The Jacksonville Jaguars returned house early Monday after spending seven hours ready via a winter storm on the tarmac at Indianapolis Worldwide Airport.
The Nationwide Climate Service reported heavy snow – between two and 5 inches – freezing drizzle and wind gusts of as much as 40 mph in central Indiana.
The Jaguars (4-13) had hoped to get out of Indy earlier than the worst of it, however their recreation in opposition to the Colts went to time beyond regulation and prompted sufficient of a delay that gamers, coaches and workers obtained caught. The Jaguars misplaced 26-23.
Their constitution flight lastly was cleared to depart at 1am EST and landed in Jacksonville two hours later. It delayed proprietor Shad Khan’s scheduled assembly with coach Doug Pederson to resolve their path shifting ahead.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs prevented touring within the storm by remaining in a single day in Denver following their recreation in opposition to the Broncos.
