If you live in Buffalo and can shovel snow, the Buffalo Bills needed your help Monday morning.
The blizzard that forced the NFL to postpone the playoff game between the Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers is over, but the snow it dumped on the area was still blanketing Highmark Stadium. The Bills, who had already been paying locals to shovel snow overnight, put out another call for shovelers early Monday.
The pay was $20 an hour, and a shovel was provided if you didn’t have one. The Bills also provided complimentary breakfast. It was once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Bills fans, whether they were shoveling or looking like doofuses while slipping down a snow slide.
Snow from seats goes in the trough so it can be pushed out onto the field and it can be hauled/pushed away.
Bills shovelers do it as you would expect.
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— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 14, 2024
As kickoff approached, the sun had come out and the field was cleared.
But fans arriving in the stands were forced to deal with the remaining snow themselves.
The game had originally been scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, but the NFL postponed the game until 4:30 p.m. ET Monday because of the massive snowstorm that hit Buffalo over the weekend. The conditions before and around game time demonstrated why a delay was necessary. The weather was life threatening, and there was no reason for anyone to play a game in those conditions.
View of Buffalo winter storm looking out window of my hotel lobby. Lake effect snow + heavy wind gusts create whiteout effect.
Visibility on roads very little to none — makes it clear why NY governor & NFL decided to postpone Bills-Steelers game keeping people off roads & safe. pic.twitter.com/0GTBLFircZ
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) January 14, 2024
The weather forecast for the rescheduled game on Monday is cloudy and 18 degrees, which will feel like five degrees with the wind factored in. The only thing that will make it any better than 27 hours earlier is that it won’t be whiteout conditions. It’ll still be cold and miserable, but if any two teams are prepared to deal with that, it’s the Bills and Steelers.
