The Steelers’ greatest chance to play the Bills could very well be an act from the football gods.
Once more the Pittsburgh Steelers finished a season with a triumphant record under lead trainer Mike Tomlin. On the off chance that there’s one thing that can be commended, it’s for that consistency. This year, the Steelers made it into the end of the season games as the No. 7 seed in the AFC. In any case, the group is set to confront the Bison Bills, the victors of the AFC East and the holders of the No. 2 seed.
Pittsburgh is in a difficult situation based on paper in conditions of ability. It surely doesn’t help that star linebacker T.J. Watt was precluded because of a MCL sprain experienced in Week 18. Yet, it seems the football divine beings might be helping the Steelers out on Sunday evening.
Patrick Hammer, a meteorologist at WGRZ Buffalo, says that Sunday could see a lot of lake effect snow, with temperatures in the mid-20s, winds of 30 mph, and wind chills between 5 and 10 degrees.
Cameron Wolfe of NFL Network explains that this weather could “have a big impact on the style of playoff game the offenses can play if it does hit.”
For those who are unfamiliar with the term “lake effect snow,” the following description from the National Weather Service describes the phenomenon:
“Lake impact snow is normal across the Incomparable Lakes area during the pre-winter and winter. Lake Impact snow happens when cold air, frequently beginning from Canada, gets across the untamed waters of the Incomparable Lakes. As the virus air disregards the thawed and moderately warm waters of the Incomparable Lakes, warmth and dampness are moved into the least piece of the air. The air rises, mists structure and develop into restricted band that produces 2 to 3 creeps of snow each hour or more.”
Weighty breezes and snow? If that’s the case, it may indicate that the offenses will likely run the ball a lot in the Wild Card game.
The Steelers have rushed for an average of 118.2 yards per game, which ranks them 13th in the NFL. They will have to deal with the Bills’ rushing defense, which ranks 15th in the NFL for allowing 110.6 yards per game on average.
Concerning the Bills, their surging offense is among the best in the NFL, averaging the seventh-most yards per game with 130.1. They will confront a Steelers hurrying guard that gave up 115.1 yards per game, the fourteenth most in the NFL.
This could work in the blessing of the Steelers, since, in such a case that the Bills pick against tossing the football, it would take out any semblance of Stefon Diggs, Gabe Davis, and Dalton Kincaid. The Steelers would then not need to come down on quarterback Artisan Rudolph, as he can incline upon Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren. Harris ran for 1,035 yards and eight scores on 255 conveys, while Warren got 784 yards and four scores on 149 conveys.
With the game actually being several days away, there is an opportunity there is an adjustment of climate. However, in the event that Plantation Park gets hit hard with weighty breeze and lake-impact snow, anticipate that there should be an adjustment of hostile blueprints from both Mike Tomlin and Sean McDermott.
