IgotBILLStopay Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 This tells you the Bills are not comfortable playing the Titans anytime soon. That means Bills preferred options are: a. Titans Forfeit b. Extend season and play them many weeks hence 1 1
Franco_92 Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) Allen hasn't been wearing visors for games. Is he slowly trying to work one in for eventual full time use? Edited October 7, 2020 by arcane
stevewin Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 IIRC during workouts before TC, all the players were wearing face coverings during drills - wonder if that might start being a thing even during games
Nextmanup Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 So now the Titans can't open up practice to, at best, Saturday, the day before the game. Would the NFL actually make them play a game 24 hours later, assuming they can open on Saturday!? Not sure how this game can be played on Sunday. Could it be flexed to Monday? And still allow the Bills to play on Thursday night against the Chiefs on 1 day prep time after a day of rest?
BuffaloBob Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, SWATeam said: Looks like the mans chest was removed! And that his appetite definitively was NOT. Edited October 7, 2020 by BuffaloBob
ColoradoBills Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Locomark said: I keep my same stance, I don’t want to play the covid Titans this week. Let them play the game week 18. I don’t want to jeopardize our healthy team with team covid. The league needs to build a buffer week now based on the slow but sure increase in covid cases. 28 minutes ago, Mango said: That is fine, and definitely the right move in managing the team. I was more speaking from a league/scheduling perspective. Are the Bills comfortable going into TEN given their last week or two and positive tests? If they are not, postpone the game to week 18 if you can make it work. If not it doesn't get played. The one thing about a Week 18 make up game that had me upset was the Titans would not be penalized at all and it's actually an advantage. I now think IF the game is moved to a later date they should not have the 12 players with Covid eligible to play the makeup! 2
Mango Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 1 minute ago, ColoradoBills said: The one thing about a Week 18 make up game that had me upset was the Titans would not be penalized at all and it's actually an advantage. I now think IF the game is moved to a later date they should not have the 12 players with Covid eligible to play the makeup! I actually think it should be listed as optional. If it does not have any major playoff implications or draft seeding, I do not think it should be played. 1
Nextmanup Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: The one thing about a Week 18 make up game that had me upset was the Titans would not be penalized at all and it's actually an advantage. I now think IF the game is moved to a later date they should not have the 12 players with Covid eligible to play the makeup! I don't see the point in adding a punitive component to the re-schedule, as long as Tennessee seems to have followed the covid guidelines correctly.
MJS Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: The one thing about a Week 18 make up game that had me upset was the Titans would not be penalized at all and it's actually an advantage. I now think IF the game is moved to a later date they should not have the 12 players with Covid eligible to play the makeup! They'll likely get fined or have draft picks taken away or something. I personally want the Bills to play every team at full strength. It's far more interesting that way.
buffalo2218 Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 Quite honestly, if the Titans blatantly violated protocol, I wouldn't be surprised if they had to forfeit multiple games, not just against the Bills. And for the record, I myself would want to see this game played out, Allen would obliterate that defense. 2
SCBills Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: So now the Titans can't open up practice to, at best, Saturday, the day before the game. Would the NFL actually make them play a game 24 hours later, assuming they can open on Saturday!? Not sure how this game can be played on Sunday. Could it be flexed to Monday? And still allow the Bills to play on Thursday night against the Chiefs on 1 day prep time after a day of rest? Seems they would.. League has come out and said the game is still on, as scheduled.
ExWNYer Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: So now the Titans can't open up practice to, at best, Saturday, the day before the game. Would the NFL actually make them play a game 24 hours later, assuming they can open on Saturday!? Not sure how this game can be played on Sunday. Could it be flexed to Monday? And still allow the Bills to play on Thursday night against the Chiefs on 1 day prep time after a day of rest? Good question but I'm sure Tennessee would prefer that to the league forcing them to forfeit.
buffalo2218 Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 Just now, ExWNYer said: Good question but I'm sure Tennessee would prefer that to the league forcing them to forfeit. I'm not so sure they would tbh. No prep of any kind would probably lead to some pretty serious injuries, and they'd already be trotting out a decimated defense
Nextmanup Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, ExWNYer said: Good question but I'm sure Tennessee would prefer that to the league forcing them to forfeit. It seems to me there is a safety argument to be made (by Tennessee) regarding playing a game with 1 day prep after many days of inactivity. I would think the NFLPA would say something. Maybe not.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 37 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Uh-Oh 2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: It seems to me there is a safety argument to be made (by Tennessee) regarding playing a game with 1 day prep after many days of inactivity. I would think the NFLPA would say something. Maybe not. I guess in the other thread about Tenn. tests, someone provided the info that the NFL/NFLPA CBA specifies there must be at least 2 days of practice before a game. It's unclear to me whether the day before the game can be counted as a practice, and whether they specify a rest day or two after a game. If anyone knows, please give
Figster Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 Just now, ExWNYer said: Good question but I'm sure Tennessee would prefer that to the league forcing them to forfeit. The whole league needs a break in the action and the season extended on the calendar before we start forcing teams to forfeit games IMO. Some teams by way of location are facing different obstacles and circumstances IMO. A one or two week break every 4 games (quarter) I think it gives us a better chance of finishing the season with good results IMO
Nextmanup Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Uh-Oh I guess in the other thread about Tenn. tests, someone provided the info that the NFL/NFLPA CBA specifies there must be at least 2 days of practice before a game. It's unclear to me whether the day before the game can be counted as a practice, and whether they specify a rest day or two after a game. If anyone knows, please give That makes sense to me; but if that's correct, we should already know the game cannot be played Sunday, but no one seems to be publishing that. Maybe moved to Monday? Would the Bills rest day (on Tuesday) count as a "practice day" (1 of 2 min. required) leading up to Thursday night and the Chiefs?
Joe Ferguson Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 This actually benefits the Bills. No game this Sunday means extra time to heal and rest players. And prepare the big match-up against the Chiefs. And looks like Mahomes might get the Covid by Gilmore. This will also help the Bills.😁
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