Twitter: Browns-Bills game moved to Detroit

[Manster_Mash]

God, I dislike this league more every day.

 

[John813]

Back in my day they played in 18ft snow storms playing uphill both ways.

 

[nightrain]

I know they play indoors, but doesn't Detroit sit on the other side of the Lake Erie from Buffalo?

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I don't think some folks have any idea what 4-6 feet of lake-effect snow looks like. For starters, roads get closed. I got stuck in a western NY blizzard once. Never again.

Yup, and living in Cleveland, I can also share that it's a lot of snow. You can barely walk much less run. If it's 4-6 feet, there's no way they're going to be able to play in that.

 

[USArmyVet]

I know they play indoors, but doesn't Detroit sit on the other side of the Lake Erie from Buffalo?

Yes but the weather system is mainly going to be a lake effect snow going from west to east so Detroit will not be impacted.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I know they play indoors, but doesn't Detroit sit on the other side of the Lake Erie from Buffalo?

Sort of, but it depends on the wind direction for how Lake Effect can happen. I'm going to post a video that explains it better than I can, but suffice it to say, it a lot of moisture gets sucked up from the Lake, then the winds blow it to the shore, and the moisture, being frozen, dumps a bunch down.

 

[DZSierra]

I used to live in upstate NY, not the Catskills, but around Watertown.

Until you witness first hand the kind of possible snow you can with "lake affect" added in, you really have no clue what a "white out" really is. I've been in the Tug Hill area when we got over 75" in 24 hours. Different perspective on Snow. Don't miss it one bit living south of the Mason Dixon line for the last 20 years LMAO

A good call to move the game since they knew it was coming and the potential headache it could cause.

 

[dlobell]

Boooo. I wanted to see a snowglobe game. If fans don't want to get stranded at the game they should walk there and back. Uphill both ways!

I’m from south of Buffalo and I guarantee it’s not the fans that wanted to change.

 

[DallasEast]

Back in my day they played in 18ft snow storms playing uphill both ways.

 

[USArmyVet]

I used to live in upstate NY, not the Catskills, but around Watertown.

Until you witness first hand the kind of possible snow you can with "lake affect" added in, you really have no clue what a "white out" really is. I've been in the Tug Hill area when we got over 75" in 24 hours. Different perspective on Snow. Don't miss it one bit living south of the Mason Dixon line for the last 20 years LMAO

A good call to move the game since they knew it was coming and the potential headache it could cause.

M1A Socom in image?

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I used to live in upstate NY, not the Catskills, but around Watertown.

Until you witness first hand the kind of possible snow you can with "lake affect" added in, you really have no clue what a "white out" really is. I've been in the Tug Hill area when we got over 75" in 24 hours. Different perspective on Snow. Don't miss it one bit living south of the Mason Dixon line for the last 20 years LMAO

A good call to move the game since they knew it was coming and the potential headache it could cause.

Don't get me wrong, I do like snow (I'm a Clydesdale), but Lake Effect, when it's in full force, is quite a different story. You get maybe a foot of visibility at best, and the snow, because of how hard it's falling and blowing, sort of kicks up a fog of sorts and feels like sand being blown sideways. It's amazing to watch though because the snow is literally blowing sideways almost defying gravity with how strong the winds can be.

 

[Runwildboys]

I don't think some folks have any idea what 4-6 feet of lake-effect snow looks like. For starters, roads get closed. I got stuck in a western NY blizzard once. Never again.

Exactly. Where the hell would the fans even sit, if they could clear that much snow from the field?

 

[Runwildboys]

Aint'cha heard of a shovel? Put a snowplow on the front of the station wagon.

Nah, just let all the pyromaniacs out of prison for the day and melt it.

 

[Runwildboys]

I grew up in western NY. I got stuck more than once. .

I will say though winters are nowhere what they used to be. I can remember as a kid not seeing green grass from early December to early March. You had to dig deep into the snow.

Now winters are a couple snow events like this one and cool to cold. It’s not the day to day brutal weather anymore.

I remember in Northern Jersey, the snow would stick around for a month or more each time. Our school buses had chains on the tires in Winter, so snow days were pretty rare, compared to now, when they cancel school the day before, and sometimes it doesn't even end up snowing.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Since when do they move NFL games due to snow? Those games are fun to watch and a badge of honor to attend. Just more evidence the league is getting soft. They gonna start moving games out of Lambeau next b/c its too cold?

 

[Runwildboys]

Just saw the story. I am a huge advocate of domed stadiums but I also think open air stadium fans deserve what they prefer. The game should not have been moved. Sports fans who want hypothermia should always enjoy the opportunity of contracting it. That's fair.

Problem is, nobody would even make it to the game, and if they did, there'd be no place to sit, and they wouldn't be able to see the players from the helmets down.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Since when do they move NFL games due to snow? Those games are fun to watch and a badge of honor to attend. Just more evidence the league is getting soft. They gonna start moving games out of Lambeau next b/c its too cold?

It's been done before with the Bills, and Lake Effect snow is a completely different snow. Trust me. I live in Cleveland.

 

[DallasEast]

Problem is, nobody would even make it to the game, and if they did, there'd be no place to sit, and they wouldn't be able to see the players from the helmets down.

Blizzards, Nor'easters, etc., have not stopped them in the past. Why should it now?

In my opinion, the NFL is protecting their number one asset: the players. Why they suddenly care about the Bills and Browns playing in these conditions all of a sudden is the question I would like answered. The reasons the league gave justifying the move run counter to past decisions in similar situations.

 

[RoboQB]

Problem is, nobody would even make it to the game, and if they did, there'd be no place to sit, and they wouldn't be able to see the players from the helmets down.

Just a side note.
In GB, if you show up with a shovel at a scheduled time before a snow game,
they'll pay you $10 an hour to shovel snow in the stands area.

Sounds like they'd need flame throwers in Buffalo's case though...lol

 

[Flamma]

I remember in Northern Jersey, the snow would stick around for a month or more each time. Our school buses had chains on the tires in Winter, so snow days were pretty rare, compared to now, when they cancel school the day before, and sometimes it doesn't even end up snowing.

I grew up in northern Jersey. It had to be a blizzard for them to cancel school.