It would be reasonable to look at the weather expected for Sunday afternoon and expect the worst for opening kickoff for the Steelers and the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium. After all, the forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms and a high in the 80s, which shouldn’t surprise you if you’ve experienced the daily South Florida afternoon rain. But it might give you pause as for what to expect in this Week 6 matchup.
If there was a time for the Steelers to play this kind of game in these expected conditions, this is the perfect one, not because the rain would slow their offense down, but because it could be short-handed despite the return of Eli Rogers from a toe injury that held him out for two weeks.