There’s a lot of snow at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, and the winter weather is expected to get much worse in the coming days. As reports indicate, most of Buffalo is under more than six feet of snow, so according to a recent announcement, if Jets and Bills can’t play in Buffalo on Sunday, Week 12 game could be moved to Detroit, Toronto or New Jersey.
NFL betting odds for this game have not been released due the veil of uncertainty that surround the match. While the NFL hasn’t decided what to do with the game yet, it’s looking more and more like the game won’t be played as scheduled on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
But if the NFL does not make a decision on where the game is going to be played, then it could be moved any time between Sunday and Tuesday. If the game’s is reschedule for Monday or Tuesday, then staging the match in Buffalo would still be an option. The NFL has set a Friday deadline for announcing the kickoff time for the game. ?
While relocation the game is a viable option, there are other issues surrounding this match. Number one, the Bills haven’t been able to practice all week. Number two, there’s so much snow on the ground that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says playing the game on Sunday would be impractical.
“Everybody would love to see a Bills game go forward, but I think even more, everybody wants to make sure public safety comes first. At this point in time, doing what we have to do with the driving ban and everything we just said — staying off the roads — would make a Bills game impractical. So if you ask me today, right now, my two cents would be it would be impractical to do the game because it could jeopardize public safety,” Cuomo said. “Maybe we get a break somewhere along the way, we get a break in the weather, the snow, the rain. And if there’s any way that we can scramble to get it done, I know the mayor, the county executive and myself will do everything we can to deploy resources to make it possible. But now we’re focused on public safety.” Cuomo said on Thursday, via ESPN.com.
An additional problem with holding the game in the city of Buffalo is that council members of the Erie County don’t know if they can provide the amount of resources the county offers on game day.
“Erie County officials have been in touch with the Bills,” Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz said. “We’ve been asked: ‘Can we commit to having emergency service personnel and the sheriff’s office — the lead police agency — at the game?’ I can tell you right now, at this moment, we cannot commit to having emergency service personnel and the sheriff’s office. At this moment, I cannot commit to that on Sunday.”