SirAndrew

Also concerning because we’re not at the point where the entire system is overwhelmed, and the numbers are already a bit ugly.

Yep, Social distancing is enacted to “flatten the curve” and avoid unnecessary deaths due to an overwhelmed health care system. The virus isn’t going anywhere until 60-80% of the population has immunity via infection or a vaccine that will take over a year. Our only hope is that it dissipates for the summer, or magically vanishes (unlikely, but possible). Yep, the swine flu numbers were way off, and I hope these will be as well. However, this is already far more real of a threat than swine flu ever was.

I’m not usually a big fan of rewatching non-Bills football, but this does feel great. I might tune in every Monday. I have yet to determine if I can stomach the Bills game though. Dick Jauron/Trent Edwards might be my least favorite coach/QB duo ever.

Yep, he has the potential to be a beast, but much work needs to be done to get there. It seems that Daboll wants the TE to be a big part of his offense, but you need a competent one to run such an offense. I hope that he improves this season, because another year like last will hold this team back.

I was ready to part with Tyrod because his inability to take chances was maddening. We all knew we were never going to be a Super Bowl team with him under center. That’s the ultimate goal, so why waste time on a guy who can’t get your there? With that said, he was clearly the best QB of the drought era imo. He was our only QB during that era who could make just enough plays to always give you a chance to win, yet also minimized mistakes. Look back at the other guys we had: Trent Edwards was a game manager who made way too many mistakes to excel in that role, while Fitz was gunslinger who will never be a playoff QB because he can’t minimize boneheaded throws. Tyrod gave us what we needed for a while.

Honestly, I don’t think Knox earned the right to be the starting TE this season, and I wish there was a better option. He has potential, but I’m not comfortable with him as the starter before he learns a little more. This quarantine madness has allowed me the opportunity to rewatch the 2019 season. Knox was very detrimental to this offense. Championship teams don’t have players who make the same blunders every game. Knox dropped critical passes on a regular basis, and we would have been a much better offense without that liability. I recognize the fact that he made a few big plays, but I’m not convinced they come close to making up for all the drops.

If there’s a season, I’m sure there will be International games. Heck, Goodell will probably want a game in Wuhan as a sign of goodwill.

Good thing Buddy Nix didn’t have to do this.

I can’t bring myself to rewatching it, but I agree with your assessment. It hurt, but we weren’t going to the Super Bowl. At the time some people thought we had a chance in a weak AFC, but KC got too hot for anyone to beat.

You nailed it. I think McD is a great coach, and this franchise is light years ahead of anywhere we’ve been since the Super Bowl years. However, some people get a little sensitive when his limitations are mentioned. I’ve made this point countless times. We could have the top ranked offense in the league, and we’d blow games by going into a shell too soon. The clock management/conservative play calling on the series before halftime of the playoff game was an all time blunder of being overly conservative. Some excuse McD for coaching that way because he has a young QB, but that excuse is starting to fade, at some point you need to trust your players. Nursing a lead doesn’t work in the NFL, and making decisions based on fear doesn’t work in any area of life. I hope McD changes that part of his philosophy soon. I’m tired of watching our offense sit on the ball whenever we have a lead before halftime. Leaving those potential points on the table is what separates champions from everyone else.

That is correct, but all the experts know is we need to flatten the curve not to overwhelm the healthcare system. That is a fact, and it would save countless lives. What they don’t know is how this will end.

Yep, no one really knows anything about how this will turn out. Sadly, that doesn’t everyone from running their month. People can’t live without answers, and the reality is answers don’t exist.

I hope it miraculously disappears altogether, and the Spanish flu was no joke, but going away for the summer is almost best case scenario at this point. At least we’d have a little time to prepare for the next round. Otherwise, we’re just stuck with it until a vaccine comes around, and that’s not nearly going to happen soon enough.

If this doesn’t go away by football season most of the country will have been infected anyway, so the season might as go on at that point. With the rate it’s spreading at this point, by summer that would be a significant portion of the population. There would be a “herd immunity” by that point imo. It’s a scary virus, so I’m not marginalizing the seriousness and damage it will cause, but it doesn’t look to be slowing much, so how will society be stopped months from now after almost everybody has had it ?

Now that’s a debate which has merit. If our lockdown continues, there will be a major economic depression that takes lives. The issue is the virus kills less than 1% with proper medical care. If everyone goes out again, the system becomes over loaded, and the death rate could rise up to 10% in a hurry.

I’m one of the biggest skeptics on earth, but the data shows it to be much more deadly than the flu. Argue against lock downs, quarantines, and the destruction of our economy. I’ll engage in that debate, as I believe it has some merit. To say that it’s not more deadly than the flu is absurd. We don’t quarantine and lockdown entire nations over the flu. That’s why more death from the flu. Have you not noticed the extreme measures being taken? They do have an impact.

China locked down Hubei in a way that would never work in America. They literally dragged screaming people out of their homes. Plus, do you actually trust China’s numbers? I’m not sure I believe it’s even over. Their lies started this mess. Additionally, if Texas did a good job of tracing and quarantine, that’s why only seven deaths. Pandemics work in clusters, NYC is the main cluster right now. These same clusters existed with every pandemic. We read history textbooks about things like the Spanish Flu, and think all of America was under siege. Someone in Philly had a much different experience from a farmer in Iowa, because they weren’t in the cluster. Therefore, Texas could survive an entire pandemic with less than one hundred deaths, while New York could lose hundreds of thousands.

You make a great point about defining “cases”, and you are 100% percent correct. If we are saying Covid 19 mortality rate is anywhere between 1-5%, it’s probably much lower in comparison to actual cases. However, if we are saying that the mortally rate for seasonal flu is 0.02%, that is probably actually lower as well. How many people with the flu aren’t defined as “cases”? The last time I had the flu I didn’t go to the doctor, so I wouldn’t be a case. Using that metric, Covid 19 is still worse than the flu. I do agree the rate of fatalities is probably much lower than what we think. It’s certainly not a death sentence. Things are a bit hysterical right now because Italy has a terrible mortality rate. Germany’s is less than 1%.

Exactly, my greatest hope is that it doesn’t infect as many as those predictions indicate. With a novel strain its impossible to guess how it will behave. There are a lot of worst case scenarios being thrown around, since it’s better to be over prepared as opposed to being unprepared.

4,000 deaths out of 80,000 cases definitely makes it more deadly than the flu. Regardless of personal opinion on the hoopla, that’s a fact. You do bring up the most intriguing point though, we really don’t know how many people it will infect. China only had 80,000 cases which is much lower than seasonal flu. If we can keep it in the hundred thousands, the numbers won’t look terrible. If as many people get Covid 19 as the seasonal flu, the deaths will be awful. Let’s hope the numbers level off, and fewer people continue to get infected. That’s the real question that has yet to be answered. We already know the fatality rate is greater than the flu.

This^ Last season made it clear that Foster doesn’t bring anything to the table.

Yep, people need to provide for their kids and feed themselves. If you are unable to do so, you get to the point where that is just as dangerous as the virus itself. Naturally, none of the people promoting prolonged lockdowns have any answers how we are supposed to deal with that. I understand the validity of the lockdowns, but someone needs better answers as to how this supposed to work over a long period of time.

Ultimately, we are in trouble if Josh goes down. This is the case with most teams, but you need a guy who can at go at least .500 in limited playing time. I don’t have faith that Barkley could go 2-2 if he were called on to play four games. Barkley lacks the physical ability needed to be a competent backup. He has zero arm strength, he’s unable to push the ball downfield or make basic throws outside the numbers, has no pocket awareness, and poor ball security. You need a backup who can manage the game without losing it. Barkley’s physical limitations will cause you to lose games.

This Brady/Brown bromance is one of the grossest things going on the NFL for the past 6 months.

I’m pretty sure the “process” just involves just the team itself. In fact, closing themselves off from outside noise is part of the process. McDermott isn’t an idiot, he knows he can’t control fan opinion.