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Week 16: Bills at Bears on Christmas Eve


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On 12/20/2022 at 2:25 PM, SUNY_amherst said:

 

Right. They moved the game to a dome because of the snow but we're supposed to believe a dome would make no difference

 

 

Either you're being intentionally obtuse, or it's not...an act.

 

We all know it's about team travel and gameday logistics when these games get moved, as the NHL example provided for you on page 28 shows. Football should be played outdoors, on a natural grass field. I guess Arizona was able to tweak that equation enough (indoor venue but with a natural field that mostly lives outside) to provide a workable alternative for their unique set of circumstances. It's almost like football in HOT climates is a better candidate for indoor play, given the danger of rising heat indexes to those gigantic athletes. 

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3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Latest update on weather: It’s looking like 25 MPH winds, with gusts of 40 MPH. We are going to have to run the ball. 


it could end up being totally unwatchable. sailing passes, 20-yard punts, missed FGs, etc. 

that's football in december, in the elements.

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1 hour ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

that's football in december, in the elements.

That's pretty extreme wind and not the norm. The passing game can still be effective in the cold weather. However, 25 to 40 MPH winds makes it very very difficult to throw the ball. 

Really a bad break for the Bills as the Beats suck at passing and the Bills are very good at it. Vice versa for the run. 

 

I don't seecan easy path to victory. 

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7 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Latest update on weather: It’s looking like 25 MPH winds, with gusts of 40 MPH. We are going to have to run the ball. 


it could end up being totally unwatchable. sailing passes, 20-yard punts, missed FGs, etc. 

I disagree. Last year josh was able to pass the ball in the second half. They just didn’t really try it until they needed to. It’ll be tough, but josh can do it

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43 minutes ago, VaMilBill said:

I disagree. Last year josh was able to pass the ball in the second half. They just didn’t really try it until they needed to. It’ll be tough, but josh can do it

Yeah, Dorsey said they learned from that experience.

7 hours ago, Since1981 said:

I hope people’s bias dome vs wind/precip stays clear. Does anyone honestly think Hill would want sh#t stats, career here.
 

My god, wind game, freeze game, snow game, move game….. this Chicago game is bitter icing on the crap buf weather cake. 

 

7 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Latest update on weather: It’s looking like 25 MPH winds, with gusts of 40 MPH. We are going to have to run the ball. 


it could end up being totally unwatchable. sailing passes, 20-yard punts, missed FGs, etc. 

Sheesh...deja vu from last week. The sky is falling. Woe are we.

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9 hours ago, FrenchConnection said:

You probably think that you're exaggerating, but the Chiefs have played in perfect weather all year. They have an open air stadium and they haven't even had to play in rain all year. It has never been even windy for them all year.  It's going to be cold but clear with little wind for them on Sunday at home while the Bills play in a hurricane in Chicago just a bit to the east of them. Some a**hat in KC clearly sold their soul for this.

Any yet from all the evidence, MVP voters never take weather conditions into account. Remarkable, isn't it, how Mahomes is able to throw more TDs for a higher percentage in perfect conditions than Allen playing in the worst conditions in the NFL? SOS schedule also a non-factor, so Hurts playing so well with the softest schedule in the league doesn't figure in an iota. The voters are among the most seasoned beat reporters, too; you'd think they'd know better. 

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29 minutes ago, finn said:

Any yet from all the evidence, MVP voters never take weather conditions into account. Remarkable, isn't it, how Mahomes is able to throw more TDs for a higher percentage in perfect conditions than Allen playing in the worst conditions in the NFL? SOS schedule also a non-factor, so Hurts playing so well with the softest schedule in the league doesn't figure in an iota. The voters are among the most seasoned beat reporters, too; you'd think they'd know better. 

Reporter often equals lazy groupthink. Everything you mentioned is a genuine consideration, but will be dismissed as an "excuse" by those unwilling to entertain a complicated thought.

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55 minutes ago, finn said:

Any yet from all the evidence, MVP voters never take weather conditions into account. Remarkable, isn't it, how Mahomes is able to throw more TDs for a higher percentage in perfect conditions than Allen playing in the worst conditions in the NFL? SOS schedule also a non-factor, so Hurts playing so well with the softest schedule in the league doesn't figure in an iota. The voters are among the most seasoned beat reporters, too; you'd think they'd know better. 

All sports voting is open to bias. Notre Dame could go 0-12 and start the next season ranked in the top 10.

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4 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

Find this hilarious. Apparently, Cheffers is in the Bills pockets and wants us to be the #1 seed

 

Do we really need a new thread every time some random knucklehead says something on Twitter?

 

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13 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

Find this hilarious. Apparently, Cheffers is in the Bills pockets and wants us to be the #1 seed

I've never seen a group of people complain harder about the refs than Chiefs twitter. Everyone does it to an extent but that whole group takes it to pathetic levels.

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1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

Wow...WNY now under a Blizzard warning from 7AM Friday to 7AM Sunday expecting 1-3 feet of snow.

 

Donn Paul said this is very similar to the Blizzard of 1985 that shut Buffalo down for a week and was named the "six pack storm"

Nothing compared to the Blizzard of 77.  In February I had a total of 4 school days.

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1 minute ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Nothing compared to the Blizzard of 77.  In February I had a total of 4 school days.

 

Different circumstances...that Blizzard was literally 2 months in the making and is probably a once in every 10,000 year storm with how many factors all had to come together perfectly to create what happened.

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