Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
If we're watching on TV - why would this really matter? I mean it's far from ideal but I would prefer to watch the games played in empty arenas then not at all.
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How will CV affect the NFL? (2 Viewers)
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otb_lifer
Footballguy
what are you, from the future or sumthin'?
... think you've seen too many JETSONS episodes, doc
rockaction
Footballguy
Crowds play a factor in performance. Be an interesting experiment to see football teams without fans. Brady would be even more effective, no? The ability to change plays at the line without hindrance would be something.
Yes people I understand these things exist and are being used right now. I also understand it's sometimes a whole lot easier to sometimes walk into the office next to you ant want talk something out one on one, might want a private conversation or a non-whole group conversation, or review data together quickly. Also a lot of teams are heavily concerned about getting hacked.
I just doubt that some teams are not going to have a key analytical person or few key scouts come over to the like GM's house and be accessible in a back room or something.I just don't honestly believe entire teams will all be working from isolation of their homes.
NutterButter
Footballguy
you're almost certainly right. the nfl is essential. i'm personally giving them an exemption.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
IMO, people are underestimating how difficult it will be for Brady to get a new team to think and react like he does. How many times did we see him on the sideline in NE screaming at guys like Edelman about not being in the right place or cutting off a route at the wrong spot? Maybe it wasn't that NE could never draft receivers . . . maybe it was just too difficult for newbies to learn the offense and get in sync with Brady?
rockaction
Footballguy
I take your point. Actually, I fully get it, but I was just spitballing off of the top of my head and using the most obvious example of somebody who changes plays at the line. Think of Brady as a proxy for all QBs changing plays without noise, not as Brady qua Brady with Tampa.
It was less football talk than a generalization about crowd noise. If I were a question writer for the LSAT, and you were taking the test and being asked to identify the main point of the passage, I would say it would be about crowd noise and QBs, not the minutiae of Brady within Tampa's offense.
But you're really rather correct about the minutiae, which is also important.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Speaking in broader terms, a lot could be way different. If they end up playing games at remote sites without fans, homefield advantage would go out the window. There may or may not be an element of travel. Who knows how much each team would be able to get practices in. Would that help better defenses more than better offenses? I still think the advantage will be to teams with the most continuity from last year to this year. But there is no way of knowing any of that until we move forward in time and see what the available options are for games, practices, locations, etc.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Sure - it's possible some teams do that as well - some (non-essential) companies still have people going into an office as well, that I know of, by saying the employees are essential to their business.
I was only saying that these conversations can happen in other ways (and wasn't trying to imply you were unaware of those technologies).
ZWK
Footballguy
If the NFL season winds up being something like what the MLB is discussing, then what are the implications?
Shortened offseason activities: bad for rookies, players who changed teams, teams who changed coaches, and players who show up out of shape.
No fans in the stadium: good for offense, good for the Chargers.
Shortened offseason activities: bad for rookies, players who changed teams, teams who changed coaches, and players who show up out of shape.
No fans in the stadium: good for offense, good for the Chargers.
facook
Footballguy
Gotta love the commentary they can't help but slip in. Trolls.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Just 15 more days Roger. Hold!!!!!!! Hold!!!!!!!!!
Capella
Footballguy
NutterButter
Footballguy
cheese
Footballguy
Totally disagree with the last sentence. If they can get the games played with even one camera, Im in.
facook
Footballguy
waiver wire
Footballguy
Santa Clara County executive doesn’t expect sports until Thanksgiving
this was posted on profootballtalk tonight
still guess work and conjecture by him , others and us
there are so many variables in play
the 1st ball to hit the ground for the NFL is training camp , if it starts on time then there is a chance for the season to start on time
if not then the speculation really runs wild
this was posted on profootballtalk tonight
still guess work and conjecture by him , others and us
there are so many variables in play
the 1st ball to hit the ground for the NFL is training camp , if it starts on time then there is a chance for the season to start on time
if not then the speculation really runs wild
pantherclub
Footballguy
There is a 0.0% chance that there isnt some sort of delay or revised schedule when it comes to both college and football this fall.waiver wire said:
I think the college season is shot, there is talk about a spring season but I have no clue how that would work.
I agree about college football. No way Universities are gonna risk the whole school being shut down.
rockaction
Footballguy
gump
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
NutterButter
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Interesting article by a woman who actually had a hand in constructing the current mode of contracts, per her saying so in the article.
But regardless, she brings up issues that aren't going away any time soon, so...
NutterButter
Footballguy
Between my dolphins having a bunch of picks and the absence of live sporting events, I've never been this excited for an nfl draft. I'm going to watch every single minute of it.
It seems that if there are going to be sports this year they will have to cut the scheduled amount of games. Baseball is talking about going to Arizona and being quarantined. I don't see anyway people will put up with 4 months away from family and confined in a hotel. Maybe 2 months. Even then, I bet some idiots find a way to get out and that's all it will take to screw everything up.
There is a long way to go before Football. Hopefully, things will take a turn for the better. Maybe there will be significant improvements in medicine and testing etc. I can see at least 4 games being taken from the season in order for teams to have time to have some sort of a training camp.
There is a long way to go before Football. Hopefully, things will take a turn for the better. Maybe there will be significant improvements in medicine and testing etc. I can see at least 4 games being taken from the season in order for teams to have time to have some sort of a training camp.
rockaction
Footballguy
Solid article. They're not. It's not feasible. We're used to getting what we want, specie-wise, but this is certainly one where we're at the mercy of another, really.
joey
Footballguy
Raiders fan here. We have 2 firsts and 3 thirds. DVR-ing it and Watching. Every. Second.
It’s all we've got. Might be the only NFL we have all year.
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Galileo
Footballguy
As a Cleveland Browns fan, I have been through the "bunch of picks" scenario many times. Enjoy it. It is a fun time. Unfortunately, for me, the #### always seems to go South soon after. So, yes. make the most of it!
joey
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
I think Germany had a different experience with COVID, from inception and tracking to lull. I think the U.S. is much more logistically difficult to pull off.Dr. Octopus said:
cheese
Footballguy
The US has the advantage of time. Nfl is still months away. Germany probably turned it around more quickly than we have, but they are at least showing that no-fan games make sense.
Take away the crowd aspect of it (because clearly if things don’t change in a hurry that’s not happening), what is the difference between them and most jobs? I find it almost a given that by September we will be going back to work along with whatever risk that entails. If we can build widgets In a factory, they can play with no fans. It’s no more or less safe than most jobs.
rockaction
Footballguy
If you can contract COVID from touch or saliva or sweat then football is radically different than most jobs. Not only is there chance of infection, there's what you'd have to do every time a player caught it, which is to quarantine every sick player fourteen days in isolation. They'd -- each and every player -- have to be tested every day for it...the logistics of testing and preparing for outbreaks would be monumental to overcome. I don't see it happening. Perhaps societal demand weighs the pros and cons differently than I, but I can't imagine this going off without significant quarantines and spread.
