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Week 7 Weather (4 Viewers)
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Gottabesweet
Footballguy
Saints @ Bears
Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Footballdaz
Footballguy
I looked and saw light rain and only 20mph winds.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
It's like baseball where you can be wrong 2 out 3 times and still keep your job.
zamboni
Footballguy
We'll see tomorrow morning, but if this stands, would be part to trust anyone in either passing game. May need to pivot from Waddle.
Gottabesweet
Footballguy
I think they are pretty confident on Cleveland being a big event storm but yeah we’ll see. I’m sitting my Bears for Herbert/Ladd instead of Caleb Odunze. I’m playing Pickens and Lamb. I had Lamb out all week in case he’s on a pitch count or not fully 100%.
Got a lot of players on these teams and this has caused me some consternation for the last few days.
Will wait till tomorrow for weather updates to make up my mind.
Right now I'm not very worried about the Saints vs Bears game. It's the kind of thing I'd use as a tiebreaker/close call, but 20 MPH winds in Chicago with no rain is not much of an issue to me.
The Browns game is a real bad looking situation.
I pulled Juedy out of most of my lineups. I know he's been *** anyway but his volume is great and as a WR3/4 type I was going to roll him out but now only place I'm going with him is a team I'm only have 2 active WR's this week.
It's probably a plus for Judkins and not really a negative to any RB.
Waddle and Waller are the two big one's I'm wrestling with the most. If it the weather looks like the current forecast I'm likely pulling Waddle for Addison in one league and Bourne in another. I'm leaning on pulling Waller for Mason Taylor in 2 leagues and what makes me uneasy about that is I'm super heavy on Mason Taylor and just hate having in so many lineups coming off his dud game.
Would not be starting Tua or Gabriel in the most perfect weather. They could play that game in the middle the eye of a hurricane and I'd not sit Achane.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I think the Browns defense is a good play.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Accu weather is garbage.
It all depends on the location of the low. Could be major, could just be a mere nuisance. Check in the morning.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Likely benching Waddle but will wait until I see the weather with my own eyes
Sarlakticacid
Footballguy
“Steady rain is expected for Sunday afternoon's game in Cleveland. A delay is unlikely, but ball security will be an issue in the wet conditions. Moderate winds will blow from end zone to end zone throughout the game.”
- ORANGE MIA @ CLE A line of rain moves in pregame and brings some VERY strong winds with it (40-50mph gusts), however... it looks like while some rain will still linger into the game, the winds will drop off behind that initial push. My in-game forecast is for scattered showers with winds sustained around 15-20mph (20mph first half, 15mph 2nd half), gusts around 30-35mph. Those winds will likely be significantly stronger in the first half of the game than the 2nd half. This is still a "weather-game" (it's likely wet and windy), but I would urge caution buying into the "50-60mph wind!" hype, because it is likely that those strongest winds are prior to kickoff. Final note that I'm making this forecast Saturday, and by Sunday morning perhaps the timing off the strongest wind has changed, check back for a final update pregame.
zamboni
Footballguy
Weather in Cleveland doesn't seem as horrible as it sounded in previous days. Definite rain and some gusty winds through the morning, but I'm not overthinking it for Waddle:
JohnnyU
Footballguy
The thing about bad weather that people fail to accept is that it favors the offense. Receivers know where they are going and the defense has to react. The caveat being, as long as the weather isn't so bad that the QB can't throw it accurately, wet weather favors the offense. Wind is the equalizer.
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Yes, that was the funniest thing I've read here so far today.
Say that all you want, but facts are facts! WR's score less in windy games. Are you ready to provide stats?
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I did say wind is the equalizer. You seem to glance right over that.
the spanker
Footballguy
I'm faced with starting Waddle or Mike Evans with the best matchup ever but questionable and doesn't play until Monday.
Who would you start?
zamboni
Footballguy
I'd much prefer Evans, but if you can, I would try to pick up Tez Johnson as a hedge for Evans.
the spanker
Footballguy
He's already been swooped. Even so, I don't have anyone I would want to drop on my roster for a one week play.
Would you take the chance and start Evens or go safe route with Waddle?
The Kerminator
Footballguy
He pretty much said exactly that.
zamboni
Footballguy
Think you have to go Waddle then and just hope for some short area targets if it's windy.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Looks like the weather may become pretty lousy in the lead-up to kickoff, but don't let any of those reports / visuals sway you. It may be blustery with heavy rain at the outset, but winds should calm as the game progresses and while it will rain throughout impacts should subside by the 2nd half, probably sooner.
Very helpful weather breakdown here: https://x.com/KevinRothWx/status/1979866175522926743
MAC_32
Footballguy
He's the best. It was always about the positioning of the low and it's far enough away from the stadium that the worst won't persist throughout the game - that'll be somewhere over the lake. The 2nd burst he mentioned is the reinforcing front as the low moves east. As he eluded, latest model run indicates that will be well after the game ends. Greatest risk after Q2 or so is an isolated down pour, but that probability is small. The isobars are wide enough to reliably forecast wind won't be impactful once the first front clears.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Is that worse if the game was played on the Ohio river rather than Lake Erie? Jk…
zamboni
Footballguy
I might go Darnold irrespective of weather.
Chaka
Footballguy
I have him in my lineup ATM. Pretty much a coin flip any given week.
