The Buffalo Bills continued to win in the cold this week, gifting one another and their fans with an AFC East-clinching 35-13 victory on the frozen tundra of- Chicago.
The win over the Bears was a cold one, forecasted at kickoff to be around eight degrees with a -14 wind-chill.
The frigid weather resulted in some hard ground for the teams to play on at Soldier Field, and the difference went noticed by members of the Bills offense.
Guard Ryan Bates, playing in place of starting center Mitch Morse (concussion) was among those to speak about it after the game.
“You felt like you were playing on a basketball floor, just cause the ground was so hard,” Bates said to the Buffalo News. “You couldn’t really get your footing, you couldn’t really drive off of it, because you would just slip. So, credit to the backs, for keeping their center of gravity under themselves, keeping their shoulders (over) their feet, and just playing the adversity of the weather.”
Among those backs who had a big day, was the Bills’ Devin Singletary, who went 100+ yards rushing and combined with fellow back James Cook for total yards on the cold ground.
“It was cold, the grass felt like concrete so at times it was hard to get your footings,” Singletary said following the win. “But it was still fun.”
Though the weather did factor into the playing conditions on the field, it didn’t appear to have too much impact on the Bills overall offensive game plan. When asked whether the weather was a factor, Singletary was to the point.