The Chiefs-Dolphins game could be one of the coldest in NFL history
Saturday’s playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins is going to be quite chilly.
Weather forecasters predict there will be sub-zero temperatures at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, potentially making the matchup one of the coldest postseason games in NFL history.
Kansas City Chiefs fans pack the stadium despite the snow to watch their team take on the Denver Broncos Sunday, December 15, 2019, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Chris Ochsner/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
According to FOX Weather, a polar vortex impacting the area is expected to send temperatures plummeting, with high temperatures reaching only single digits during the day. With an 8 p.m. ET kickoff, temperatures are expected to dip below zero. Some projections have temperatures reaching minus 5.
The frigid forecast has even prompted the Chiefs to warn fans attending the game to come prepared, with the team advising fans to "cover all exposed skin."
Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who spent the first six years of his NFL career with the Chiefs, is ignoring the organization's advice.
"Well, it’s a mindset. I feel like if you believe it’s going to be cold, then you’re going to freeze your b---- off," Hill said when asked how to stay warm in freezing weather, per the Dolphins transcript. "But if you go into this game not even thinking any of that, you’ll be fine.
Tyreek Hill, #10 of the Miami Dolphins, looks on from the sideline during the national anthem prior to an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium on January 7, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
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"With me being me, I played there, and I understand the conditions. I’m not even worried about it at all. I’m going to go out there with no sleeves and tell the rest of the guys it’s a mindset. If those guys see you wearing sleeves, obviously they’re going to think you’re soft. We’re going to go out there and do our thing."
For the Dolphins, the weather is a stark contrast to what they’re used to in South Florida.
"No one likes being cold," Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said Thursday.
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel looks on from the sideline prior to an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans at Hard Rock Stadium on December 11, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
"The last time I played in zero-ish degree weather was 2021 at Green Bay in the divisional round. And much like this team, we were up in Santa Clara (California) and had like one coat in our closet. We weren’t used to that at all. But it galvanizes people. Kind of like when you talk to our players, the most fun game, outside of the result, that we played in the last two years, was the one at Buffalo on that Saturday night on a short week last year. So it’s about the team part of it. It’s about doing something that’s difficult inherently. That motivates you as a competitor, I think. And we have a lot of competitors on our team."
According to ESPN, there has never been a game at Arrowhead Stadium that has reached negative temperatures. The temperature at kickoff for the Wild Card matchup is -2 degrees, according to the Weather Channel.
Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
Joe Morgan is a Sports Reporter for Fox News.
