They've already shown the world they're racist, anti-American globalists spitting in the face of Americans. Any placades about not kneeling now just add to the insult.
Posted on 01/13/2024 9:15:17 PM PST by Red Badger
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had his helmet shattered on a hit from Miami Dolphins safety DeShon Elliott during Saturday night's frigid AFC wild-card playoff game. The Chiefs still won 26-7.
With a game-time temperature of minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit, the game was the fourth-coldest in NFL history, and it was unclear whether the temperature made the shell of Mahomes' helmet more brittle than usual. Regardless, the reigning league MVP was left with a fist-sized chunk of plastic missing from just above his left eye after the clash of helmets on a 13-yard scramble deep in Dolphins territory.
Rarely do helmets fail in such a manner. But then again, rarely is it below zero at kickoff of a football game.
Mahomes ran two more plays before officials made him get a backup helmet from the sideline. He threw another incomplete pass and Kansas City kicked a field goal on fourth down to take a 19-7 lead, and Mahomes spent the ensuing Miami possession fiddling with the replacement helmet on the sideline in an effort to make it comfortable.
It was wind gusts, whipping through at more than 25 mph and driving the wind chill to a bone-rattling minus-27 degrees, that made the weather truly miserable for just about everyone.
That included pop star Taylor Swift, who once again turned up to see her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
She at least got to watch from an enclosed suite. Most fans huddled outside in parkas, ski goggles and snow pants, and players huddled around heaters on the sidelines as if they were an oasis in the cold. The National Weather Service issued a warning for what it called "dangerously cold" weather that had blanketed the Midwest.
The icy winter weather has blanketed much of the U.S. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned of a "dangerous storm" as she announced that the Buffalo Bills-Pittsburgh Steelers NFL playoff game was postponed from Sunday to Monday. Residents of the county that includes Buffalo were told to stay off the roads starting at 9 p.m. Saturday, with the forecast calling for 1 to 2 feet or more of snow and winds gusting as high as 65 mph.
That was true. ad to pay to stream the Peacock network. Even streaming some of the online radio feeds was difficult as so many more than usual logged on.
The game was brodcast in the Miami and KC local areas, the rest of the country got stiffed.
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alfa6 ;>}
Similar to my screw-up as a teenager in Junior Achievement.
I was in a teen company that was sponsored by ‘Travelers Insurance’ but when I accidentally referred to it as ‘State Farm’ in a meeting, They were not pleased........ .....................
It’s about time we got some real football weather.
IIRC, this was the 2nd coldest game in NFL history.
#1 being the ‘Ice Bowl’ in Green Bay in 1967..........................
They've already shown the world they're racist, anti-American globalists spitting in the face of Americans. Any placades about not kneeling now just add to the insult.
Urban Legend, no one died at the Freezer Bowl between Bungals and Chargers. The two drunk shirtless guys ended up in the hospital and a homeless man dies died downtown from the cold, but no one at the game died.
1982 Freezer Bowl, full game..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHHyJsVIF6Q
How cold was it?
Back when it was a real man’s game.
Yep - the only football I’ve watched in a few years has been glancing at a TV in a restaurant during lunch.
I read somewhere there’s pipes under the field in KC that kept the ground from freezing. I have absolutely no info about other stadiums or past conditions.
I always thought it a feature of the game that teams (not necessarily fans) had to also endure/enjoy the gamut of environmental conditions on game day. One of the things that make it an “any given Sunday” sport. JMHO
Far too nuanced to be a good rule. Seems like one of those events that might draw three flags and then the refs huddle up and decide that nothing happened.
But that’s part of the program, right? Learning hard but valuable lessons in your teens so you avoid them later in your business life? :-)
That’s a great reference! More proof of my shallow knowledge of NFL coaches.
I am not a fan or follower and had not considered that those circumstances would be part of the game. I was focusing in on the talent and people.
Agree. My sister lives in Overland Park. Even with good preparations they had some pipes freeze up. Didn’t break though.
(His first view of a basement stairwell was also a surprise.)
Funny.
This is why football fans do not like Taylor Swift.
It is all about her and not the football game.
Vince Langman
@LangmanVince
Is there anything more annoying than Taylor Swift at a football game?
https://twitter.com/LangmanVince/status/1746517152679539019
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