Snow forecasted for NYG Game on Sunday

[followthestar]

i think if the field is not 100 percent, Tiki is the person who would suffer most. Outside runs for either team will be limited. Passing downfield gives you a better chance of a defender losing stride and interfering with the WR, even if it wouldn't have been caught. Crayton could have a huge day if he's able to hold up...

 

[TRUTH87]

Bodies slippin' all over the field....

 

[MapleLeaf]

Aikman has huge hands and i don't recall him having more trouble with a wet football than the next guy. i doubt any QB wouldn't prefer a dry one.

also, i hafta to disagree with the idea that warm-weather colleges are less likely to produce good cold-weather pros. his being from USC didn't seem to keep Pittsburgh (historically, one of the better cold-clime teams) off Troy Pomalua. Bradshaw was from frigid Louisianna... Brett Favre from subarctic Mississippi... there are prolly hundreds of examples...

...was challenged in wet weather because he held the ball with his index finger on the point of the ball. With a wet ball his passes had a tendency to squirt out and it was difficult for him to release the ball with spin.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

...was challenged in wet weather because he held the ball with his index finger on the point of the ball. With a wet ball his passes had a tendency to squirt out and it was difficult for him to release the ball with spin.

Gripping point is a factor, but grip pressure is a more predominate indicator. The stronger the grip, the more likely the ball "squirts". FYI Bledsoe uses very strong grip pressure.

 

[MapleLeaf]

...is a factor for both teams.

Experience in it does help, but technique in holding a ball can overcome a lack of experience. It's something a player can adjust to as he acclimates to the game conditions. It's not the "Ice Bowl" so we can forget trying to handicap the weather as a significant factor in the game.

The only players who will not like the weather is the kickers. The ball has a tendency to feel "dead" and kicks like a frozen rock in cold weather. With the fact that you may get on the field only two or three times this game and one of the appearances may be for the game it's not ideal.

Snow on the field is also miserable for trying to hold your plant foot in the ground. The Giants play on FieldTurf with polypro/polyethylene fibre combined with rubber and sand.

I've never had personal experience with it myself, but it sounds like a good artificial field that would drain moisture away and stay supple providing excellent traction as long as there isn't too much snow.

Last but not least the kicker has difficulty staying warm so I don't think a cold day is conducive to a long kick. Given that Feeley is facing off Cundiff, if it's cold with snow on the ground, I wouldn't give Cundiff anything more than a 40 yarder to try.

 

[MapleLeaf]

Gripping point is a factor, but grip pressure is a more predominate indicator. The stronger the grip, the more likely the ball "squirts". FYI Bledsoe uses very strong grip pressure.

...with Aikman was his grip was dependent on the friction between his hand and the leather of the ball.

Most traditional QBs utilize the laces not only for grip, but additional leverage during the release to create the spin of a spiral.

Aikman's style may have been developed due to his strong grip, but it was definitely influenced by his origins in the southern States. Had he been playing his earlier years in Minnesota or North Dakota I have no doubt he would have began using the laces for a more reliable grip.