The Pittsburgh Steelers visited the Cleveland Browns on Thursday evening, and the climate report heading into the sport referred to as for rain and 40 levels in the beginning of the sport with the temperature dropping all through the evening. The climate was fairly good at kickoff, however deteriorated within the second half.
At about 9 p.m. Jap, late within the second quarter, the snow began falling. It was just some flakes. No massive deal.
By the point the third quarter began, it was exhausting to see the sphere. Over the course of the interval, the sphere was coated.
It received so unhealthy, announcer Al Michaels started misidentifying gamers on the drive, calling Browns TE Blake Whiteheart by David Njoku’s title earlier than correcting himself. He was additionally cracking jokes by way of the flakes:
- “All the pieces however the Zamboni out right here.”
- “Welcome to the Winter Olympics.”
- “Boswell’s kick, if you will discover it, is nice.”
The Prime Video staff reported that gamers had been altering out their cleats and on the streaming broadcast, they switched to synthetic hashmarks and yardage markers, utilizing expertise to assist viewers.
The visuals had been impeccable for the primary snow sport of the 2024 season.