The Bills didn't have an answer for the Steelers' offense in the first half, but they caught a break during halftime while the grounds crew plowed the snow from the artificial turf. The unintended side effect: Mounds of rubber pellets in the end zone and around the sidelines.
Massive amounts of rubber turf pellets are being pushed off the field to remove a thin blanket of snow. 🤔 #bills#steelerspic.twitter.com/kFHUDMe9er
— Nick Veronica (@NickVeronica) December 11, 2016
MONSTROUS https://t.co/tpXzbeFMuRpic.twitter.com/bY3gUNZaOI
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) December 11, 2016
And this:
2nd half will be delayed in #Buffalo while #Bills grounds crew picks up rubber pellets @WPXI#SafetyIssuepic.twitter.com/kJ9j646Q4e
— Bill Phillips (@WPXI_BPhillips) December 11, 2016
The result: A five-minute delay while members of the grounds grew used leaf blowers to disseminate the pellet piles. Of course, as soon as the teams returned to the field for the start of the third quarter, it started snowing once again.
The Bills also released a statement:
Bills issue statement on halftime delay that was caused by a "too firm" brushing of turf... https://t.co/LT1JegpR8mpic.twitter.com/dmhEYiXv7N
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) December 11, 2016
