Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

[Woodman]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-to-get-there/

The massive snowstorm in Buffalo has subsided sufficiently to allow the local airport to open. That will allow the Bills to get to Detroit.

The next step will be getting to the airport.

It’s unclear how it will play out because it’s unprecedented for such a massive snow event to happen in an NFL city at a time when players and coaches need to get from Point A to Point B.

Presumably, the Bills will take to Detroit anyone who can get to the airport today, with efforts continuing to get everyone else to Detroit on Sunday, if necessary.

The show must go on. The show will go on. There’s never been a forfeit in NFL history. Although the league surely won’t want to move Thursday’s Bills-Lions game to Friday or Sunday, shifting the Week 12 game necessarily becomes the break-glass option in the event that the Bills can’t play on Sunday.

[cookie G]

Re: Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

For those wondering how the Bills will get to the airport today, just a reminder that in 2014 some of us got picked up from our houses on snowmobiles by random strangers. They’ll do what’s necessary to get to Detroit today. I can guarantee you that.#BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/1fCEXsNYPs

— Eric Wood (@EWood70) November 19, 2022

[Woodman]

Re: Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

Whatever gets the job done.

[Woodman]

Re: Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

Update, 11:43 a.m. EST: Andy Young of Spectrum News reports that the Bills are receiving help from Orchard Park Police and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office in getting to the airport in time for their flight to Detroit.

[notacon]

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[Woodman]

Re: Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

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We're getting closer.

[Woodman]

Re: Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

Orchard Park, home of the @BuffaloBills, has seen 66 inches of snow in the last 24 hours! This is the highest 24-hour snow total ever recorded in New York state.

[notacon]

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[Cntrygal]

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QB1 ready to fly! ��#GoBills | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/0IrFweLhHC

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) November 19, 2022

[Novacane]

Re: Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

Good! I doubt they're upset about getting to play inside tomorrow.

[Woodman]

Re: Buffalo airport reopens; now the Bills just have to get there

Bills’ plane has landed in Detroit

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/19/bills-plane-has-landed-in-detroit/

The Bills have made it to Detroit.

Amid a historic snowstorm in Buffalo, Sunday’s Browns-Bills game was moved to Ford Field, home of the Lions. But finding a new venue for the game wasn’t the end of the concerns, as the snow situation in Buffalo is so severe that there were questions about whether the Bills would be able to get out of Buffalo.

[Cntrygal]

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Video of how the players got to the stadium