DeMeco Ryans: Weather is only a challenge if we let it be

Saturday’s forecast for Kansas City doesn’t call for the kind of frigid weather we saw in last year’s playoff game against the Dolphins or in other postseason contests at Arrowhead Stadium, but it will still be colder than what the Texans are used to at Pitt.

How teams playing indoors handle the change in conditions is always something to watch in the postseason and it’s supposed to be 27 degrees with some wind when the Texans take the field this weekend. It’s something head coach DeMeco Ryans acknowledges while adding that the team can’t let him be an obstacle.

“The weather can be a challenge if you Allow it to be a challenge“For me and our guys, this is something we can’t control,” Ryans said, via KPRC’s Aaron Wilson. You don’t control the weather. Wherever we have to play, we’re ready to go play. We understand that we will be on the road. It’s going to be cold, that’s what we’re going to have to deal with. This isn’t a challenge for us, it’s just something the other team has to deal with as well. So, we’re ready to go. There are no excuses about the weather. “We have to get dressed and we have to play ball.”

One benefit for the Texans is that they were in Arrowhead in December for a Week 16 game against the Chiefs. It was 30 degrees that day and the weather didn’t have much of an impact on the game, but the Texans lost 27-19 and wanted a different result this time.