The Buffalo Payments’ playoff recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers has been postponed within the wake of an impending snowstorm. The sport, which was initially scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, will now air on Monday, Jan. 15, at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced the postponement Saturday afternoon in a information convention.

“Now, you may even see clear skies [on Sunday] morning, however don’t be fooled,” Hochul mentioned. “The bullseye of the storm is predicted to hit noon Sunday afternoon proper in the course of the scheduled Buffalo Payments recreation. … [The game will] proceed to be performed at Highmark Area proper in Orchard Park. It’s all a part of our crucial efforts to maintain New Yorkers, motorists and followers protected from this wildly unpredictable storm.”

Though Monday will probably be topic to harsh climate situations as properly, Hochul mentioned that they “anticipate a really completely different climate dynamic.” That is the primary time an NFL playoff recreation has been moved due to climate since 2016.

“As most know, there are a whole lot of deputies, from not solely the sheriff’s workplace, however others that help on recreation day. They should be aiding in the course of a snowstorm, serving to these in want, not directing site visitors at a soccer stadium,” mentioned Mark Poloncarz, Erie County govt. “None of us need to see that many autos on the highway tomorrow morning attempting to get to a soccer stadium figuring out that the situations are going to be as dangerous as they’re.”

The Payments-Steelers playoff recreation will probably finish simply because the business turns to Fox for the seventy fifth Primetime Emmy Awards at 8 p.m. ET. Nominees this yr embody hit tv sequence “The Bear” and “Beef”; actors Pedro Pascal, Kieran Culkin, Bella Ramsay, Jenna Ortega and Jeremy Allen White; and actuality reveals from “The Voice” to “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”