NFL GDT: 2023 AFC Wild Card Round: (2) Buffalo Bills vs (7) Pittsburgh Steelers

[Save By Thomas]

Scene in Buffalo as the sun is setting

Imagine how cool it would have been to watch a game in that weather.

 

[Kupo]

Why is it always the Bills that benefit from shit like this?

The Bills are going to have 1-2 less rest days if they win Monday. How does that benefit them…?

 

[Kupo]

The game is being moved because the state of NY, along with the NFL, wants to avoid backlash if fans died attempting to go to the game, which some probably would have when you have whiteout conditions with 65+ MPH winds.

Anything over 50MPH wind is considered “damaging”. Trees. Power lines, etc. Anything over 58 is considered a “High Threat To Life”. 60 mile gusts can sweep people off their feet.

If it were just wind, or just snow, they play tomorrow. But not when you combine the two. I don’t like it. I LOOOVE snow games… But I get why this decision was made.

 

[TheAngryHank]

I don’t like this game, it's the kind of game Pittsburgh wins and Buffalo drops.
Squeak this game out and go to the superbowl

 

[Karterthadon]

Too many things to overcome for the Steelers here. Their best player is out, they're on their 3rd string QB, Tomlin hasn't won a playoff game in close to a decade, etc.

 

[hatterson]

Too many things to overcome for the Steelers here. Their best player is out, they're on their 3rd string QB, Tomlin hasn't won a playoff game in close to a decade, etc.

Tomlin hasn’t given up less than 40 in a playoff game since the end of the Obama administration. 45 against the Jags, 48 against the Browns, 42 against the Chiefs.

 

[hatterson]

BTW for those who were/are whining about the game being postponed or comments I've seen elsewhere about how this is why Buffalo should have a dome because then this wouldn't happen...It's *still* illegal to drive in the large majority of Erie county including around the stadium due to whiteout conditions and we're ~2.5 hours from original kickoff time.

The Bills could have a brand new 10 billion dollar state of the art dome complex and the game still couldn't take place because no one is allowed to drive to it right now.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

What a joke. Shocker, it snows in cold climates in the winter. Suck it up and play the damn game.

Did you not read any posts before posting this? It's about public safety. Not the game itself.

Scene in Buffalo as the sun is setting

Incredible that we have posters who think people should be out and about driving to the game in that kind of weather.

 

[hatterson]

 

[awfulwaffle]

Did you not read any posts before posting this? It's about public safety. Not the game itself.



Incredible that we have posters who think people should be out and about driving to the game in that kind of weather.

What's the weather like now? You're looking at something that was happening yesterday.

 

[hatterson]

What's the weather like now? You're looking at something that was happening yesterday.

My post above yours has a reporter at the stadium right now and it's a complete white out.

Also there's still a travel ban all across the county.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[hatterson]

 

[SirClintonPortis]

People died in the 50 inch blizzard in Buffalo a year ago, even though there was no football game.

The only ones who believe the game must go on are people who never dealt with such events

 

[hatterson]

People died in the 50 inch blizzard in Buffalo a year ago, even though there was no football game.

The only ones who believe the game must go on are people who never dealt with such events

Also, even if you for some reason believe that the NFL shouldn’t make public safety calls, it’s *still* illegal to drive in Erie County right now.

The only legal way to have a game today would have been to have everyone (players, refs, workers, etc) walk to the stadium which would obviously be idiotic.

 

[StreetHawk]

People died in the 50 inch blizzard in Buffalo a year ago, even though there was no football game.

The only ones who believe the game must go on are people who never dealt with such events

Or they don’t factor in that this game would have no fans ala 2020 season.
Plus, if there was a serious injury during the game it would take much longer to transport the injured player to the hospital.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Also, even if you for some reason believe that the NFL shouldn’t make public safety calls, it’s *still* illegal to drive in Erie County right now.

The only legal way to have a game today would have been to have everyone (players, refs, workers, etc) walk to the stadium which would obviously be idiotic.

Curious , what's the status with snowmobiles? In those conditions. Having nothing to do with the game obviously

 

[hatterson]

Curious , what's the status with snowmobiles? In those conditions. Having nothing to do with the game obviously

I’m not actually sure TBH and google isn’t giving me any help.

 

[John Price]

bills by double digits

 

[TheGreenTBer]

What kind of moron not only compares D-Day to a f***ing football game, but also gets the facts wrong?

Answer: a special idiot.

 

[Squiffy]

This isn’t some kind of controversy is it? Easy call to move the game back a day. Buffalo gets these storms often enough, they’ll be fine by tomorrow to safely hold it, but ya, they needed a day to deal with it. Its a lot of frigging snow.

 

[TheAngryHank]

I'm going to set the over / under on 5 " fire tomlin" texts I get from my friend

 

[Squiffy]

Tomlin might be the best coaching job of the year to have the Steelers playing in playoffs

I mean he’s not winning an award but for degree of difficulty bravo.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Just move the Bills to a city with a better climate, maybe Orlando or Birmingham

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Just move the Bills to a city with a better climate, maybe Orlando or Birmingham

I think the NFL should put a team in Nunavut for the lulz tbh