Wild Weather for Wild Card Weekend - NFL Weather Report: Betting and Fantasy Football Impact
We are starting the playoffs on the same note that we ended the regular season… with ugly weather!
This NFL weather article will highlight any extreme temperatures, precipitation, and, most importantly, high winds that we could see across the NFL landscape this week.
If a game isn’t specifically listed in this week’s report, that means the weather is quiet enough for it not to be an issue in that particular game.
NFL Wild Card Weekend Weather Report & Forecast
As always, it’s best to stay up to date with the very latest forecasts, so follow me on Twitter @KevinRothWx and keep an eye on my NFL weather page.
A reminder that while temperature and rain/snow can impact a game, the greatest impact by far comes from high-wind games, so I’ll be looking to highlight those spots when possible.
Saturday
Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans – Game indoors, no issues.
Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs – Kickoff temp around 0 degrees, falling during the game. Winds should be around 15 mph sustained, gusting to 25 mph. That wind would put the feels-like temp or “windchill” at around 25 degrees below zero. Yikes.
Sunday
Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys – Game indoors.
Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions – Game indoors.
Monday
Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills – The new start day and time improves the forecast, but it’s still far from perfect: It’s old and breezy with snow showers possible. The temperature should be in the upper teens during the game, with winds around 15 mph sustained, gusting to about 30 mph.
Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Bucs – Decent chance for rain or storms, winds 15 mph sustained gusting over 20 mph.
Weather Impact on Fantasy & Betting
We’ve got 3 indoor games and 3 bad-weather games! Trying to time out the rain or snow chances this far in advance is difficult, but wind and temperature forecasts are a bit more reliable at long range. I think the bitter cold in KC causes a bit of an issue. Though temperature and scoring are only slightly correlated, it is times of extreme cold that matter most (which is exactly what we have brewing in KC). The Buffalo weather looks to be impactful as well. Winds gusting over 30 mph could make longer throws and long FGs more difficult. In Tampa, we’ll need to monitor rain chances leading up to the game, but if it looks like a soaker, that will slow down the offenses as well.
In case things change, I’ll be posting radar gifs to Twitter as we get closer to kickoff, @KevinRothWx on Twitter.
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