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How will CV affect the NFL? (2 Viewers)

So another extreme example.  Say we have a 3-0 team right now and they miss the next 13 weeks due to Covid while ever other team plays 16 games.

They get a bye? 

 
ghostguy123 said:
So another extreme example.  Say we have a 3-0 team right now and they miss the next 13 weeks due to Covid while ever other team plays 16 games.

They get a bye? 
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Assuming they don't play anymore games and no other team ends the season with no losses, then yes. I don't know what the league would do for a tiebreaker between teams with no losses. Neither one would have a better record in any of the tie breaking scenarios. It might just be a coin flip at that point. But the chances of being the outcome are about as close to zero without actually being zero. I am sure they would be teams suggesting if they couldn't play a game in all that time they are probably unable to make a playoff appearance . . . and the league might give that idea serious consideration. We might be entering unchartered and unexplored territory in the league rules at that point.

We are so used to every team playing the same number of games that we rarely consider that that was not always the case. The 1924 season had teams that played anywhere from 5 games to 14 games. At that point, they did not consider ties in the standings (it's like those games were never played). It's like they never happened. They started counting ties as half a win and half a loss in 1972 (but they did not change the records or standings for completed season for prior seasons).

 
ghostguy123 said:
So another extreme example.  Say we have a 3-0 team right now and they miss the next 13 weeks due to Covid while ever other team plays 16 games.

They get a bye? 
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I'd love to see the Bears get a deep playoff seed because of this. 

"Well, we said the NFL owners were too rich and therefore too smart NOT to have a super secret plan to fight covid..... we didn't say it was a good one or that it would be popular! (Otherwise, you know, they probably would have shared it before the season began)"

 
facook said:
I give you credit for thinking something bigger would happen around Week 4.  But don't you get tired of being Chicken Little?  You're taking a HUGE leap from 4 players on a team to multiple teams missing a month of games.  
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ghostguy123 said:
If a team wins their 1st game and then ties the next 15 games, do they make the playoffs?  Do they get a bye?

Serious question.
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facook, welcome to "Ignore".

 
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports the "most likely scenario" for making up this week's canceled Titans/Steelers game is moving it to Week 7, the Titans' current bye week, and then shifting Pittsburgh's Week 7 Ravens contest to Week 8

ETA:   Pitt and Balt currently have Week 8 bye

 
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kevzilla said:
If there are no more positives tomorrow morning, they'll play. Whether that's a good idea is another question.
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After seeing Titans players and staff continue to test positive after previously testing negative I’m not so sure. Also, if you’re KC, why would you even agree to play the game at this point?

 
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If they did have a stooopid Thursday night game they could cancel the whole week and put it into week 18. I would imagine NFL will do everything they can so play Superbowl on time, but looking more and more like we are looking at less than 16 games.  or cancel the week and give denver and jets an extra bye

 
CR69 said:
After seeing Titans players and staff continue to test positive after previously testing negative I’m not so sure. Also, if you’re KC, why would you even agree to play the game at this point?
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cause players like getting paid :shrug:   but I am not sure KC has a say in it. 

 
CR69 said:
After seeing Titans players and staff continue to test positive after previously testing negative I’m not so sure. Also, if you’re KC, why would you even agree to play the game at this point?
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I hear you. But The Shield is prepared to plow through (almost) anything. If it's just Cam, game on. I think.  :oldunsure:

 
They should just reschedule rather than take a chance.    Throw in a  couple additional bye weeks after week 11 where they have the makeup games.  Might not line up perfectly, but should be pretty close.   

 
CR69 said:
Yeah that’s not happening
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I have my doubts as well, the question is will we know before tomorrow's games kickoff?

Im treating players in this game like they are very questionable to play and may have to start someone to cover that base on Sunday. This is terrible for people that have starting players like Mahomes, Hill, Helaire, Kelce, Edelman

 
Dwayne Hoover said:
I have my doubts as well, the question is will we know before tomorrow's games kickoff?

Im treating players in this game like they are very questionable to play and may have to start someone to cover that base on Sunday. This is terrible for people that have starting players like Mahomes, Hill, Helaire, Kelce, Edelman
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I’ve replaced every Chiefs and Patriots player in my lineups. This sucks. 

 
Takes the game off the board for the Circa Millions, for me. If it's played on Tuesday, everyone who took either side will get a push.

 
kevzilla said:
I hear you. But The Shield is prepared to plow through (almost) anything. If it's just Cam, game on. I think.  :oldunsure:
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Plowing through means multiple missed games starting next week.

Missing this week means the ability to play next week minus the Covid guys.  

The dominoes have begun to fall, the question is will the NFL continuously postpone/cancel one game at a time, or will they "plow through" and risk an entire month for the entire league.  And then do it all over again.

There is no way every team plays 16 games.  Zero chance.  This has all just started.  It's not like they will get this out of the way and move on like nothing happened.

 
Just cancel the entire week for all teams. 

Add a week 18.

Keep doing that.  Heck maybe we end up with 26 weeks and an April super bowl.  

 
ghostguy123 said:
Just cancel the entire week for all teams. 

Add a week 18.

Keep doing that.  Heck maybe we end up with 26 weeks and an April super bowl.  
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Pretty much.  No reason to be married to the current super bowl date.  Push it out as much as needed to allow for makeups.    

 
Dr. Octopus said:
You act like you know everything that has been and has not been happening behind the scenes. I'm not sure that everything the league has been doing is publicized. 
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Ok. So it's been about 5-6 weeks since you're post. 

Are the owners and league JUST ABOUT to unleash their super secret plan to fight the Covid realities, or has goodell seen his shadow and we should wait another 6 weeks?

 
Ignoratio Elenchi said:
I know, that's why I'm wondering what the NFL will do if the virus sweeps through a team and half a roster tests positive on a Friday afternoon.  In MLB there's already a precedent for postponing games (albeit not for this reason), surely the NFL is coming up with some kind of plan to deal with this since it's not as simple to just reschedule.  
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Don't blame Shirley.

"The NFL owners are a bunch of rich guys which means they are a bunch of smart guys and they won't just blindly lead the league down a path that is unlikely to end well after all. How much do YOU make? How much do THEY make? Right, stop asking questions."

 
Capella said:
Baseball was a mess to start but they just did 12,301 tests this past week and only 2 players were positive. I think football would take that, and honestly the Marlins and Cardinals disaster were the best things to happen to both sports. 
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If that's the case then the past week in the NFL might be the best thing to happen to sports in the entire western hemisphere. 

 
Getzlaf15 said:
MLB will make up every game if needed. So will the NFL.   MLB found a way.  NFL will find a way if needed.   It's really not that complicated.   I'm sure they have a plan for it all and I don't need to know what it is.  The NFL has dealt with missed games and weeks before.

At this point, they are doing way better than anyone expected.   Just 19 guys on Covid IR. Only a few new cases recently.    Number will keep going down.  
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How much further down do you think they will go?

 
BoltBacker said:
Ok. So it's been about 5-6 weeks since you're post. 

Are the owners and league JUST ABOUT to unleash their super secret plan to fight the Covid realities, or has goodell seen his shadow and we should wait another 6 weeks?
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Is this what Joe means by a victory lap? Congrats.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
Is this what Joe means by a victory lap? Congrats.
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I have no idea what he mean, you would have to ask him. 

I was simply asking YOU a direct question. How long until we find out the plan the NFL owners came up with. Another week? Two? Or are they simply not ready to make it "public" yet?

As has been posted in this thread before...... nobody was asking for a plan to cover "EVERY CONTINGENCY" but ignoring there was no clear plan even for the most likely contingency seemed unwise from the outset. 

It's not a "victory" that the NFL has bungled this thing so badly. We wanted a better plan put in place so we could have had a more meaningful season. And we were told by some, "YOU don't know what their unannounced plans are!". Well, do we know yet? Or are we still waiting? You tell me. 

 
facook said:
If you don't have me on ignore, I just want to apologize.  At this point it certainly appears you were more right than I was.  Bums me out, but here we are.
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The sad part is if some people would have taken this more seriously in the first place we wouldn't be here. It more than just bums me out. It kind of makes me angry.

 
BoltBacker said:
The sad part is if some people would have taken this more seriously in the first place we wouldn't be here. It more than just bums me out. It kind of makes me angry.
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I thought the NFL (including individual players/staff) would do everything possible to make their money.  Bummed to be wrong.

 
Doug B said:
Money or no money ... the NFL can't have a season without publicly letting COVID-19 burn through some portion of their rosters and some portion of other connected people (families, coaches, trainers, team staff, etc.). How does the league navigate the "You all are purposefully letting this happen to make a buck" PR hit?

I mean ... I know on the back side of this thing, viewers will come right back to the NFL. But in the immediate term -- don't the powers-that-be have a major image problem as they knowingly accept so much risk for so many people? Yes, yes ... I realize that fans accept concussions, severe musculoskeletal injuries, etc. In the current zeitgeist, however, COVID complications don't seem to fit into the same mental bucket as "ordinary" on-field risks.

I guess let's see if MLB starts having any blowback after half the Marlins team has come down with COVID-19.
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@BoltBacker , I was curious about why you commented on this old post earlier this evening. I think I understand.

 
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