeah, those are video games that make a huge difference. Not really. Wind? “Yes, wind may be a big deal.”