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datruth55 said:
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.
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Sounds like my story. I grew up in south Florida and went to college in Philly for 7 years, and returned to FL after. I still travel back and forth to cold weather areas often. I can understand the heat advantage during the Summer, but in mid-October that advantage is long gone. During August and September, is was 95 degrees with a heat index of 105. Its now 85 degrees now with a nice breeze. I doubt it affects players much in October.
 
Albert Romano said:
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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Thats perfect football weather for anyone, even an eskimo coming from sub-zero temperatures.
 
I was born and raised in CT and have gone to Daytona in February a few times and let me tell you that the increased temperature is noticeable for sure.
 
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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Shut up. Its going to be a humid 90 degrees in mid october so gtfoh with your pansy ass negativity. Its gonna be hot and the packers are gonna feel it, dammit. Let me see you run around in that weather for 3 hours.
 
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Time of possession will be key. Not only to keep Rodgers off the field but also to tire out their defense. We'll need our running game to click if we want to win.
 
Zounds said:
Its now 85 degrees now with a nice breeze.
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Nice breeze? Wait what? What breeze? You must be talking about central FLA like Orlando. When I was up in Tampa for a few years I forgot how just a few hours south it changes. My electric bill also changed for the worse.
 
Zounds said:
Sounds like my story. I grew up in south Florida and went to college in Philly for 7 years, and returned to FL after. I still travel back and forth to cold weather areas often. I can understand the heat advantage during the Summer, but in mid-October that advantage is long gone. During August and September, is was 95 degrees with a heat index of 105. Its now 85 degrees now with a nice breeze. I doubt it affects players much in October.
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I couldn't disagree more. I see it as bad or worse now than in August. It is all about the difference. In August it gets upper 80s in GB and it is upper 90s in Miami, a difference of 10 degrees plus the humidity. Now it is still upper 80s in Miami but highs in the low 50s in GB, a difference of 30 degrees not to mention the humidity.

I live in NC and for 18 years during the 90s and early 2000s I used to go to either Tampa two weekends per month and Miami once per month. Part of this time I was into running 3 miles a day. In the summer months it was hot up here and hot down there, and although it was a lot worse down there I would wait til after the sun went down and would still run in Miami (Tampa I would run in the day time). But the fall months were the worst. When it started getting cool up here and I got used to running here I couldn't run long at all down there. It felt like my lungs were filled with water. It wasn't so much feeling tired as it was feeling like I couldn't breath. I finally gave up running outside and started running on treadmills which I hate to do but that is the only way I could run down there. (now the only running I do is back and forth to the fridge but that is a different story).

I know NFL players are in MUCH better shape than I have ever been in my life, but the body gets used to it's surroundings and although it is not a huge advantage it absolutely makes a difference. Just like Miami teams going to Boston in December makes a difference. You can talk all week how it doesn't matter but when you get out in it in the 3rd hour it starts really taking a toll.
 
KTOWNFINFAN said:
I couldn't disagree more. I see it as bad or worse now than in August. It is all about the difference. In August it gets upper 80s in GB and it is upper 90s in Miami, a difference of 10 degrees plus the humidity. Now it is still upper 80s in Miami but highs in the low 50s in GB, a difference of 30 degrees not to mention the humidity.

I live in NC and for 18 years during the 90s and early 2000s I used to go to either Tampa two weekends per month and Miami once per month. Part of this time I was into running 3 miles a day. In the summer months it was hot up here and hot down there, and although it was a lot worse down there I would wait til after the sun went down and would still run in Miami (Tampa I would run in the day time). But the fall months were the worst. When it started getting cool up here and I got used to running here I couldn't run long at all down there. It felt like my lungs were filled with water. It wasn't so much feeling tired as it was feeling like I couldn't breath. I finally gave up running outside and started running on treadmills which I hate to do but that is the only way I could run down there. (now the only running I do is back and forth to the fridge but that is a different story).

I know NFL players are in MUCH better shape than I have ever been in my life, but the body gets used to it's surroundings and although it is not a huge advantage it absolutely makes a difference. Just like Miami teams going to Boston in December makes a difference. You can talk all week how it doesn't matter but when you get out in it in the 3rd hour it starts really taking a toll.
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I agree with this, and the later in the year the bigger the difference, especially in January, playoff time.
 
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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Not buying it. I lve well North of Miami Gardens and it was hot as hell today. I was at the KC game and it was fn hot might be a 5 degree difference this Sunday. Green Bay will be effected by the heat. I believe it's the hardest time of year for northern teams traveling south, in September north teams are used to the heat, big difference in early October.

Not to mention the Packers furthest trip south this season has been New York.
 
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It's not the heat. Where I live now is usual 100+ a few days in the summer and sometimes many days.
Never got that high in Miami but the humidity is killer. Let's hope the game is tight or we are ahead and it effects GB in the fourth quarter. That's where a strong running game could take over and put the exhaust Packers away.
I like that scenario.
 
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