- Reid’s mustache seemed to freeze into dozens of icicles in the first half
- Saturday’s game could go down as one of the coldest in NFL history
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Andy Reid’s walrus-like mustache wasn’t quite up to the challenge Saturday night in bitterly cold Kansas City.
With his Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Miami Dolphins as temperatures at Arrowhead Stadium reached -30 degrees Celsius, Reid’s upper lip appeared to freeze in the first half of the game, sparking a huge backlash on social media.
The 65-year-old seemed to have no qualms about getting his whiskers frozen into dozens of miniature icicles. Instead, the two-time Super Bowl winner, affectionately known as “Big Red,” stayed focused on the game at hand.
“Someone get that man some hot chocolate!” a fan made fun of X.
“He’s a human walrus,” another added.
Andy Reid’s walrus-like mustache wasn’t quite up to the challenge in bitterly cold Kansas City
A frozen Andy Reid talks to QB Patrick Mahomes about the Chiefs being sidelined on Saturday
The moment was somewhat reminiscent of September 2020, when Reid battled a foggy face mask during a rainy game as the NFL returned amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The game will likely go down as one of the coldest in NFL history, and that’s just the beginning of the league’s weather woes in the opening round of the playoffs.
The NFL was concerned that no one would be able to make it to the Bills’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in Buffalo, where up to several feet of snow was expected overnight. Because of that, league and New York state officials decided to postpone the wild-card playoff game until Monday, when most of the snow is expected to be over.
Saturday was reminiscent of 2020, when Reid had a foggy face mask during a COVID-era game
It only took a few seconds for the water to freeze after taking it out of the refrigerator
A fan holds a sign during the AFC Wild Card Playoffs between the Miami Dolphins and Chiefs
“We want our Bills to win,” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said at a news conference in suburban Buffalo, “but we don’t want 60,000 to 70,000 people traveling to the football game in terrible conditions.”
The snow wasn’t the problem in Kansas City, where snowfall tapered off Saturday morning before kickoff. The concern previously was about what the National Weather Service called “dangerously cold” wind chills, which would make a forecast temperature of minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 18 degrees Celsius) at kickoff feel like minus 24.
One participant filmed themselves taking a bottle of water from the refrigerator, only to have the drink freeze within seconds.
“A little chilly at Arrowhead tonight,” read the caption from a user named Brendan Marquart.