PHILADELPHIA – Are you ready for some Tuesday Night Football?
The NFL moved the Vikings at Eagles game from Sunday night to Tuesday because of an expected blizzard that could dump more than a foot of snow on Philadelphia.
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The game will be played at 8 p.m., and televised nationally by NBC.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency as of 2 p.m. Sunday.
“We are urging all Philadelphians, please be careful, please be safe,” the mayor said in a news conference at City Hall on Sunday morning.
The decision to postpone the game came shortly after noon — before any snow had accumulated in Philadelphia. Announcing the postponement, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said:
“Due to public safety concerns in light of today’s snow emergency in Philadelphia, tonight’s Vikings-Eagles game has been postponed. Because of the uncertainty of the extent of tonight’s storm and its aftermath, the game will be played on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. This will allow sufficient time to ensure that roads, parking lots and the stadium are fully cleared. The National Weather Service states that a winter storm warning in Philadelphia remains in effect until 1 p.m. on Monday.”
Eagles Coach Andy Reid agreed with the league’s decision.
“We’re OK with it,” he said. “We’re organized and prepared for this, and we completely support what the league did from a safety standpoint for everybody. We got the guys out of the hotel and home, and they’ll come back for a walkthrough (today) and then to the hotel, and it will be just like a Saturday night before a Sunday game, just a normal Saturday night-Sunday schedule.”
The Vikings already have had two home games affected by the weather this season. Their game against the Giants on Dec. 12 was postponed a day after Minneapolis got 15 inches of snow. It was then moved to Detroit when the Metrodome roof collapsed.
Their game against Chicago the following week was played at the University of Minnesota’s outdoor stadium because of the damaged roof.
Minnesota (5-9) is out of playoff contention, but the Eagles (10-4) clinched the NFC East when the Giants lost 45-17 at Green Bay on Sunday.
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