Week 16: Bills at Bears on Christmas Eve

[hemma]

Field will be like concrete.  

Cold weather is bad news https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20160331/cold-weather-can-spike-football-injuries-study-finds

[Fred Slacks]

I wish this week we would go with 3 LB's and use Taron Johnson as a rover/Strong Safety.  Keep Poyer deep.  That would probably be our strongest tacklers on the field.  I am not suggesting we move Taron to safety every week.  But if we go 3 LB's Taron is still a better player than Hamlin.  Find a way to keep him on the field.

 

Play Elam and White on the outsides.

[ExiledInIllinois]

25 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

Weather here is going to far worse than Chicago...

 

Widescale synoptic snow Friday followed by heavy lake snow and strong winds gusting to 50 mph Saturday producing near whiteout conditions.

Yeah... But there ain't 10 million people in the metropolitan area.

 

I always said... For every 100,000 people every inch of snow is like 5x more than it really is.  Wouldn't be bad if I and handful of others were the only idiots on road.

 

Sunny and nice right now. First sun, no clouds in like over 9 days. 

[YoloinOhio]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mannc]

16 minutes ago, hemma said:

Field will be like concrete.  

Cold weather is bad news https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20160331/cold-weather-can-spike-football-injuries-study-finds

Expect more of this, with the regular season being pushed deep into January…in the ‘70s, Christmas was the first round of the playoffs…

[Mango]

2 hours ago, SUNY_amherst said:

play the Bears and Patriots games in Detroit for sure, because ya know, it’s winter so it’s cold.
 

Cincinnati maybe that one happens as scheduled but let’s monitor that as it gets cold in Southern Ohio as well 

 

 

Jerry, nice of us to join you will all your new spare time. 

The issue isn't that the game can't be played in the cold. It is that the airports might be closed and there may be a travel ban. If the team can get in they will play. 

 

You wouldn't move it to Detroit because they are in the same lake effect ban. Moving to Cincinatti actually makes some sense. They are 4.5 hours down the road and playing out of town this weekend. Indy could work too. They don't play until Monday, but you have to flip the stadium on Christmas day, which sucks.  

 

[billsbackto81]

32 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

 

I do not want to see even a healthy Klein attempting to chase down and tackle Fields.  Milano please.

Discussion was about maybe going more 4-3 base instead of Nickel in attempts to slow down Fields and the run game. Milano and Edmunds are a given. 

21 minutes ago, Fred Slacks said:

I wish this week we would go with 3 LB's and use Taron Johnson as a rover/Strong Safety.  Keep Poyer deep.  That would probably be our strongest tacklers on the field.  I am not suggesting we move Taron to safety every week.  But if we go 3 LB's Taron is still a better player than Hamlin.  Find a way to keep him on the field.

 

Play Elam and White on the outsides.

Not bad thinking there bud. I like the concept. Don't know if Frazier finds it applicable but I like the thought behind it. Their WRs should not require Safety help, especially in the conditions expected.

[Shemp]

Here's an article that says that Chicago might feel like 30 below this Christmas.

 

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/12/19/a-blizzard-could-hit-chicago-this-week-and-it-could-feel-like-30-degrees-below-zero-on-christmas/

[DapperCam]

I don’t care how they do it, just get out of there with a win and no injuries. I don’t care if the final score is 5-3.

[nucci]

3 minutes ago, DapperCam said:

I don’t care how they do it, just get out of there with a win and no injuries. I don’t care if the final score is 5-3.

isn't that for every game?

[DapperCam]

3 minutes ago, nucci said:

isn't that for every game?

No, I want to embarrass the Pats so bad that their fair weather fans hop off the bandwagon and throw away their Brady jerseys.

[zow2]

i want to win and get the #1 seed, obviously.  But that means 11 wins in a row to win the SB.  That’s a helluva win streak to maintain.  

[WEATHER DOT COM]

Make sure your cell phone is charged.

 

If you live in western New York, that might be the only way you can stay updated with the game Saturday. Maybe get a battery powered AM radio too.

 

Be prepared for a power outage.

 

Merry Christmas

Edited December 20, 2022 by WEATHER DOT COM

[PaattMaann]

3 minutes ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

Make sure your cell phone is charged.

 

If you live in western New York, that might be the only way you can stay updated with the game Sunday. Maybe get a battery powered AM radio too.

 

Be prepared for a power outage.

 

Merry Christmas

 

you know something we dont?

[Process]

The difference in QBs between conferences is insane

 

 

[WEATHER DOT COM]

Just now, PaattMaann said:

 

you know something we dont?

 

Just reading the tea leaves on the NWS Buffalo forecast this weekend.

 

Temps in the teens + 70 mph wind gusts + a foot of snow = disaster.

 

Be prepared.

 

 

[PaattMaann]

1 minute ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

 

Just reading the tea leaves on the NWS Buffalo forecast this weekend.

 

Temps in the teens + 70 mph wind gusts + a foot of snow = disaster.

 

Be prepared.

 

 

 

The game is on Saturday though, you said sunday

[WEATHER DOT COM]

4 minutes ago, PaattMaann said:

 

you know something we dont?

 

lol nice catch - touche and edited

[Warriorspikes51]

8 minutes ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

Make sure your cell phone is charged.

 

If you live in western New York, that might be the only way you can stay updated with the game Sunday. Maybe get a battery powered AM radio too.

 

Be prepared for a power outage.

 

Merry Christmas

This sounds a bit much.  Forecast calls for "occasional gusts could be over 40 mph" 

[The Wiz]

Just now, Warriorspikes51 said:

This sounds a bit much.  Forecast calls for "occasional gusts could be over 40 mph" 

 

[Warriorspikes51]

3 minutes ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

 

Just reading the tea leaves on the NWS Buffalo forecast this weekend.

 

Temps in the teens + 70 mph wind gusts + a foot of snow = disaster.

 

Be prepared.

 

 

 

 

Where exactly are you seeing 70 mph winds???   * Edit I see the post above.  Ugh 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Warriorspikes51

[YoloinOhio]

 

[The Wiz]

 

[YoloinOhio]

 

 

[PaattMaann]

I think we definitely see Phillips return this week considering Bryant was released to make room for Ike

[Process]

Geez. Is the buffalo airport even going to be open Friday?

[Lost]

9 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

 

 

They should be practicing in a wind tunnel

[PaattMaann]

McD is walking around practice in a "I wish it were windier" t-shirt

 

oh wait no hes not, because hes not a douche

[Solomon Grundy]

I'm more worried about Soldier Field. It's almost as bad as Ford Field as far as injuries are concerned. Hopefully everyone comes out of the game healthy. I'd probably sit Phillips and save him for Cincy. Let Basham play the interior

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

7 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

I'm more worried about Soldier Field. It's almost as bad as Ford Field as far as injuries are concerned. Hopefully everyone comes out of the game healthy. I'd probably sit Phillips and save him for Cincy. Let Basham play the interior

He's injured too

[PaattMaann]

6 minutes ago, SUNY_amherst said:

Or they could just play as scheduled

 

I'm not Jerry Sullivan

He's just lobbying to move the game that's all

 

where do you see this?

[PaattMaann]

Just now, SUNY_amherst said:

it was a just guess since they lobbied so hard last time 

 

oh, so you are just being a douche and butt hurt about having a to move a game that was impossible to play in Orchard Park? Got it...moving along...

[YoloinOhio]

 

[ytownblofan]

2 minutes ago, SUNY_amherst said:

it was a just guess since they lobbied so hard last time 

 

I've seen you say this multiple times, and I'm curious, what knowledge or evidence do you have of them "lobbying so hard" to move the game? 

[NickelCity]

Would be amazing if Hyde came back for the playoffs. Pleeeeease let it be. Also Crowder would be a nice addition if he's in playing shape. 

[Fleezoid]

17 hours ago, Big Turk said:

Early models showing between 10-20 inches in the Chicago area snow wise.

 

Thank you for clarifying.

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Big Turk]

36 minutes ago, SUNY_amherst said:

“Impossible” that’s a good one

I’ll just drop it. You can be happy with the explanation that it was “impossible” to play a football game in Orchard Park, NY where they’ve been playing football games for over 50 years

 

How many times did they get 6-7 feet of snow?  Want to know the answer? Twice.  In 2014 and 2022.  Guess what happened both times?  The game got moved.  Get a clue.

 

Funnily enough coming from someone in Amherst where they don't get lake snow very often and usually escape with a few inches while many places get a few feet. How rich...got opinions on how to deal with it when he never has to deal with it.

Edited December 20, 2022 by Big Turk

[hemma]

1 hour ago, Process said:

Geez. Is the buffalo airport even going to be open Friday?

Maybe a bus trip to Rochester, then out.

[Big Turk]

3 minutes ago, hemma said:

Maybe a bus trip to Rochester, then out.

 

This is not a Lake Effect snowstorm initially, this is a widescale synoptic snowstorm affecting a huge part of the country.  Conditions in Rochester won't be any better. We do actually get large scale systems that bring heavy snow, not just lake storms ya know. We would probably need to drive a lot farther than would make sense to try and outrun it.

 

The lake snows don't kick in until later Friday night and into Saturday and initially guidance has them effecting the Northtowns first(230-240 degrees) before dropping into the Buffalo metro area Saturday.

Edited December 20, 2022 by Big Turk