'Freezer Bowl' Alum Collinsworth Offers Take on Cold Dolphins-Chiefs Matchup

COLLINSWORTH'S TAKE ON DOLPHINS-CHIEFS

While he won't be calling the game, Collinsworth certainly is in a good position to offer some insight into what the players will be dealing with Saturday night.

Collinsworth had two catches in that game against the Chargers in a 27-7 Cincinnati game, the week after the Chargers outlasted the Dolphins, 41-38, in overtime at the Orange Bowl in a game that was judged as the greatest in NFL history. The Bengals lost the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers that season.

"It's gonna be tough," Collinsworth said. "I mean, I grew up in Florida. And that (Freezer) Bowl game was my rookie year, so it was the first time I had ever played in any game below like 32 degrees. And I had no idea what I was doing out there. Luckily, we were playing the Chargers and they had no idea what they were doing out there. But some of our guys — (quarterback) Kenny Anderson and (tight end) Dan Ross and some of those guys had played many games in those kinds of conditions. So a lot of those players, they didn't all grow up in Florida, though. They come from all over the country."

As for the game itself, Collinsworth thinks the bitter cold, which will make the passing game more difficult to execute, actually might be to the Dolphins' benefit.

"This Miami Dolphins team, it's really easy to put them in the speed category and go, that's what they are, and they're going to throw it and with Tua ((Tagovailoa) and Tyreek (Hill) and Jaylen (Waddle) and those guys, but at their core this is a running football team. And we have seen them be very explosive against good teams running the football and winning games running the football.

"So as strange as it sounds, there's an argument at least to be made that the tougher burden may be on Patrick Mahomes to have to carry that load in those conditions. Because the Miami Dolphins, if they are who I think they are in these types of games will be a running team."