According to SI's Peter King, the New York Giants @ Minnesota Vikings game which was originally scheduled for 1 pm on Sunday on FOX, has been postponed due to a blizzard in the Minneapolis area.
Despite the Vikings playing in the Metrodome, the heavy snow has caused small leaks in the roof and Metrodome officials recommended the NFL move the game to Monday night. According to King, the game will air on FOX at 8pm ET on Monday Night, playing simultaneous with the previously scheduled Ravens vs Texans game on ESPN. There were Metrodome workers on the roof throughout the day attempting to remove as much snow, however high winds forced the crew to climb down, according to Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Zulgad also mentions temperature concerns on Sunday if there were a game, noting that the heavy snow on the roof would act as insulation and cause high temperatures inside.
With the impending weather, the Giants switched their charter flight late last night and took a 9:30 plane, but were forced to land in Kansas City due to the fast accumulation of snow in Minnesota. They waited in the airport for a few hours and decided to stay overnight at an airport hotel, giving the team a chance to use a hotel conference room to go over game-plans and footage.
While this delay will allow another 31 hours (to be exact) for Brett Favre to rest his injured shoulder, this will also give some questionable Giants more time to rest up and play on Monday, including WRs Steve Smith and Hakeem Nicks, who have missed recent games with a pectoral (Smith) and leg (Nicks) injury.
Not everything is sorted out yet, but it is assumed that viewers in the New York and Minnesota areas will be watching the Lions-Packers game on FOX at 1pm.
For a detailed (not updated) map of which games are seen in which regions, check out the506.com
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