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I love football games in weather. I by no means want stale dome games 100%.

But there does come a point where I wonder why do we HAVE to subject players (and fans) to what they’re predicting this weekend. I think a lot of jobs would call off in that weather.

It’s dangerous and won’t produce the best product.

(That said, I’m still probably going to tune in like a pig to the trough for his slop)
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Just move the entire playoffs back a week. Ton of injuries anyway that would get another week to recover and make the games better.

I'm sure they won't but they should
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Nah, play the games. Weather is part of football. They have events every weekend, including the week before the Super Bowl.

There's also no guarantee the weather would be better next weekend, either.
 
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Weird to think back now that Fouts and the Chargers may very well have won the 1981 Super Bowl…potentially stopping the impending 49ers dynasty, at least initially…if they hadn’t had to play in 60 below wind chill in Cincinnati in the AFC title game.
 
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Bucklion said:
Weird to think back now that Fouts and the Chargers may very well have won the 1981 Super Bowl…potentially stopping the impending 49ers dynasty, at least initially…if they hadn’t had to play in 60 below wind chill in Cincinnati in the AFC title game.
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Maybe, except that the Bengals and Chargers played in San Diego earlier that season and the Bengals won that one (40-17), too.

The last team to beat the Bengals in the regular season that year? The 49ers (21-3).
 
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NFBuck said:
Conference champs in his second year to the hot seat after his third when we won 11 games? Geez, I get they slumped, but is patience really that short now? Wonder how long Chuck Noll or Bill Walsh would've lasted today?
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This is 2023 not when dinosaurs roamed the earth. 60s football in the NFL were people playing for the love of the game.. a part time job at best.
 
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Onebuckfan said:
This is 2023 not when dinosaurs roamed the earth. 60s football in the NFL were people playing for the love of the game.. a part time job at best.
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Yeah, I get that. But we're worse off for it. Instead of letting a coach build his team and develop it, if you have an off year or two, you're usually in the jackpot. We're an instant gratification society.

Chuck Noll was 12-30 his first three years, then won four SuperBowls. Bill Walsh was 8-24 his first two years, then won three SuperBowls. Would most teams put up with that now? Doubtful. It's no coincidence teams like KC, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh (though they're slipping some) are in the playoffs almost every year. Stability. Teams bounce from one HC to another and struggle to out together any kind of runs because of it. That's not to say that every coach should be given 5 years to get his shit together, sometimes it's clear a coach ain't it, but a lot of times it's just impatience.
 
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