The New England Patriots are practicing right now inside a practice facility while a bomb cyclone goes off outside the Foxboro fieldhouse where Tommy and Bill are prepping to run right through the AFC and on to another Super Bowl title. You think Bill has time for some bomb cyclone that’s been also categorized as a blizzard? He doesn’t. And he won’t put up with players being late during a bomb cyclone.
According to the Boston Herald:
But the Patriots are slated to practice at approximately 10:35 a.m. today at Gillette Stadium, and the message from Belichick, according to players, doesn’t change: Don’t be late. If you can’t avoid the consequences of the weather, then prepare to face them from the coach.
“I wouldn’t want to be the guy who’s late tomorrow,” special teams captain Matthew Slater said. “But look, I don’t think we’re going to have an issue. Guys understand we need to be here. The expectation is what it is. We live in New England. There’s going to be weather. Give yourself some extra time; as simple as that.”
Now Bill’s not stupid. Smart guy. He doesn’t need his guys getting frostbite for no reason. But there’s no reason why they can’t get to the facility. It’s not that bad.
You know what team doesn’t have an indoor practice facility, if they could ever make it to the second week of the AFC playoffs? My Bengals. Mike Brown won’t pay for one.
Meanwhile, here’s the bomb cyclone coming into the Boston metro area:
And here it is on radar: pic.twitter.com/knpykUJML7
— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) January 4, 2018
Boston’s under a Blizzard Warning…nbd…these guys make enough money to buy 4wd trucks…do your job
Hurricane force wind warnings from MA up the ME coast. Some tweaks to Blizzard warnings as well putting more in bliz warnings. pic.twitter.com/iJaNzm8qSI
— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) January 4, 2018
It’s not that bad:
[1045a] Snapshot of visibility, can clearly see where the moderate to heavy snow is falling; from the Delmarva Peninsula on up through Southeast ME; an impressive snowband across some of the most populated, heavily traveled areas of our nation making for travel woes pic.twitter.com/5573geKTLG
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) January 4, 2018
