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impending snow/wind event Sunday - where will be the question (1 Viewer)

Here's an idea of what to expect in the passing game. GB vs Chicago 2007. Bad conditions but not even as bad as the conditions today. Cost me the cost me the championship that year.
Even gave you a speaking disorder. :jawdrop:
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
;) Having been burnt by weather before, I'm with FavreCo and the don't risk it crowd on this one.

How's the forecast looking in Buffalo?

 
What was the weather like when NE beat Tenn 59-0?
Was snowing like a mofo ... if not a legit blizzard, than as damn close as possible ... but, IIRC, it was not extremely windy that day. It is the WIND that destroys the passing games, not the precipitation ... recall an Oakland/Denver game some 5 or so years ago, played in blizzard like conditions also (with mild wind), and Collins/Porter went balistic, to the tune of mega-yards and 4 TD hookups .The wind is the mitigating factor in these scenarios, and Chicago is called the "windy city" for a reason ... :jawdrop:
 
Any DC homers with an update on the weather there? I know it's supposed to rain today but how bad is it this morning? Starting Mike Williams no matter what but in a start-2 QB league I may pull Freeman if the weather is nasty.

TIA.

 
I don't remember as wide spread a weather event affecting this many games. It is POURING here in NY, but you still have hours before kickoff. Forecast is for some lull around one and for the rain to be slightly less intense when it picks back up, but who really knows.

Not going to turn to snow here, and I'd much rather have a player going in snow than in a driving rain. The latter makes passing/holding onto the ball much more difficult than a dry snow. As mentioned, wind is the real killer and its gusty here at the least.

Some tough decisions... Moss going down in DC, hurting somewhat already. Bennett was his replacement but if the winds are that bad... do I dare go VJax as my number three? Not a WDIS, just a reflection of the decisions Im sure many of us are facing today. Unconventional wisdom vs. fear of overthinking.

 
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How's it looking in NY? Should we be looking elsewhere for kicking options?
Been a steady rain since early this morning. Has let up a bit, with intermittent showers ... wind has been erratic ... from a steady 5-10 mph, to some gusts that I've seen maul umbrellas. Temperature is gonna be downright balmy, though ... low to mid 50's ... if I had Folk going, I would not be thrilled ...
 
How's it looking in NY? Should we be looking elsewhere for kicking options?
Raining hard. Game isn't until 4PM local time, so could subside but I doubt it. I would look elsewhere from the kicking games.
I am on the West Side of Manhattan ... just popped out for a smoke ... and it is mildly drizzling ... but the wind is gusting. Don't know where it is pouring here in the City, but, from my location, it has subsided to a mere drizzle as of right now ...
 
How's it looking in NY? Should we be looking elsewhere for kicking options?
Raining hard. Game isn't until 4PM local time, so could subside but I doubt it. I would look elsewhere from the kicking games.
I am on the West Side of Manhattan ... just popped out for a smoke ... and it is mildly drizzling ... but the wind is gusting. Don't know where it is pouring here in the City, but, from my location, it has subsided to a mere drizzle as of right now ...
I am up in the northern suburbs and it's raining very hard. Definitely a bit different around the region - I would ask the Jersey folks if you want a true depiction of the Meadowlands area.
 
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I'm in the west burbs of Chicago and it sucks right now. Windy cold rain/snow crap. Roads are bad. Everything sucks. And its just supposed to get worse. Can't Play football in this. Bench your Chicago/new England passing games.
and take the under?
I'm benching the NE run game. It's not like NE is gonna run wild on the CHI Def which is a strong run stopping unit.CHI is not the team that you want to gear up the run game against.
Absolutely. Chicago is the #2 rush defense. It's not like the Patriots are going to put up 100 rushing yards (plus another 64 via the air) with their RBs. Oh, wait, they did do that this season, but it was against the Steelers, not the Bears. Steelers aren't ranked #2 against the run. They're ranked #1.I'm not saying that the Pats RBs will be super studs, but to assume that CHI is going to shut them down because they're a strong run-stopping unit would be ignoring facts.
 
Cold and wet in DC, but not raining hard and very little wind. Wouldn't think it will have any effect on the game at all - mostly just miserable for the fans.

 
How's it looking in NY? Should we be looking elsewhere for kicking options?
Raining hard. Game isn't until 4PM local time, so could subside but I doubt it. I would look elsewhere from the kicking games.
I am on the West Side of Manhattan ... just popped out for a smoke ... and it is mildly drizzling ... but the wind is gusting. Don't know where it is pouring here in the City, but, from my location, it has subsided to a mere drizzle as of right now ...
I am up in the northern suburbs and it's raining very hard. Definitely a bit different around the region - I would ask the Jersey folks if you want a true depiction of the Meadowlands area.
I'm about 15 minutes from The Meadowlands. It isn't raining at the moment, but the winds are gusting in the 30 mph range I would guess. My thermometer reads 54 degrees right now.
 
I'm in the west burbs of Chicago and it sucks right now. Windy cold rain/snow crap. Roads are bad. Everything sucks. And its just supposed to get worse. Can't Play football in this. Bench your Chicago/new England passing games.
and take the under?
I'm benching the NE run game. It's not like NE is gonna run wild on the CHI Def which is a strong run stopping unit.CHI is not the team that you want to gear up the run game against.
Absolutely. Chicago is the #2 rush defense. It's not like the Patriots are going to put up 100 rushing yards (plus another 64 via the air) with their RBs. Oh, wait, they did do that this season, but it was against the Steelers, not the Bears. Steelers aren't ranked #2 against the run. They're ranked #1.I'm not saying that the Pats RBs will be super studs, but to assume that CHI is going to shut them down because they're a strong run-stopping unit would be ignoring facts.
Green-Ellis and Woodhead also ran all over the Jets, who rank 3rd in rush defense. It's amazing to me how BJGE continues to be so under-appreciated.That said, if the threat of the pass is taken away that will give the Bears an advantage in rush defense. But the fact of the matter is the Patriots have proven they can run on strong run defenses so on paper this matchup doesn't decidedly favor Chicago.Sorry for the matchup talk. Back to the weather discussion. :tinfoilhat:
 
Cold and wet in DC, but not raining hard and very little wind. Wouldn't think it will have any effect on the game at all - mostly just miserable for the fans.
Thanks. :tinfoilhat: Weather report has been saying "light drizzle" which doesn't sound bad. Winds aren't terrible either. Keep the reports from DC coming. Thanks again.
 
How's it looking in NY? Should we be looking elsewhere for kicking options?
Raining hard. Game isn't until 4PM local time, so could subside but I doubt it. I would look elsewhere from the kicking games.
I am on the West Side of Manhattan ... just popped out for a smoke ... and it is mildly drizzling ... but the wind is gusting. Don't know where it is pouring here in the City, but, from my location, it has subsided to a mere drizzle as of right now ...
I am up in the northern suburbs and it's raining very hard. Definitely a bit different around the region - I would ask the Jersey folks if you want a true depiction of the Meadowlands area.
I'm about 15 minutes from The Meadowlands. It isn't raining at the moment, but the winds are gusting in the 30 mph range I would guess. My thermometer reads 54 degrees right now.
Yep ... just spoke to a friend who works at the track; lives in Carlstadt ... says the rain has stopped, but the gusts are a problem. Dunno how the swirling is in the new stadium, but it was hellacious in the ol' Meadowlands/Giants Stadium ... 6 hours to kickoff, though ... but as of now it looks like the wind will be a pain in the #### ...
 
anyone have the sack to bench Brady? What;s the latest in Chi? There's probably no better bad weather QB but they may run it a ton....

 
Kicker woes today? Josh Brown (Rams) kicks indoors for 3 straight games ... for those with Super Bowls in week 16, that has you "covered" (pun intended) straight thru the playoffs. Definitely worth the grab/add to dodge these weather concerns form here on out ...

 
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I'm in the west burbs of Chicago and it sucks right now. Windy cold rain/snow crap. Roads are bad. Everything sucks. And its just supposed to get worse. Can't Play football in this. Bench your Chicago/new England passing games.
and take the under?
I'm benching the NE run game. It's not like NE is gonna run wild on the CHI Def which is a strong run stopping unit.CHI is not the team that you want to gear up the run game against.
Absolutely. Chicago is the #2 rush defense. It's not like the Patriots are going to put up 100 rushing yards (plus another 64 via the air) with their RBs. Oh, wait, they did do that this season, but it was against the Steelers, not the Bears. Steelers aren't ranked #2 against the run. They're ranked #1.I'm not saying that the Pats RBs will be super studs, but to assume that CHI is going to shut them down because they're a strong run-stopping unit would be ignoring facts.
Green-Ellis and Woodhead also ran all over the Jets, who rank 3rd in rush defense. It's amazing to me how BJGE continues to be so under-appreciated.That said, if the threat of the pass is taken away that will give the Bears an advantage in rush defense. But the fact of the matter is the Patriots have proven they can run on strong run defenses so on paper this matchup doesn't decidedly favor Chicago.Sorry for the matchup talk. Back to the weather discussion. :rolleyes:
anyone remember the tampa vs. denver game way back in the day, so much snow no one could run or throw the ball. wonder if we will see something similar in chicago? this storm kicked our ### here in MN, and the wind was nasty. 7-0, on a fluke score??
 
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Pittsburgh weather:Today - Rain showers. Snow showers this afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs around 40. Temperature falling into the lower 30s this afternoon. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming south this afternoon. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Based on this it looks like the wind won't be much of a factor today
 
anyone have the sack to bench Brady? What;s the latest in Chi? There's probably no better bad weather QB but they may run it a ton....
You're a Pats fan and you think they're going to run the ball?! Come hell or high water, Brady will be in the shotgun until the final gun sounds. No chance I sit Brady in the playoffs.
 
anyone have the sack to bench Brady? What;s the latest in Chi? There's probably no better bad weather QB but they may run it a ton....
Doesn't take a sack to figure out that game is going to be low scoring.
Last year Brady tossed 6 TD's in a game against TEN that was 59-0There was tons of snow and 20MPH winds.
I don't recall that game being particularly windy. It is really howling here today—sustained winds at 30 gusting into the 40s. If this keeps up I doubt we see a pass go more than 15 yards in the air this afternoon.
 
anyone have the sack to bench Brady? What;s the latest in Chi? There's probably no better bad weather QB but they may run it a ton....
Doesn't take a sack to figure out that game is going to be low scoring.
Last year Brady tossed 6 TD's in a game against TEN that was 59-0There was tons of snow and 20MPH winds.
I don't recall that game being particularly windy. It is really howling here today—sustained winds at 30 gusting into the 40s. If this keeps up I doubt we see a pass go more than 15 yards in the air this afternoon.
The winds weren't a problem at all in the game last season.Go back to the unbeaten 2007 season to see an example of the weather besting Brady in Week 15 vs. the Jets. Not saying you bench Brady but it's not like he's impervious to struggling in horrible weather conditions.
 
Things have really calmed down here, rain wise, on Long Island (figure we are about an hour later than the Meadowlands in terms of West-East weather systems). There are some heavy wind gusts (and a few very heavy) but mostly its just sorta windy. Slick and sorta windy with gusts shouldnt kill a passing game on its own, though kickers could be more affected.

That said, if you feel a player has trouble adjusting to bad/wet weather, then this may be more of a concern. The biggest concern is if this is the predicted lull in the weather and it gets worse.

 
Looks like about 36 in Buffalo and low winds but rain/snow mix.
Doesn't sound too bad for the passing games, not that there is much to speak about outside of Steve Johnson or Ben Watson.
Just wondering where you guys heard the low winds info.....no wind to speak of right now here, but the stadium is always a different animal. It might be calm outside, but the winds swirl like crazy inside the stadium (as I'm sure you all know from watching games on TV anyway).I'm not saying that the "low wind" prediction is wrong, it's probably right, but it's just very hard to predict what the winds will be like inside the stadium as opposed to outside of it.That said, there's very little wind here at the moment.
 
What's going on in Buffalo?
Forecast appears to be calling for mid-high 30s and rain, turning to snow in the evening.Clear skies right now here. I live about 5 minutes north of downtown; the Bills play about 20 minutes south of downtown.
Mid-30s and pouring rain here. What a crappy day....as much as I love the Bills, I'm glad I'm not going to this one.
Steve, Would you consider Ben Watson a shaky start then? He is top6 on FBG this week.
 
What's going on in Buffalo?
Forecast appears to be calling for mid-high 30s and rain, turning to snow in the evening.Clear skies right now here. I live about 5 minutes north of downtown; the Bills play about 20 minutes south of downtown.
Mid-30s and pouring rain here. What a crappy day....as much as I love the Bills, I'm glad I'm not going to this one.
Steve, Would you consider Ben Watson a shaky start then? He is top6 on FBG this week.
Or Stevie Johnson, for that matter?
 
Flipping the NE/CHI talk about benching offensive players, and thoughts on the defensive side? I'd wanted no part of using the CHI defense against the Patsa, but now I'm reconsidering.

Basically a low scoring, grind-it-out game won't do much in most scoring formats. But if it's going to be one of those games where nobody can even hold onto the ball, different story. I can only remember a handful of games that got that bad in recent years, though. The worst case scenario rarely seems to come true.

Anyone moving either defense up?

 
Mid-30s and pouring rain here. What a crappy day....as much as I love the Bills, I'm glad I'm not going to this one.
Steve, Would you consider Ben Watson a shaky start then? He is top6 on FBG this week.
Or Stevie Johnson, for that matter?
Radar linkI don't know. The "Hour-by-hour" forecast is only predicting a 60% chance of rain during the game itself, but we're an hour and a half out and it's showing no signs of stopping. Just a consistent medium-strong rain....not torrential downpour, but not a sprinkle either.

I'd imagine it would affect the passing game somehow, but who knows how much? Seeing as how the Bills run defense sucks so badly, Cleveland would lean heavily on Hillis, right? I don't think it's really any different than any other rain game from a playing standpoint. Weather looks to hover between 35 and 39 during the game, so it doesn't look to be turning to snow until the evening. It's just terrible from a fan standpoint - seems the Bills have one of these games every year....temp just above freezing with pouring rain. :thumbup:

 
In New York the winds are an issue. They have been more intense than forecasted. They have been gusting up to 40MPH! It is 55 actually the reason why it is 55 degrees. They are about to get dry slotted so will see when the rain comes back.

Washington just has a few showers left, but the winds are not an issue.

It is raining in Jacksonville, FL This is good news since it should be over by kickoff.

 
Any Jacksonville homers able to provide an update? There are conflicting reports. ESPN is saying the winds could be 30 mph. Weather.com is saying they'll be around 13 mph. That's a rather significant difference.

 

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