San Diego crowd expected to have an impact
The forecast calls for a temperature of 64 degrees with a 10 percent chance of precipitation on Sunday, a typically balmy January day in San Diego. But with the run-oriented Jets coming to town for the AFC divisional playoff game with the pass-happy Chargers, San Diego coach Norv Turner has been peppered with questions about how weather might affect the game.
"It's kind of crazy to monitor the weather and give it a bunch of attention now," Turner told the San Diego media today. "What I usually do is, about two hours before the game, go out and walk around the field and see what the weather is. Then, you plan accordingly. We'll have a plan based on if it's windy, if it's rainy or if it's dry. Our guys have played extremely well on all kinds of surfaces. I don't think, if it rains, it will be a disadvantage to our football team."
Asked to identify the Chargers' biggest advantage, Turner pointed to the home crowd, which has a reputation as one of the loudest in the NFL "I refer back to our Cincinnati game [a 27-24 Chargers win on Dec. 20] and the way the crowd reacted that game," Turner said. "I thought our crowd was the big difference in that game.
"Through the third quarter [the Bengals] struggled offensively. They had a bunch of pre-snap errors, and I thought our crowd had a lot to do with that. I expect them to be as loud as they've ever been, and that's obviously why you want to play at home."
The Jets might be headed toward the warm weather on their cross-country flight tonight, but it might have been a good idea to pack their ear muffs anyway.
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