Ex-NFL star RG3 wants Chiefs-Dolphins game postponed over freezing temps: 'It’s not football weather'

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Former NFL star Robert Griffin III implored the NFL to postpone the Kansas City Chiefs-Miami Dolphins game after the Buffalo Bills-Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game was rescheduled because of the weather.

The Bills and the Steelers were postponed because of the snow and winds set to impact Buffalo through the weekend. The region could see as much as three feet of snow.

Griffin, the former Washington Redskins star quarterback-turned ESPN analyst, applauded New York officials for moving the game and said officials need to do the same for the Chiefs and Dolphins. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas maintained that the city was still "ready" for the game.

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ESPN NFL analyst Robert Griffin III smiles in the green room backstage during the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft at Union Station on April 27, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

"When you look at the Chiefs-Dolphins game, it’s like, ‘Nope we’re just gonna play that one.’ Guess what? They have negative 1-degree weather. It’s supposed to be a wind chill up to negative 30 degrees. Oh yeah, and there’s snow," Griffin said in a video. "And there’s winds up to 29 mph."

"You’re trying to tell me that that’s safe? No, no, it’s not safe. Not for the players, not for the fans, not for the coaches, and it’s not football weather.

"Guys, football is a brutal sport. It’s the gladiator sport. The toughest people on the face of the planet play football. The saying, ‘Oh, we’ll play them any time, anywhere no matter what the weather is,’ is just a saying. We use that to pump up our guys, our teammates, because listen, if we