Baltimore weather for 4:05 pm EDT kickoff

Paul said

Agreed. Don’t wet footballs, heavy winds, freezing temps, and slippery fields negatively impact every team? Those teams who play in open stadiums up north and on the coast don’t play or practice in bad weather every week, so I’ve never understood that argument against teams that play their home games in domes.

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Plus, most players in the NFL have experience in bad conditions - whether in high school, college, or just being around the league. Drew Brees played four years at Purdue, about 90 miles from Lake Michigan. It isn't like he doesn't know how to play in the cold. :shrug:

Where I think it comes into play is that teams who know they will have games outdoors in the winter on a regular basis (those with homefields in cold environments) can build scheme and personnel based on that. It's no different than teams in domes being able to count how many games they typically play inside in a given year and choose to favor a style of play that takes advantage of those known conditions.

So it can be an advantage for a cold-weather outdoor team to host a warm weather or dome team in those conditions. The inverse is likely also to be true. So what.