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Brown always sounds miserable to me when he's on

From today's press conference in Buffalo... Gov. encourages professional teams in NY to reopen and prepare to play games, but without fans. Considering the situation, this is good news I think! Obviously we would want everything normal, but games at least going on is a win.

Green Bay has truly wasted Rogers career for the most part. Could have won multiple Super Bowls.

Players are going to be aware of the enormous audience watching on TV, so they will put on a show as much as ever! Plus, guys get crazy competitive playing 2 on 2 basketball in the off season at 10 am on a Tuesday morning in March when nobody even knows the game is going on. I don't think that will be any kind of issue.

They had an iconic NFL logo and ruined it... Nike must be salivating at the thought of turning Green Bay, Pittsburgh, KC, and Chicago uniforms into monstrosities!

If they had a drive in option at home stadiums they could put giant video boards in the stadium to show the crows inside and pump in the noise as well. It could be a cool thing to add to the TV broadcasts as well. That way there is a reaction when there is a big play or a score. I might actually be more inclined to sit in my truck just for the experience of what something like that would be like. I think people would do it as a way to support their teams! Another idea: let fans buy a "virtual ticket" You get some sort of unique team gear AND have a way to send a live feed of yourself celebrating from the living room of your house. These could be broadcast in the stadium in a collage format (like a gigantic Zoom meeting). A little bit like the fans behind Goddell during the draft, but better and bigger. People could get really into it, dressing up, doing creative things, knowing they would be shown on TV when the Bills score or make a big play. There are ways to play the games without fans in the stadium that could still involve the fans and add some life to the stadium experience! I think if it is done well it could come across really well on the TV product, as well. Maybe the only game with fans actually in attendance all year is the Super Bowl. Imagine the emotion of that production in that case, especially when America's Team (the Bills!) win it all for the first time!

Why don't NFL teams just do this in the parking lots of home stadiums and charge a small entry fee? They could even sell concessions and have carhops deliver them to vehicles. People could order and pay using an app. When the home team scores everyone could honk horns and yell out the windows to celebrate. I'm sure people would be creative. Everyone stays in their vehicles, so it's socially distanced. Even better, sell "drive in tickets" and "stadium tickets." Stadium tickets normal price, parking lot tickets vastly reduced price. Stadium can have 20% of capacity spread out. Plus the parking lot tickets of say 5,000 or so cars (each with multiple people probably) and you're already in the neighborhood of a crowd for a Chargers game anyway!

Whatever causes the most misery for Patriots fans I root for! Also, I'm fascinated to see how the Bucs look.... I also don't feel very negative about Brady anymore... I won't root for him, but to me he's a guy like Brees who I could take or leave... I don't have any emotional investment in the Saints winning or losing, although I enjoy watching them play. As soon as the uniform of the evil empire came off his back Brady just became an interesting story to me. If he and Gronk do well while NE struggles, all the better!

everyone wants to watch Belichick squirm under the bright lights

so we can all enjoy watching them get demolished!

teams travel in a bubble... I doubt chartered planes, chartered buses, and secure meeting rooms in hotels pose much, if any, risk to the players. The big change is that nobody will be allowed to leave the hotel when on the road, IMO. They will probably not want players interacting with the public in different cities all around the country.

Can someone explain to me why starting with the NFC games in case the season is postponed makes any sense? Is it just in case (for example) they can't play until November, so they need to cut 4 games at that point? Because to me planning for an October start makes the most sense.

Exactly! I think most NFL fans would GLADLY wait until early to mid October for football if it meant a full season with at least some fans. That extra month of delay could make a ton of difference, given that there are multiple trials of half a dozen different vaccines going on all around the world right now, not to mention dozens of studies on effective treatments. In this environment, where all of the world's greatest medical and scientific minds are focused on solving one problem, things are moving at light speed. A month is an eternity.

Why not just plan for an October start and play the super bowl at the end of February? That way you can play a whole season and hopefully with more fans

Multimillionaires on their 50 acre estates who spend their days riding around on their side by sides that cost more than most people's cars and lounging in their massive gardens can't understand why people who can't pay their bills and don't even have a porch for fresh air can't just stay in their apartments with the windows shut and watch TV for the next 6-12 months. What's the big deal? You're being asked to swim in your half acre pool, eat scallops and steak for dinner, and watch the sunset over the mountains on the upstairs deck before hitting the hot tub. You want to run your business? So selfish....

More likely stadiums limit to 25-30% capacity but with food and beverage sales where you order on an app and it's brought to you to keep people from gathering in concourses

I'm sure some fans will be allowed but maybe 30% capacity NY Pause will be allowed to expire May 15 according to the governor yesterday. Then it's up to regions, and it's totally predictable how that will go. As soon as local politicans who live in these communities are in charge the criteria will be met to open. Numbers can be massaged as needed. Football season is 4 months away.

To me, they wanted to really emphasize the overcoming tough circumstances" angle in light of what the world is currently going through. I get it, but it did get a bit much at times

Feels like extra time in soccer

How many picks in round 3?

I read it differently... To me it's a bit naive and somewhat narcissistic... That seems like a strong word, perhaps, but I think it comes from being celebrated and idolized by everyone in WNY to the point where maybe they bought into their own hype and started to believe that everyone is personally invested in the details of their lives. So many top executives are terrible at communication... that's why they need to hire people and let them handle all this stuff and write checks when needed and collect the accolades and money afterward.

People say they want transparency and information....

Doom and gloom sells.... Maybe a bunch of San Antonio billionaires with a dream of bringing the NFL to San Antonio will buy the Bills for the guys from Whitesnake to run and they'll move in to a beach house in Dunkirk and devote their lives to keeping the Bills in WNY Makes sense to me

She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar.... That much is true But even then she knew she'd find a much better place... Sorry... Reading all the doom and gloom took me to 80s rock song land...

I had a long post written up, but it boils down to this: LOTS of very wealthy, very powerful people want the Pegulas to fail. Simply put, they screwed up the NFL's dream to go international in Toronto. It doesn't matter if it was a good idea. the NFL destroyed the Chargers brand and turned them into a semi-pro team with 30,000 fans at games because the NEEDED 2 teams in LA at once when there had been none for years. If it weren't for the Pegulas the Bills would be in Toronto right now. If you want to believe that the Toronto businessmen whose stated dream was to bring an NFL team to Toronto were going to buy Bon Jovi the Bills and he was going to move to Tonawanda and buy a canal boat and devote his life to running the Bills in Buffalo then I don't know what to tell you.... But he said it on Howard Stern! LOL