Which team Benefits from Cold & Wind?

it's the team that can overcome it best, that wins....

Contrary to current popular belief, the Giants do not have a good, quality run game and the Cowboys don't either.

Maybe the Giants are better adapted to playing a style that tries to hid their offense though, so that may help somewhat.

I mean, many of their players live in that weather, at least during the season. Isn't Dallas a much warmer climate overall?

Plus you got Eli and how he's performed in extreme cold before, the 1st playoff game at GB for example. Being a pocket guy is an advantage - run around too much and you're likely to pull a muscle...

Prince is certainly acclimated to it!

on playing in the cold and wind..

with the best STs, running game and QB with the strongest arm would have an edge.

weather - ice cold - and it went the Giants' way.

I give us a puncher's chance, and 5-6 weeks ago, any one of us would have taken that and run.

is probably a bigger factor than the cold

Because the strong winds will negate their lousy secondary as Eli will have few chances to exploit it deep. This weather favors the team with the best running and special teams which in this case favors the cowboys.

our run game is better but because our run D and D is better. Mainly due to injuries but its there. Plus familiarity of conditions favors Eli. How it turns out who the fuck knows with Gilbride calling plays could be a great game or a clusterfuck.

They have a better passing game at this point. We stink at running the ball, passing the ball, and now our MVP, the FG kicker won't be able to kick 2839128931 FGs all game long, once we get in the red zone.

Running game
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and defense in this weather. Both passers will be hampered. Better double Witten because he will be getting a lot of short hitters from his buddy Romo all day to move the ball. Especially if we stop the run, which w are capable of. Power running by Brown , Jacobs, Hillis with Conner paving the way might work for us. They will double Cruz so Nicks and Randle have to step up along with the TEs and FBs.

maybe Eli can get away with tossing him a few jump balls where Nicks can fight for it and win.

If so, the double coverage will shift to Nicks and set Cruz free.

the balls into the wind are all gonna be jump balls, lol

resist longer passes if it is dictated by single coverage. ELi is the same way. It is in their DNA . This could lead to turnovers into the wind and cost us the game if TC does not step in and limit them. We lost the last game on turnovers lets not be dumb again. Giant fan pessimism from a painful past prompts this post.

that's the best alliteration if seen in a long time

the run better, but if wind affects the passing game it helps Cowboys worst pass defense in the league.

On the other had, Dallas has only played 3 games outside this year, that helps the Giants.

Over all, it has to help the Giants

the weather was similar in Dallas.

Dallas had a chance to practice with the weather conditions that are expected on game day.

this weather can often assist with turnovers. Giants have to be real smart today in regards to turnovers. Something they've gotten better at the last four games. A short field could mean the game.

like to say Giants, but based on how Manning and Weatherford performed against the Raiders...

their defense has the ability to shut down cowboys rushing offense and force them to throw. Bad things will happen today when the balls in the air.

we better stop relying on FGs this game especially with this wind. If you need to be aggressive and go for it on 4th down, fine, but will be interesting since we can't settle for FGs all game long.

NYG's ground game and run defense are both clicking right now.

struggling to reach 20 points per game. Cowboys score 20+ most every week.

I would say the wind benefits Giants without a doubt.

*Cowboys are 0-4 since 2000 when temps are 33 degrees and below.

And put my feet in them during a really cold game in 2008 (panthers nyg) -- my brother and wife to be we're laughing at me in the beginning of the game. They were Envious by 2nd quarter.

Go plastic.

If there is snow or ice under the seats. No matter what kind of awesome warm footage you use Your feet will freeze if they are sitting on ice for 4 hrs. Go plastic.

Mainly because I think that in perfect conditions, the Giants would be favored. So throwing a monkey wrench into the mix favors the weaker team (which in this case is the Cowboys).

....because Gilbride is on our sidelines.