If you were planning on starting a kicker or wide receiver from the New York Giants or Detroit Lions on Sunday, you have probably made a grave mistake. Swirling winds were captured about an hour before kickoff, and judging by the movement of the goalposts, it would come as no surprise to hear “wide right” or “they’re going for two” more than once throughout the broadcast. While NFL games played in East Rutherford have always been associated with more challenging wind conditions than your typical outdoor football stadium, this looks like a different level of aggressive wind gusts. Live look at the goalposts at MetLife Stadium one hour before kickoff. pic.twitter.com\/UckfitdSqB — Patricia Traina (@Patricia_Traina) November 20, 2022 The Weather Channel suggests winds could gust at up to 30 miles per hour in East Rutherford, NJ, on Sunday. There’s even a “small craft advisory” warning, indicating conditions will be “hazardous to small craft.” Who knows if a football sailing through<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s looking like a run-heavy afternoon at MetLife Stadium for the Lions and Giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nfl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}