Rainy monday night game

[Brady_to_Moss]

I keep getting 39 with chance of showers for Monday Night in Foxboro. 12mph winds. Weather Channel.

10 Day Weather Forecast for Foxboro - weather.com

so it's going to feel like in the low 30s upper 20s with rain...great :bricks:

 

[Cassanova792]

Guys it's Wednesday, the weather will most likely change by then. Weather predictions start being accurate IMO about 2 days out. I'm hoping for great weather, i truly want to see who the better team is at this point.

 

[Fixit]

Guys it's Wednesday, the weather will most likely change by then. Weather predictions start being accurate IMO about 2 days out. I'm hoping for great weather, i truly want to see who the better team is at this point.

The better team can only win in great weather?

 

[PatsFanSince74]

A battle of the scoreboards. I found this posted over on our site and thought it was humorous. I'll bury it here since I can't start a thread yet.

See it here.

Hope you all get a chuckle. I know I did.

Funny. Thanks. Maybe "Two or Three Boards Too Far" (we do tend to get the point quickly), but basically funny.

Welcome to the Board.

I think you'll find most folks here are receptive to Oppo Posters who are well informed and polite.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Guys it's Wednesday, the weather will most likely change by then. Weather predictions start being accurate IMO about 2 days out. I'm hoping for great weather, i truly want to see who the better team is at this point.

Screw that. I want what Tedy used to call "Patriots Weather"...you know the weather that sent Peyton around the bend a couple of times...wind chills in the teens...a little snow and sleet...that kind of weather...it is "Football" after all, not Table Tennis.

 

[Cassanova792]

The better team can only win in great weather?

No, but it eliminates more potential randomness as well as sloppiness.

 

[drew4008]

Pfsh, 20s? Wish you guys could feel it up here where I'm stationed (the Alberta/Northwest Territories borderline). NEGATIVE 20 every day lol

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

yup..going to be windy as well as the rain..should be interesting

 

[Vance87]

We don't care about cold. Schaub threw for 414 yards at Lambeau when it was 3 degrees out. We have guys from Wisconsin, Ohio, all over the place.

And how does rain favor a better passing game? It doesn't. It favors a better run game, and the team that holds on to the ball better.

 

[PatsWSB47]

We don't care about cold. Schaub threw for 414 yards at Lambeau when it was 3 degrees out. We have guys from Wisconsin, Ohio, all over the place.

And how does rain favor a better passing game? It doesn't. It favors a better run game, and the team that holds on to the ball better.

Brady usually excels in bad weather games and he's had plenty of them.

 

[drs23]

Funny. Thanks. Maybe "Two or Three Boards Too Far" (we do tend to get the point quickly), but basically funny.

Welcome to the Board.

I think you'll find most folks here are receptive to Oppo Posters who are well informed and polite.

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the welcome. I think we all appreciate informed football talk without all the BS. I know I do.

Go Texans!

 

[PatsFanSince74]

No, but it eliminates more potential randomness as well as sloppiness.

You must be a big fan of domes, then.

For myself and many others, an essential element of football is that it can be all about randomness and how a team proves its superiority in the face of the unexpected and the uncontrollable. To me, at least, that's at the heart of the sport.

Think of what are commonly regarded as some of the greatest games of the last half century: the Ice Bowl 1967 (Lambeau), the Snow Bowl 2002 (Foxboro), The Greatest Game Ever Played 1958 (Yankee Stadium). They were all characterized by what you would probably describe as "random" adversity and how teams had to confront, manage and overcome it.

Think too of the great owners in the league today; they have all chosen to build outdoor stadiums in cold or challenging environments over the last decade or so: the Krafts, the Mara's, the Rooney's.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the welcome. I think we all appreciate informed football talk without all the BS. I know I do.

Go Texans!

Should be a great game. Look forward to more chat as we get closer.

 

[Cassanova792]

You must be a big fan of domes, then.

For myself and many others, an essential element of football is that it can be all about randomness and how a team proves its superiority in the face of the unexpected and the uncontrollable. To me, at least, that's at the heart of the sport.

Think of what are commonly regarded as some of the greatest games of the last half century: the Ice Bowl 1967 (Lambeau), the Snow Bowl 2002 (Foxboro), The Greatest Game Ever Played 1958 (Yankee Stadium). They were all characterized by what you would probably describe as "random" adversity and how teams had to confront, manage and overcome it.

Think too of the great owners in the league today; they have all chosen to build outdoor stadiums in cold or challenging environments over the last decade or so: the Krafts, the Mara's, the Rooney's.

No quiite the opposite, i hate domes. Football should be played outside. But in this instance since we have not played the Texans in a long time, i want a true guage on what we are dealing with quite possibly come playoff time. Better understand your opponent now then in the playoffs.

 

[docbar]

Both teams have to play in the same weather. I can see why y'all think it's a big advantage, but we play pretty good, regardless. No offense (and no pun intended ) but I'll take our running game in bad weather anyday, especially with Tate healthy again. It's not just about Foster anymore.

I wish the Texans would open up the retractable roof more often. I agree that cold and nasty is football weather.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Not going Monday but as an in stadium fan I'd much rather have a cold snowy night than a wet cold rainy night. Much easier to stay warm when dry.

Disclosure: I will be watching on a 60" screen from Florida's west coast

 

[PlainOldEd]

I wonder if games like these, which are an advantage to the Pats, also play into how often we seem to have players get the flu around playoffs time.

You don't get the flu from cold weather, you get it from other people who have the flu.

 

[pdangle]

You don't get the flu from cold weather, you get it from other people who have the flu.

Research has shown that the aerosol transmission of the virus is enhanced when the air is cold and dry.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Not going Monday but as an in stadium fan I'd much rather have a cold snowy night than a wet cold rainy night. Much easier to stay warm when dry.

I agree...i will be at the game..prob won't tailgate that night..wear my golf rain gear and poncho..will be good to go..just gotta keep the seat dry

 

[RodThePat]

Brady usually excels in bad weather games and he's had plenty of them.

Brady loves the snow, but rain is awful for a quarterback, because it makes it difficult to properly grip the football. If it rains, don't expect us to come out in shotgun spreading people out like they usually do in the snow.