This Sunday’s matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns may be in jeopardy, at least, at its current location
For the first time in over eight years, there is a chance that a game will be moved due to an impending snowstorm.
Forecasts calling for snow totals of 3-to-6 feet by Sunday in Buffalo, including possible “thundersnow.” Last time snow forced NFL to move a game out of Buffalo was 2014, when Jets and Bills played that Monday night in Detroit. NFL monitoring storm, talking to Bills and Browns.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 17, 2022
This is certainly a sight to behold.
3-6 feet of snow is no joke, and the NFL is taking this weather threat very seriously.
Besides the aforementioned Bills-Jets game in 2014 that was moved to inclement winter weather, there have only been nine other instances of weather-related events that have been significant enough to warrant a location shift.
Historical Precedent
The first NFL game to be cancelled due to any sort of storm was in 1989.
The New England Patriots and the San Francisco 49ers needed to move their game from San Francisco to neighboring Stanford Stadium.
From a historical standpoint, it appears that the league has wanted to keep re-scheduled games as close to the originally scheduled site as possible.
In one instance in 2003, the Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers game was moved nearly five hours away from San Diego, due to the Cedar Fire.
That game was played at the Sun Devil Stadium, which is on the campus of Arizona State University.
The Minnesota Vikings might have had the worst luck, as they experienced three straight postponements due to winter weather.
There were two straight games after the Metrodome had collapsed.
On the third, the Eagles were the team to move the game, as they were hit by a rough snowstorm.
What will the league end up doing for this matchup of Bills-Browns on Sunday?
We will soon find out.
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