BREAKING: NFL release official statement for Postponement of Pittsburgh Steelers-Buffalo Bills Playoff Game
The NFL took a major action with a season finisher game. The NFL announced on Saturday that the wild-card playoff matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills would be moved to Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The game was initially planned to start off on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Highmark Arena in Bison. New York Lead representative Kathy Hochul originally reported the news via web-based entertainment which Adam Schefter of ESPN later affirmed. The explanation the game was deferred is the colder time of year storm anticipated to influence Western New York consistently.
According to a statement released by the NFL, “Due to public safety concerns in light of the ongoing weather emergency in western New York,” Sunday’s Steelers-Bills game has been moved to Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET and will be televised by CBS. “As the region prepares for the storm, the decision was made to move the game to Monday in consultation with the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers and in the best interest of public safety.”
High breezes up to 40 mph, cold breeze chills and weighty snow are supposed to influence Bison on Sunday. Before the declaration, the Bills requested that fans come to the arena on Saturday night and digging tool snow. Recently, the Bills discussed what the weather conditions will mean for their season finisher game against the Steelers.
“The breeze might move the ball a smidgen,” quarterback Josh Allen said after Wednesday’s stroll through training, per the group’s true site. ” With weather like this, a game is typically one in which both teams will run the ball and have few possessions, so we have to make these possessions count.”
“We’ve experienced a great deal of games here where we’ve had to, seriously, face the hardship that way, right,” lead trainer Sean McDermott said. ” It influences how you play the game, how you deal with the game. Therefore, having that available adds another dimension to our preparation.
The Bills are falling off a customary season where they came out on top for the AFC East championship for the fourth continuous season. The Steelers have arrived at the end of the season games for the third time in four seasons and secured their twentieth back to back year with a .500 record or better.
