Sal Paolantonio donned a parka and braved the sub-zero temps. The ESPN national correspondent took the field at 5 a.m. for live sideline shots seven hours before what became the third-coldest game in NFL history.
When Paolantonio met up with Vikings.com’s Mike Wobschall at the NFL Scouting Combine Wednesday, the memory of frozen fingers he suffered at the Jan. 10 Wild Card game hadn’t dissolved.
“I would just like to thank the City of Minneapolis for almost freezing me to death at that playoff game,” Paolantonio, a native of New York said, laughing. “I’ve been in some pretty cold weather […] that was the kind of cold you remember.