The latest weather forecast for kickoff at today's AFC Championship is 36 degrees with wind gusts up to 17 m.p.h. Currently, it's 43 degrees at Gillette Stadium with wind gusts up to 18 m.p.h. With both teams relying heavily on their quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Joe Flacco, the wind most certainly could be a factor during the AFC Championship Game. Not to mention the winds affecting the quarterbacks and each team's passing attack, the winds will have a major impact on the kicking game. There might be situations where one team might feel that going for it on fourth down or trying a pooch-punt rather than kicking into a strong wind would be the better choice. Source: SBNation.com
I like it. The pats use short passes mostly anyways, so that shouldn't be a big problem. And what's even better is that it makes the deep pass to Torrey Smith harder.
i think the wind was a factor because both qb's looked bad in the 1st half. flacco seemed to adjust somewhat in the 2nd half but some of their throws just didn't look right the way the ball was acting.
