Look at the stats (and we'll see how Vinatieri fares on Sunday in the battle of the cute kickers!)
Brown:
14 of 24 at Heinz (58.3%)
16 of 20 on the road (80%)
Opponents
3 of 9 at Heinz (33%)
The N.F.L. overall rate (77.4%)
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Brown says it's the swirling wind ... and in a related (somewhat) development, Teresa Heinz (or Mrs. John Kerry to you chowderheads) agrees: pronouncing Heinz Field "terrible". Heinz: "I don't think it's a terrible stadium; I just think it's a terrible wind tunnel." Heinz said she couldn't "figure out why architects did not enclose the southern end" of the 65K-seat, $281M stadium. The end "was left open, exposing the field to winds whipping off the Allegheny River." Imitating "a player kicking a field goal -- calling it a 'punt or whatever' -- the famously blunt" Heinz said: "'I don't know football from Cheyenne,' but said the design seemed to be contributing to the kickers' problems." Heinz hasn't "been to the stadium yet, but plans to attend the Steelers-Patriots game." Heinz didn't have any "involvement in designing the facility, which is owned by the Steelers.