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Originally Posted by htismaqe
The weather is going to be much better now. If it ends up being 25 or so and dry, the weather conditions on Sunday will be WAY better than they were on Saturday, when they torched the Colts six ways to Sunday.
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25 and dry IMO weather just a minor factor. That is still cold where players have to think about it but it is not brutal. I guess easy for me to say watching the game indoors but I have played/practiced football in 25 degree weather and worse than that so know what it is like at a super low level -- high school.
You probably know much more about the upcoming KC weather than me but when writing that post, I was assuming something like 18 degrees. So bad enough to be a real factor but not brutally/historically bad.
Colts may have been torched in part because of the miserable weather and they are used to the dome.
Patriots given BB old school football upbringing/mentality and where he has coached in the NFL(Giants/Cleveland/Patriots) pretty much always built for cold weather.
On the other hand, Andrew Luck played college ball in sunny CA at Stanford, high school ball in brutally hot Houston and then NFL football in a dome.... going to bad weather for playoff games is probably not easy for that guy!
Yes, Brady raised in sunny Ca but played college ball in Michigan and then in cold with New England.
KC players will be used to it as well to a reasonable extent since I suspect many of them live in the area and they obviously have been practicing in it a lot this year -- I can't picture Reid not having them practice outdoors. But Patriots have had home playoff games pretty much ever year since Brady hurt his ACL so other than the first year players, pretty much any Patriot should really be used to it.
Don't get me wrong. I think KC players from flat out living in KC will be used to the bad weather but just given all of their playoff games and BB philosophies, I think his team has an advantage in cold weather since I think he drafts and constructs rosters for horrible cold weather.
A gun to my head with my life on the line, right now I would would give the Patriots a very slight edge in this game -- maybe that is me being a homer --but I would pick AGAINST the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
Maybe KC can win this game with ease without Mahomes/Hill/Kelce being touched banged up but I have a feeling if the Patriots win, the game will literally be a "BLOOD BATH" with a key Patriot player or two on offense being out the Super Bowl or severely compromised.
This will NOT be a walk in the park for the Patriots like it was against the Chargers.