Seahawks at Vikings - NFC Wild Card Game

Seahawks at Vikings - Preview, Odds, Prediction

John Morgan

The Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings square off Sunday in what will be one of the coldest games in NFL history. To combat temperatures that will dip below zero and a wind chill of more than 20 below, both teams will be utilizing severe cold weather gear from a Minnesota company that specializes in extreme weather garments.

This will be a rematch of the Week 13 game where the Seahawks came into Minneapolis and trounced the Vikings 38-7, limiting Minnesota to just nine first downs on the day. The game will draw recollections of Bud Grant and Minnesota’s Purple People Eaters era when the Vikings gained a huge late season home field advantage over teams not acclimated to winter in Minnesota; this will be the Vikings first home outdoor playoff game since December 3, 1972.


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Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 3h3 hours ago
According to AccuWeather, kickoff temperature for today's Seahawks-Vikings game is -1º.

Well at least it will keep the beer cold in the stands.

Meanwhile, here at home:
-19F and -38 with the windchill

i'm confused.... i'm in maine and it's not even cold today. so weird.




really looking forward to this game. imagine how great it would be if the nfc was seahawks free already

I'm up in Winnipeg, so we are not far from Minneapolis (7hr drive, which is close when in the middle of nowhere). They are under the same arctic system that we are experiencing. It's a bit nippy out there.

This weather will be a great equalizer. Helps the vikes more than the seahawks

Seahags win big!

Vikes, Hawks. Best wild card game at 1:00?

I think so. One of these might be as good as anyone except zona. Lol at Cam Newton not knowing the plays half the time, I think they don't make it far.

Hope the vikings win. They should feel disrespected. Hope vikings and redskins win today

Well, today's games couldn't be any worse could they? Maybe they could because, you know, NFL.

I think it will definitely be the best game at 1:00.

God damn bud grant. -6 degrees out and he's out in his golf shirt

I don't think I would have deferred. Bodies will shut down after the half

Nice drive by the Vikings so far.

Vikings have taken the visitors bench so they get sunlight. Seahawks(home bench) will get none. That's a significant difference in warmth. How that affects the Seahawks remains to be seen.


In another note after being -8F yesterday here, today it's a nice 21F with the sun shining on me. Looks like we sent all the cold down south hehehe.

Look at all that breath

aluminum seats said:

I think it will definitely be the best game at 1:00.

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Looks like Sherman has frost on his visor already.

Yikes.

Go for it. Best chance to score is early

fumbrunner said:

I'm up in Winnipeg, so we are not far from Minneapolis (7hr drive, which is close when in the middle of nowhere). They are under the same arctic system that we are experiencing. It's a bit nippy out there.

This weather will be a great equalizer. Helps the vikes more than the seahawks

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I'm not so sure about that in this case. This is their first year outside and first cold game outside in 30 years. The Vikings' coaches and players are as used to it as the Seahawks'.

Wheelman said:

Vikings have taken the visitors bench so they get sunlight. Seahawks(home bench) will get none. That's a significant difference in warmth. How that affects the Seahawks remains to be seen.


In another note after being -8F yesterday here, today it's a nice 21F with the sun shining on me. Looks like we sent all the cold down south hehehe.

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I'm in Florida, it's 68F down here