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Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Please stop old friend, you are way off here. I don't have to explain myself but many others were just finding out about Atlanta in here over the last hour, and you didn't go for any of those people. You are coming across very tribal over New England, again please let's not go there.Oh my bad... I must have missed your outrage when this exact same thing happened last week to a non patriot.
Please feel free to share the link to that week's moral compass post.
Let's not add gaslighting to your list of offenses here.
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I am guessing they are waiting to see if others test positive, if Cam is asymptotic, etc. They took that approach with TEN and PIT game at first.
Fingers crossed for no more positives. But even if that's the case its terrible optics to play IMO.
In the interest of full disclosure I'm a Patriots homer and really don't want to see Hoyer/Stidham take on the Chiefs. So feel free to take my opinion with a grain of salt.
In the interest of full disclosure I'm a Patriots homer and really don't want to see Hoyer/Stidham take on the Chiefs. So feel free to take my opinion with a grain of salt.
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Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Potential player impact
Mahomes, Hill, CEH, Kelce...
Cam, Burkehead, Harry, others from NE.
Mahomes, Hill, CEH, Kelce...
Cam, Burkehead, Harry, others from NE.
The NFL is trying not to panic. But unless player and staff behavior are better monitored and restricted, this is just the beginning.
Mr. Irrelevant
IBL Representative
“Don’t panic. But if you’re going to panic ... panic first.”
The NFL could very well have to choose between losing (or even just postponing) a week now and the entire rest of the season in a couple of weeks. The former seems the obvious choice, which is why I’m confident they’ll choose the latter.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
dude, stop, many of us agree with his take. this isn't about how he does or doesn't feel about the patriots.Oh my bad... I must have missed your outrage when this exact same thing happened last week to a non patriot.
Please feel free to share the link to that week's moral compass post.
Let's not add gaslighting to your list of offenses here.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
They could just pause the schedule and pick it up in two weeks. I just don’t see how they finish the season without some changes. What they are doing obviously isn’t working.
If they didn’t have such a superior product to other sports the ineptitude of the collective group of owners would be in the forefront every year.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
Some good news, I guess, that Minnesota is still in the clear. https://www.dailynorseman.com/2020/10/3/21500062/still-no-positive-covid-19-tests-minnesota-vikings-tennessee-titans-outbreak-gets-worse
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I'm working with the Commish in my league to open up the rosters big time heading into the weekend. Allow teams to taxi on whatever they need to field a starting roster, there's lots of warm bodies on the waiver wire but "warm" is a loose term here.
Taxi them on Tonight/Tomorrow Morning, put them back on the waiver wire in time for Wed Night...just not sure what else to do.
It's a logistics nightmare as a Commish having to manually do all this stuff, but it is what it is right now.
Would love to hear what others are planning on doing or have in place already.
Taxi them on Tonight/Tomorrow Morning, put them back on the waiver wire in time for Wed Night...just not sure what else to do.
It's a logistics nightmare as a Commish having to manually do all this stuff, but it is what it is right now.
Would love to hear what others are planning on doing or have in place already.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Ugh. Just had to do another contingency topic for player subs for KC/NEP.
Hopefully the game will indeed be moved to MNF, but I’m suspecting other Pats will test positive.
Hopefully the game will indeed be moved to MNF, but I’m suspecting other Pats will test positive.
VikingFrog
Footballguy
That’s because our defenders never got within 6 feet of their wide receivers the whole game.
Agree, and kind of what I meant. Only hitch is they played a game this week already and would affect fantasy, which is a big money component now in football. Suppose they could just have the Jets and Broncos off the week they pick back up.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
That’s the only way the season works though. Separated infected players and carry on. We knew this from the beginning- it wasn’t possible no one would get sick.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
I get why the league/owners want to play. At what point do the players demand their safety be taken into account?
Doug B
Footballguy
NotSmart
Footballguy
I think due to the already dangerous nature of their sport and their relatively short careers, football players are probably more likely than other sports players to want to continue to play.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
I think you're right, but there is some threshold after which that all falls apart and the system can't hold. I'm not sure where it is, and I don't know that anybody does, but to go forward with the season they need to demonstrate they are on the manageable side of that line. So far that seems dubious. I do think you're right though, I just hope teams are able to keep it within whatever that level of tolerance is. The greyness doesn't help.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
Yes, this week. At least MFL already said as much. I'd assume other platforms follow. May have to make an adjustment on those sites to when they post final results, but that should be relatively easy to fix.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
Link that lists the KC player that also tested positive
https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-chiefs-game-postponed-after-multiple-positive-covid-19-tests
https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-chiefs-game-postponed-after-multiple-positive-covid-19-tests
That's what I think too. Which makes so surprising that players like Damien Williams and Allen Hurns opted out. They will get their roster bonus, but only $150,000 as a salary stipend.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
I immediately turned on continuous waivers and expanded rosters by a spot tomorrow. This should alleviate some roster pinch’s. Also will be reverting back on Tuesday.
Dwayne Hoover
Footballguy
Not doing anything yet. Right now, we only have one game of juggling bye weeks. Is it fair for a GM to have players that never have a bye week?
Its a difficult situation for sure but I don't know that throwing all the normal rules out the window yet, is where I want to go.
Doug B
Footballguy
Just wanted to post that the red is a good, fresh take that I had not seen before. Makes a ton of sense.
The Frankman
Footballguy
Going into tomorrow the PoC test results for Sunday will be huge. If there are no positive tests tomorrow we'll see the game probably kicked to Monday Night. If we get another positive or group of them I don't see how those teams play next week.
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Doug B
Footballguy
Any of the high-school football systems where you all live have jamborees? That's where three teams show up to a stadium and play a quarter or a half of football against each of the other two opponents. Tickets are sold and parents, fans, bands, dance teams, etc. attend/perform.
For HS teams locally, jamborees are used as kind of a pre-season tune-up -- an intermediate step between scrimmages (no tickets sold, few or no parents/fans in the stands) and a full-fledged regular season game. Well, the NFL might have to consider something crazy like a jamboree format to get in "double-headers" if necessary.
Or else unbalanced schedules, which is probably on the table even if not addressed publicly by the league.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
I’ve been concerned about that since day 1.
At one point do the players, especially veterans decide to go all Eric Cartman en masse, “screw this, I’m going home.”
that’s a legitimate concern at this point I fear.
This is starting to feel like an O'Henry story.
The player on the Chiefs might have taken his scout team duties way to far this week. LOL.
I know this is not a joking matter but the only player to test positive so far on NE is Cam and the only player to test negative so far on the Chiefs is the practice squad QB who played the Cam role all week.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
They will for the Pats and Chiefs because they’ll need to have negative tests for all the players for 2 days before they consider playing (my guess).
Dwayne Hoover
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
Yep.
The league year runs through the first week of March. Would it really be disastrous to be flexible, shuffle things around, and end up with a late February or early March Super Bowl?
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
The Frankman
Footballguy
Off Topic:I have (gulp) Danny Dimes.
lort amighty I hope that game is played on TuNF.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T GO TO DANIEL JONES; THIS IS COMING FROM A GIANTS FAN!!!
Probably not. Maybe some teams they need change venues. A mid January game in Green Bay, for example, could be too cold. But hopefully they can schedule around it or play at an indoor stadium somewhere if they had too. I like your idea, just delay and play it safe. I assume players would be ok with that. ?
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Superflex dynasty league.
Bonus: I just traded Mullins to a team out of the kindness of my heart as he had Tannehill. :(
Man In The Box
Footballguy
We’re probably going to see a lot of fantasy teams swapping backup QBs in trades with the shuffling of byes that will be happening. I’d try to trade for Fitzpatrick this week if you need a one week fill in. Great matchup and shouldn’t cost too much (may be able to swap for Jones).I have (gulp) Danny Dimes.
lort amighty I hope that game is played on TuNF.
Doug B
Footballguy
A Monday or Tuesday start didn't come off with the Steelers-Titans ... so my working assumption is that Patriots-Chiefs is scratched as well. All Chiefs are out of my lineups as of now. Will re-assess tomorrow within 30 minutes of the early games, but I doubt there's any certainty 23 hours from now re: a Monday or Tueday Pats-Chiefs game. Who's to say a Tuesday-night game doesn't get yanked last-minute?
