When the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants square off on Monday night, they will do it without any fans in the crowd.
To counteract some of the lack of noise, New York will pump some crowd noise into the stadium to help with what the one big problem with a quiet stadium.
The worry is if the stadium is too quiet it will make calling plays difficult because the opposing defenses will hear the calls.
Roethlisberger said this is something the team has addressed but hope the artificial noise will be enough to have defenses not hear the calls in the huddle and the team won’t be forced to turn to hand signals
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger talks fake crowd noise and communication
When the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants square off on Monday night, they will do it without any fans in the crowd.
To counteract some of the lack of noise, New York will pump some crowd noise into the stadium to help with what the one big problem with a quiet stadium.
The worry is if the stadium is too quiet it will make calling plays difficult because the opposing defenses will hear the calls.
Roethlisberger said this is something the team has addressed but hope the artificial noise will be enough to have defenses not hear the calls in the huddle and the team won’t be forced to turn to hand signals