Bills head coach Sean McDermott insists a plan is in place to still practice this week, despite TWO-FEET of snow forecasted as Buffalo prepares to host Travis Kelce and the Chiefs – after playoff-opening win was postponed
- The Bills’ wild-card game was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to snow
- The Chiefs are well rested after Saturday night’s win at home against Miami
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Bills head coach Sean McDermott has insisted a plan is in place for his players to still practice ahead of their AFC Divisional showdown against the Chiefs, despite two feet of snow expected to fall in the Buffalo region ahead of the play -off match on Sunday.
The seventh-season Bills head coach said the team will still practice on Wednesdays and Thursdays for now, while local forecasts monitor a lake-effect storm in the coming days.
Last weekend, the Bills had to postpone their Wild-Card round game against the Steelers at home due to similar meteorological reasons.
“We have a plan in place to make sure we bring in the players and staff at the right time and try to be on top of that in terms of scheduling,” McDermott said Tuesday.
‘So we’ll sort it out. I have confidence in that. And the best thing we can do right now is just have good communication about it at this point.”
Sean McDermott says the best thing the Bills can do for now is to have “great communication” around weather issues in Buffalo before Sunday’s AFC Divisional game against the Kansas City Chiefs
Highmark Stadium was covered in snow falling at a rate of two inches per hour before last weekend’s wild-card game between the Bills and Steelers
Bills-Steelers was supposed to be played on Sunday, but was postponed to Monday due to snow
The weather forecast in Buffalo calls for heavy snow showers until Sunday’s game, potentially limiting the Bills in practice for most of this week
Erie County is currently under a travel advisory and county executive Mark Poloncarz is encouraging employers to allow people to work from home for the rest of the week. It is too early to determine whether officials would impose a travel ban, which could potentially prevent Bills players from driving to their facility.
It would be the second time the region has been hit in less than a week, after a lake-effect storm dumped between 1 and 3 feet of snow this weekend, much of it concentrated on the Bills home in Orchard Park, New York. York.
Last weekend’s two-day storm led to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL citing public reasons for postponing Bills-Steelers from Sunday at 1 p.m. to Monday at 4:30 p.m.
As a result, the Bills already face a short week of practice, while the Chiefs are rested after a 26-7 win over Miami Saturday night.
Fans take a seat in the snow for Monday’s game between the Bills and Steelers
Despite extreme weather conditions, the Bills came out on top against Pittsburgh, 31-17
The Bills are also dealing with a wave of injuries, with the status of at least nine players uncertain.
“There’s nothing we can do about it other than get ourselves ready to go,” McDermott said. “Our team has been fighting all season. We’re not going to stop fighting now. “Our team has been resilient and our players have done a phenomenal job of stepping up when someone has fallen,” he added.
“We need to make sure we spend all the time we need on treatment options, whether that’s it or not, and maximize those opportunities to get ourselves as healthy as possible for game time on Sunday. ‘
The Bills released RB Leonard Fournette from their practice squad on Tuesday.