I was recently looking for some information on Forrest Gregg and I came across a tidbit on the official Bengals site. It was discussing their January 10,1982 win in the second coldest game ever played.
"Gregg ends this day with the distinction of winning the two coldest games in NFL history. He had been the right tackle in the Ice Bowl when he dug in next to right guard Jerry Kramer and center Ken Bowman on the Lambeau Field goal line as Packers quarterback Bart Starr knifed between them with 16 seconds left to give Green Bay the NFL championship over the Cowboys in minus-13 and minus-48 wind chill weather on the last day of 1967.
Now 14 years later the icemen cometh again and while San Diego stumbles to four turnovers (future Bengal running back James Brooks has a costly fumble), Gregg's men turn it over just once. After the Packers lost the 1960 NFL title game on a frozen field in Philadelphia, Packers coach Vince Lombardi never practiced indoors again on the way to five NFL titles. So he sends the Bengals outside all week before the game." MCCarthy's record with the Packers in the last week of November to the end of the season is 10-9 outdoors with 3 of those wins being at home against the Lions.
If you take out the Lions games McCarthy is 4-2 at Lambeau regular season and 1-1 in the playoffs.
The late season road losses were at Chicago(2), Seattle, Dallas, Carolina, and Jacksonville.
Anyone else think McCarthy should have the players practicing outdoors more late in the season?10-9 outdoors in cold weather does not sound very good and nonLion games being 7-9 seems poor for a team that should have an advantage in cold weather.