![]() ![]() That run concluded with a victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers at AT&T Stadium, which is the site of Sunday's NFC Super Wild Card Weekend matchup between McCarthy's second-seeded Cowboys and the seventh-seeded Packers. Following that victory, the city named a street after him, Mike McCarthy Way. He and Rodgers teamed up to help lead Green Bay to the Super Bowl XLV title in the 2010 season. Only the Patriots (20) and the Seattle Seahawks (11) won more playoff games than McCarthy's Packers (10) in that span. Why wouldn't he be? McCarthy went 125-77-2 in his 13 seasons with the Packers, sporting the third-highest win percentage in the entire league in that span, trailing only the Tom Brady-Belichick New England Patriots dynasty (162-46) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (133-74-1) across the final year of Hall of Fame head coach Bill Cowher's tenure and Mike Tomlin's time with the Steelers. Whether that was comparing Cowboys cornerback DaRon Bland during his run toward the NFL's single-season pick-sixes record and up the NFL Defensive Player of the Year odds list to Hall of Fame cornerback Charles Woodson, who he coached during his 2009 Defensive Player of the Year season with the Packers, or talking about how Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott's 2023 in which he led the NFL with 36 touchdown passes compares to some of the years he had with future Hall of Fame Packers passer Aaron Rodger s up in Green Bay, McCarthy is typically an open book. In their past 10 home games where the temperature was under 40 degrees, the Chiefs have gone 9-1, including 4-0 in the playoffs.FRISCO, Texas - Mike McCarthy, even as the current head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, typically lights up when a topic related to his 13 seasons as the Green Bay Packers head coach from 2006-2018 comes up. Tthe Chiefs probably won't mind that it's so cold and that's because they tend to thrive in the when the in icy weather. Warming stations, hand warmers, hot beverages and no halftime entertainment in order to encourage games to find a warm spot during that time. The fans will also have extra equipment in place. Not only is the temperature expected to be in the single digits all night, but the wind chill is projected to be between -21 and -30 while the game is being played. ![]() ![]() There will be heated equipment including heated benches, heavy jackets, hand warmers and fluids to help avoid dehydration.Īs cold as it's going to be for the players, it's going to feel even colder for the fans. To keep both teams warm, the NFL has implemented several new protocols for this game: The Dolphins and Chiefs will both have equipment and gear for such weather. Before this week, the Chiefs' coldest game came all the way back in 1983 on a day where the the temperature was 0.5 degrees at kickoff, according to Pro Football Reference. With the minus-4 kickoff temperature, the Chiefs also set their franchise record for coldest game ever played. When the week started, the expected temperature at kickoff was projected to be about 10 degrees, but that number dropped steadily throughout the week. Saturday's game is the coldest that the NFL has seen since January 2016 when the Seahawks went on the road to beat the Vikings 10-9 in wild-card playoff game where the temperature was minus-6 degrees. That's where you get into trouble," Reid said, via The Associated Press. This is the coldest game that the Dolphins have ever played in, which isn't great news for a Miami team that has lost 10 straight games when the kickoff temperature is 40 degrees or below (You can read more about that here).Īlthough the Dolphins haven't been able to win in cold weather, Chiefs coach Andy Reid won't be expecting their struggles to continue on Saturday night. The Giants 23-20 win over the Packers in the 2007 NFC Championship is the only other game in NFL history where the game time temperature was below zero (It was minus-1 in that game). ![]() Resultīengals 27-7 over Chargers (Freezer Bowl) The kickoff temperature on Saturday night was minus-4 degrees, which makes Chiefs-Dolphins the fourth-coldest game to ever be played in the NFL.Īccording to the league, there have only been five games ever where the kickoff temperature was below zero and Chiefs-Dolphins is now one of them. If the Dolphins had beaten the Bills in Week 18, they'd be getting ready to play a wild-card game in the balmy weather of Miami, but due to their loss, they headed to Kansas City and are playing in one of the coldest games in NFL history. ![]()
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