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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — If he must play in warm weather, Packers center Corey Linsley would rather it be a middle of a summer-like, sweltering heat. The kind of heat that might make him delusional after working out in the sun for three hours.
Linsley should feel just fine then playing the Dolphins on Sunday in Miami, where the forecast calls for a humid day with a high in the mid-80s and a chance of thunderstorms.
In other words, nothing like Wisconsin in October.
"I like it because I feel like the (heat) is like — you get delusional. You just stop caring," said Linsley, a rookie center from Youngstown, Ohio. "I'm going to go as hard as I can."
It's a good thing then that Green Bay had a long weekend to rest after last Thursday's 42-10 rout of the Minnesota Vikings. The Packers have rolled off two straight convincing victories to move into a first-place tie with Detroit in the NFC North at 3-2.
Coach Mike McCarthy gave the team three days off. Players returned to work Monday to start studying up on Miami.
Practice resumed Wednesday during a windy day in Green Bay. Temperatures were in the 50s but it felt colder. The only resemblance to South Beach this weekend was that it was sunny.
"I had to wear sun block today in Green Bay," coach Mike McCarthy said with a chuckle.
This is a franchise that historically thrives in the freezing cold. It's one of the northernmost outposts in the NFL. The Packers' home of Lambeau Field has been made famous in black-and-white highlights in which the deep-voiced narrator waxes about the "frozen tundra."
According to STATS, the Packers are 10-9 since 1991 in games played with a temperature of at least 81 degrees. The last such game was in 2009, a 38-28 loss at Tampa.
On Wednesday, the keyword at Lambeau was "hydration." It was important to refill on water and energy drinks in Miami.
"Heat? Yeah it's cold right now," running back Eddie Lacy said. "But it's going to be different. We definitely have to hydrate and ... just try to eliminate cramps because it's hotter than what we're used to."
In one sense though, the Packers already feel prepared. McCarthy this year instituted a new conditioning regimen which seems to have worked so far judging by the small number of lingering injuries. The medical report last year, for instance, was littered with nagging, week-to-week maladies like pulled hamstrings.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ackers-getting-ready-for-miami-heat/16938135/
 
I was thinking they were fans of the miami heat team
 
There is no being ready for the tropics in Green Bay....they think they know....but they don't.

If we take care of the ball(Packers lead the league in turnover ratio)...we win.
 
Heat is overrated. Its going to be sunny and breezy Sunday with 85 degree temp. I dont think there is any team in the NFL that is afraid of that weather.
 
Zounds said:
Heat is overrated. Its going to be sunny and breezy Sunday with 85 degree temp. I dont think there is any team in the NFL that is afraid of that weather.
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I really don't think so. If that was the case it wouldn't be on the players and coaches mind as much as it is. What we fail to sometimes realize is that we are used to the increased heat index which will bring the "feels like" temperature into the 90's. For the most part, when Northerners experience "hot " summers they never have to deal with the humidity that we have. It'll play a factor, maybe just a small one, but it's already playing a small mental factor in being that they're planning on how to deal with the heat.
 
Sons of Shula said:
I really don't think so. If that was the case it wouldn't be on the players and coaches mind as much as it is. What we fail to sometimes realize is that we are used to the increased heat index which will bring the "feels like" temperature into the 90's. For the most part, when Northerners experience "hot " summers they never have to deal with the humidity that we have. It'll play a factor, maybe just a small one, but it's already playing a small mental factor in being that they're planning on how to deal with the heat.
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Sorry man, but in August you may have a point, but its mid-October. The "heat" is a non-factor here. In fact, there comes a time where the "heat" is a relief to the northern team coming from cold weather.
 
Zounds said:
Sorry man, but in August you may have a point, but its mid-October. The "heat" is a non-factor here. In fact, there comes a time where the "heat" is a relief to the northern team coming from cold weather.
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I hear what your saying and I partly agree. For us it's most certainly a break from the real heat, but some people just hate it and can't deal accordingly. Having semi-lived out in Colorado during different parts of the year I've witnessed that some are just cold-weather people. Much like the opposite of myself, in where I can't stand anything below 70 degrees and prefer 85+. Point being, these people actually enjoy and prefer colder weather (weirdos) and don't see the heat as a "relief". But again, we're not talking about finding a new place to live or inhabit but rather a football game played by professionals so it's more than realistic to believe here that it's factors will be limited.
 
Zounds said:
Heat is overrated. Its going to be sunny and breezy Sunday with 85 degree temp. I dont think there is any team in the NFL that is afraid of that weather.
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Speaking from experience...it is not overrated. I grew up in Miami and played college basketball in Pennsylvania. When I came home for Christmas break and went to the park to play a little bball with my friends I was keeled over in the first 5 minutes gasping for air. I felt like I was suffocating trying to get air in my lungs. The humid air is thick and that was December. The heat isn't what gets you...heat I had no issues with, it was the humidity that tore me up.
 
Zounds said:
Sorry man, but in August you may have a point, but its mid-October. The "heat" is a non-factor here. In fact, there comes a time where the "heat" is a relief to the northern team coming from cold weather.
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I think this actually plays into the advantage. I think if you live in a cold climate and vacation in tropical areas to escape the cold, and as a snow bird that has traveled to escape the cold quite often I can tell you one of the best feelings in the world is that moment you step off the plane to feel the warmth. I think this feeling would make it very difficult to concentrate on the task at hand, even if most players can tune it out all it would take is for 5 or 6 of them to be daydreaming about the beach instead of prepping for the game and we gain a pretty big advantage. Typically I wouldn't think it would be a big advantage in early October but it has been unseasonably cold this year ever since early August.
 
United States
WEATHER
Miami Gardens, FL
LOCAL WEATHER

Sunday
Oct 12
A thunderstorm in spots
88° Lo 77°
RealFeel® 97° / Lo 82°

If it ends up like this I think it could be a little bit of a factor, particularly in the second half, especially if one teams defense is on the filed alot in the first half.
 
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