The city of Buffalo is no stranger to extreme winter weather in January. As a blizzard levels Western New York today, there’s a good reason that the NFL — in conjunction with Governor Kathy Hochul — rescheduled the Buffalo Bills’ Wild Card playoff game with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But without concrete visuals, it might be a little hard to understand why the NFL would postpone a playoff game for some … snow?
Well, about that.
Per a video from the Bills’ Twitter account, their home stadium looks unplayable, unsafe, and probably impossible to reach in the thick of the storm. With this evidence in the account, I think it’s obvious why the league decided to move the game:
Current scene at Highmark Stadium.
Stay safe tonight, Bills Mafia. ❄️ pic.twitter.com/FSJvNht1ri
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 13, 2024
Yeah, I don’t think it would have been right to ask fans and emergency personnel to trek through that extreme weather. Never mind what it would mean to ask players and coaches to sit through those conditions. Delaying the kickoff of Bills-Steelers was prudent and proactive.