Bills are now guaranteed to be playing with two days less rest than their opponent if they win

[cowboys5xsbs]

 

[America's Cowboy]

I don't feel sorry for them since they refuse to build a domed stadium. They stubbornly want to stick to an open stadium in order to have "homefield advantage"? Well, time to suck it up and pay the price.

 

[DoctorChicken]

Sucks for them, but that’s the way the cookie crumbled.

47 people died last year in a Buffalo blizzard. Lives are more important than sports.

 

[fivetwos]

The league is clearly against the Bills…..and Cowboys of course!

 

[MarcusRock]

The league is clearly against the Bills…..and Cowboys of course!

I think the stank affecting the Cowboys is spreading to other teams. Detroit got theirs. Now the Bills.

 

[CCBoy]

The NFL should then mandate enclosed stadiums then?

 

[CCBoy]

Wind chill temperatures of minus 60 froze our tank tracks and took us 8 hours of work to get them moving again.

 

[triplets_93]

The NFL should then mandate enclosed stadiums then?

Imo, the NFL should disallow most teams unless they have a covered stadium to play in.

https://apnews.com/article/bills-steelers-moved-winter-weather-8c223910644bf803b823597420fb46f8

 

[joseephuss]

I don't feel sorry for them since they refuse to build a domed stadium. They stubbornly want to stick to an open stadium in order to have "homefield advantage"? Well, time to suck it up and pay the price.

How much of this decision was based on the open stadium? I would think it was more about traveling into and out of Buffalo as well as driving to and from the stadium. An open stadium probably is a factor, but this storm as well as others are a challenge for the people in the area whether they are football fans or not.

 

[jsb357]

The NFL should then mandate enclosed stadiums then?

rg3 said as much..,

 

[Bigdog]

So the #2 teams are playing next Saturday if they win. If they win then that is extra day rest for the conference championship game

 

[Flamma]

I don't feel sorry for them since they refuse to build a domed stadium. They stubbornly want to stick to an open stadium in order to have "homefield advantage"? Well, time to suck it up and pay the price.

I don't think a dome would matter in their case. They can get storms where people just can't travel.

 

[Flamma]

The NFL should then mandate enclosed stadiums then?

The NFL should mandate all stadiums be open.

 

[America's Cowboy]

I don't think a dome would matter in their case. They can get storms where people just can't travel.

Very true. I forgot they can get 6'+ feet of snow at any given time.

 

[Flamma]

Imo, the NFL should disallow most teams unless they have a covered stadium to play in.

https://apnews.com/article/bills-steelers-moved-winter-weather-8c223910644bf803b823597420fb46f8

Moving this game has nothing to do with the stadium itself.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

The NFL should mandate all stadiums be open.

I was gonna say…

Statistically, teams that play in open air are significantly more successful historically vs teams that play in domes. Count the rings: It’s the New England’s and Pittsburgh’s and San Francisco’s and Denver’s and Green Bay’s vs the Detroit’s and Atlanta’s and New Orleans’ and Arizona’s and Minnesota’s.

Just look at Dallas; rings in open air vs rings in dome. There is a difference in team psychology in group 1 vs group 2.

 

[Flamma]

I was gonna say…

Statistically, teams that play in open air are significantly more successful historically vs teams that play in domes. Count the rings: It’s the New England’s and Pittsburgh’s and San Francisco’s and Denver’s and Green Bay’s vs the Detroit’s and Atlanta’s and New Orleans’ and Arizona’s and Minnesota’s.

Just look at Dallas; rings in open air vs rings in dome. There is a difference in team psychology in group 1 vs group 2.

Just my opinion, I could be totally wrong. I think it's easier for an open air team to adjust to a dome environment than it is the other way around.

 

[JD_KaPow]

I don't feel sorry for them since they refuse to build a domed stadium. They stubbornly want to stick to an open stadium in order to have "homefield advantage"? Well, time to suck it up and pay the price.

Pretty sure the stadium had nothing to do with this. It was about keeping people off the roads.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Pretty sure the stadium had nothing to do with this. It was about keeping people off the roads.

When is the last time the Bills have postponed a playoff game due to snowy weather?

 

[JD_KaPow]

When is the last time the Bills have postponed a playoff game due to snowy weather?

I don't know about the playoffs, but two regular season Bills games have been moved to Ford Field in the last decade (and one was postponed a day) because of weather in Buffalo.

It happens because of fan safety concerns, not because they don't want the players out there in bad weather.