Ice storms force NFL to push back Chiefs-Steelers start time
The NFL is doing everything it can to avoid an Ice Bowl Redux, no matter what Mother Nature has in store for this weekend.
The league issued a statement Friday afternoon to announce the Steelers-Chiefs Divisional playoff game, originally scheduled for 1:05 p.m., will be pushed back to 8:20, a move intended to avoid the impending doom predicted by most weather reports for the Kansas City area this weekend.
The shift to prime time will “provide local authorities more time to clear roads in the area as the weather is expected to improve throughout Sunday,” according to the release.
Considering Kansas City is under a severe ice storm warning through Monday, according to weather.com, the degree of expected improvement is questionable, but ideal conditions or not, the show must go on – and in primetime, no less.