BUFFALO, NY — Only hours remain until the NFL’s Wild Card Monday kicks off, and the Weather in Buffalo is anything but inviting. Videos posted online by people helping to clear the stadium of snow in Buffalo show a prickly scene at Highmark Stadium. People working in shifts since midnight have been clearing snow from the stadium in anticipation of the Bills game on Monday afternoon.
Due to the winter storms that ravaged the United States over the weekend, the Wild Card Playoff matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers, originally scheduled for Sunday, was moved to Monday at 3:30 p.m. All the effort put in by the Buffalo Bills organization and the people who showed up to help clear snow paid off, as the stadium is finally looking ready to use.
The forecast for kickoff in Buffalo will be a brisk 17 degrees, and snow is expected to begin falling around four o’clock. Wind should not be too much of a factor in this game, as gusts of up to 17 miles per hour are expected throughout the game.
Highmark Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills
(Credit: buffalobills.com)
As for the actual football, throwing the ball should prove interesting in the wind and cold. The Buffalo Bills (11-6) are 9.5-point favorites over the Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7). The Bills are the No. 2 seed in the AFC Playoffs, while the Steelers are the No. 7 seed. Although Pittsburgh is the underdog, America saw yesterday what happens when a 2-seed underestimates a 7-seed when the Green Bay Packers came into Dallas and gave the Cowboys a beatdown on national television.
The game will be televised on CBS, and kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
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