Luke Goedeke, Tristan Wirfs Not Scared Of Buffalo Weather
November 14th, 2025
Looks forward to Buffalo weather.
The weather for Orchard Park, N.Y., home of the Bills, for Sunday is getting colder.
As Joe was typing this here article last night, the forecast for Sunday’s Bucs-Bills game was 39 degrees with a 24 percent chance of rain. That’s down from 42 earlier in the week.
Once upon a time, anything under 50 was a death knell for the Bucs. In recent years, that has become a wives’ tale.
Joe remembers vividly in Green Bay a couple of years ago with the temperature in the low-40s and raining, the Bucs stomped the Packers in their home crib.
Before the game, almost every Bucs player was huddled on the heated benches buried in big coats, except for six players who stood on the sideline away from them ready to take the field. It was the Bucs’ starting offensive line and Baker Mayfield.
Two of those linemen are still with the Bucs. Tackles Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke were ready to rock that day and were right at home in the cold as they are from Iowa and Wisconsin, respectively.
Told of the weather forecast for Sunday, both Wirfs and Goedeke beamed and said they can’t wait for kickoff.
“That’s phenomenal,” Goedeke said of 30s in the Buffalo forecast. “I saw that and I was like, ‘Music to my ears.’
“I cannot ask for nicer weather to play a game.”
Wirfs confessed he’s grown a little soft living in Florida for six years. But he said playing in cold weather is a lot better than just sitting in the weather, dealing with the cold.
“I will say, 37 degrees in the morning kind of crushed me,” Wirfs said. “I’ve been down here six years now, and I’m like, ‘That’s cold.’ Softened up a little bit… that’s cold as [crap].
“Playing in it is different, because you’re moving around. [So], just waking up wearing slides out of the house and I was like, ‘My piggies are cold.'”
Joe remembers being in the Bucs’ locker room after that win over the Packers and Joe mentioned to Wirfs that he didn’t appear the least bit cold in the raw, December weather of northeastern Wisconsin.
Wirfs laughed and then hollered, “We’re cornfeds, baby!”
Joe hopes Wirfs can reach back to his Iowa cornfed roots to play strong ball Sunday.
November 14th, 2025 at 5:23 am
Weather isn’t going to win. or lose this game. This should be a real who wants it more kind of game. I know it’ll be 80 where I’m watching from!
November 14th, 2025 at 5:52 am
My wife and I were at that game in Green Bay all bundled up in our rarely worn Bucs winter gear. What a great day in that historic, but dumpy, stadium. It was cold! Wife was hoping for a blizzard so she could put the photos on Facebook.
November 14th, 2025 at 5:59 am
Same story for the 3rd or 4th time this week man
November 14th, 2025 at 7:54 am
Big guys love the cold weather. They should be able to control the line of scrimmage this week.
November 14th, 2025 at 8:14 am
Luke played at Central Michigan, it gets cold as idk what up there as well so he should be happy as a pig in a poop.
The cold is really only going to effect the guys not playing much, once you warm up as someone on the field you should be good.
Hopefully the team isn’t looking at playing in these elements as another challenge and are focused more on beating the Bills, not just the weather.
November 14th, 2025 at 8:31 am
It sounds like perfect weather for a football game. This Tampa bunch of reporters and fans resemble candy a$$e$, that’s for sure. I didn’t say were. I just said resembled.
November 14th, 2025 at 8:51 am
PROTECT THE BALL!!!!!
RUN THE BALL!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
November 14th, 2025 at 9:16 am
I know it’s smart, especially if you’ve had a serious concussion, but damn those Guardian Caps are ugly. Looks like a giant buzzard crapped on his head.
November 14th, 2025 at 9:58 am
Wirfs is correct, you do get somewhat soft living in this beautiful weather. Luke sounds pumped for the weather. He grew up in Wisconsin, so this will be really nice for him. Go Bucs!
November 14th, 2025 at 10:04 am
Never played much in low temps. However practicing in 90 degree temps and then playing night games in November? It felt…invigorating! Much better than two a days. LOL
Go Bucs!
November 14th, 2025 at 10:08 am
I live here in Buffalo and 40 degrees in mid November is great. Not sure where all this bad weather talk is coming from. If you can’t play in all weather elements than your not built to win.
November 14th, 2025 at 11:32 am
You’ve got to have heart to win, not good weather. “Want to” plus focus is needed. This game is a test of character for this team.
Dare I say this game will foreshadow the rest of the season for us.
Go Bucs!!
November 14th, 2025 at 11:51 am
Guess we’ll find out. Are they going to embrace the weather and play hard nosed football or continue to get beat pretty bad upfront on both sides of the ball?
November 14th, 2025 at 11:55 am
On the weather site I trust the most, it has the 1p temp still at 41, dropping to 39 by 4p, but only a 15% chance of rain. Feels like starts at 30, goes to 29 by 4p. Bigger deal, perhaps, is wind – has it at 19mph at 1p, however models generally do a really bad job with wind projections and tend to always be high. Overall, so long as it doesn’t rain, I don’t think weather should be much of an issue.
November 14th, 2025 at 2:55 pm
Have some dignity and take that stupid 2nd helmet off your head Luke. There’s ZERO evidence it does anything other than make you look dumb and block more of Bakers vision.