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Martin Rogers
FOX Sports Insider
There are three things for absolute certain in Buffalo right now – that there is a monumental game of football to be played this weekend, that the weather is bonkers, and that both of those prior facts are inextricably intertwined.
Sunday’s divisional round contest between the hometown Bills and the visiting Kansas City Chiefs is the latest chapter in one of the NFL’s great modern rivalries, but it is impossible to separate the excitement surrounding the matchup from the painfully harsh conditions it is likely to be played in.
“We will work on our game plan,” Bills head coach Sean McDermott told reporters. “And we will work on our weather plan.”
A monumental snow drop requires planning on all kinds of levels and adds an extra covering of crisp, wintery intrigue to the clash that will send the victor into the AFC Championship game.
Things were bad enough last week that Buffalo’s eventual victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers took place on Monday instead of Saturday, and local diehards were offered $20 an hour to help with the shoveling efforts to make sure that even the reworked kickoff time could be met.
This weekend will see the unmissable visual of Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen duking it out once again, and also the splendid images of a powdery coating for Highmark Stadium with snowballs surely being tossed into the air, sights to warm the hearts of those watching at home and simultaneously chatter the teeth of those in attendance.
A delicious irony is that if there is one team unlikely to be fazed by the extreme chill, it is the Chiefs, themselves coming off a victory against the Miami Dolphins in the Wild Card round amid a savage wind chill of minus-27 degrees.
Snow is expected in the Buffalo area through Saturday and the plans McDermott was referring to included basic logistics, such as trying to ensure his players could reach the practice facility midweek.
“Cold is cold,”…
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Publish date : 2024-01-18 21:12:26
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