Bills Fans Launching Snowballs At Dolphins Players During A Play Is One Hell Of A Homefield Advantage
Earlier this week I talked about Mike McDaniel trying to simulate the elements of Buffalo by turning the AC all the way down like a guy right after he gets into his hotel room.
However, I said the problem with that was
A. The air conditioning at an indoor practice facility doesn't go down to Cold As Fuck, which is what Buffalo registers at from December-February
and
B. You can't simulate having the maniacs known as Bills Mafia in the crowd.
Throw some snow into the mix and you get the play above where players are targets as well as cameramen.
Now as I'm sure every Eagles fan is saying on Twitter right now, if this happened in Philly, people would be losing their mind and saying the C-Word (We're talking about classless, not the other C-Word that Eagles fans yell at family members of the opposing team). They're probably right. But for some reason Buffalo fans doing it doesn't seem nearly as bad. Maybe it's because Bills Mafia is the crazy family member that you love for being batshit crazy and NFL officials pretty much asked for this by leaving a bunch of snow in the stands for the Western New York Wildlings. And maybe it's because Bills Mafia can throw much worse than snow if the mood hits them right.
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The Colts can open/close the roof based on how they want to impact the passing game, you can't hear yourself think because of the way the Seahawks built their stadium, and every NFL has to tread lightly on shitty turf fields like the one at MetLife. So Bills Mafia should be allowed to throw snowballs during a game in the name of homefield advantage. If the opposing team has a problem with that, they can send their employees into the stand to shovel out the aisles. If not, they should start practicing for snowballs in practice anytime there is lake effect snow in the forecast for their game in Buffalo. Also Eagles fans can continue to throw whatever they want at Santa Claus without being criticized (I know it was a million years ago and he was acting like a drunk asshole, but I know that story pisses off Eagles fans to no end).
UPDATE: Roger Goodell clearly disagrees with this blog, which is no big surprise.