Beast Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 The only way the season should be extended is if the league takes a break for one week, every four weeks of the season after the eight week mark, for either make up games or teams get to rest. To do it at the end of the season would be a competitive disadvantage for teams that have to wait it out for a Tennessee team to finish their schedule. No game action for three or four weeks (the top team in the conference) is too long without playing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 The problem I was thinking about by deferring a game to week 18: Say you’re the Chiefs and you have earned one of the two coveted bye weeks off, if you’re playing a rescheduled game, did you just lose the week off? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 6 hours ago, par73 said: Thursday is normally the last full regular practice day. You'd think everyone would need to know. Isn’t it Friday? 1 hour ago, Captain Caveman said: Let's say a team finishes 1st in the conference and earns the bye, and also ends up not needing any games rescheduled. Is it fair to have them wait a month (or more?) to play and get rusty? No, but I don’t think the nfl is going to hinge decisions on fairness this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: No, but I don’t think the nfl is going to hinge decisions on fairness this year. I'm not saying that is going to be the primary concern, but fairness also ties into optics which the league typically seems driven by. In any case, with winter and a second wave likely coming, adding extra weeks at the end of the season may not really be possible / practical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, Captain Caveman said: I'm not saying that is going to be the primary concern, but fairness also ties into optics which the league typically seems driven by. In any case, with winter and a second wave likely coming, adding extra weeks at the end of the season may not really be possible / practical. I don’t think it would be their first choice, but then again they do want “extra” games for money purposes so may not mind too much. I think they just want to get all the games in however they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbuff Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Do we really want a forfeit “W” in the win column for the Bills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: I don’t think it would be their first choice, but then again they do want “extra” games for money purposes so may not mind too much. I think they just want to get all the games in however they can. Yeah but if the outbreak gets worse over the winter (as has been predicted) it will be harder to keep teams outbreak free at that point (unless they are in a full bubble.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, njbuff said: Do we really want a forfeit “W” in the win column for the Bills? Nope. Logical reasoning would be to play the game Tuesday Night, if needed, and move KC to Sunday/Monday. I’d be pretty disappointed if the league forced the Titans to forfeit just because they don’t want to move Bills/Chiefs off Thursday Night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Bracing for the morning news avalanche... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasNootz Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 22 minutes ago, njbuff said: Do we really want a forfeit “W” in the win column for the Bills? If it means the rest of our season isn’t in jeopardy for actions we didn’t take.... yes I’ll take a forfeit “W”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNYfan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I am thinking about how to win a football game against a difficult opponent, on the road. Stop Henry, and attack through the air, it would seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I can't believe they still haven't made a decision. I get the sense the league is going to plow ahead and are crossing their fingers there's no more positive tests. Is that safe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterian Bills Fan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, CNYfan said: I am thinking about how to win a football game against a difficult opponent, on the road. Stop Henry, and attack through the air, it would seem. Considering how decimated the Titans WR group is right now the Bills can sell out against the run like they did in Vegas and make Tannehill try to keep up with the Bills offense in the air. With just how soft the interior O-Line is in Tennessee right now and how (historically) Tannehill deals poorly with pressure coupled with his longer release time sort of sets up a disaster for Tennessee if they are forced to play catch up most of the game. I'm not the strongest Xs and Os guy so someone jump in if I'm wrong here. 3 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I can't believe they still haven't made a decision. I get the sense the league is going to plow ahead and are crossing their fingers there's no more positive tests. Is that safe? I think we would have heard if there were more positives from Tennessee by now Edited October 8, 2020 by Rochesterian Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanSD Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 hour ago, njbuff said: Do we really want a forfeit “W” in the win column for the Bills? No. If possible, I'd much rather go ahead and play the game on Sunday or Monday against whatever team the Titans can put on the field. Or, if the league decides that it's not safe to go that route, just skip this game and go by win % for playoff purposes. I'd rather take a forfeit win than have to play another game in week 18 while everybody else has the week off though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, Rochesterian Bills Fan said: Considering how decimated the Titans WR group is right now the Bills can sell out against the run like they did in Vegas and make Tannehill try to keep up with the Bills offense in the air. With just how soft the interior O-Line is in Tennessee right now and how (historically) Tannehill deals poorly with pressure coupled with his longer release time sort of sets up a disaster for Tennessee if they are forced to play catch up most of the game. I'm not the strongest Xs and Os guy so someone jump in if I'm wrong here. I think we would have heard if there were more positives from Tennessee by now The test results are usually reported between about this time and 8:40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I think they are playing Sunday with whatever they got. Buffalo should dominate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SCBills Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I can't believe they still haven't made a decision. I get the sense the league is going to plow ahead and are crossing their fingers there's no more positive tests. Is that safe? If there’s no new positives today or tomorrow, the game is being played. That seems pretty apparent right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I can't believe they still haven't made a decision. I get the sense the league is going to plow ahead and are crossing their fingers there's no more positive tests. Is that safe? So, you are against the league taking their time to make a huge decision like this? What benefit will it have for anyone if they made it yesterday compared to say, today or tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I can't believe they still haven't made a decision. I get the sense the league is going to plow ahead and are crossing their fingers there's no more positive tests. Is that safe? Why wouldn’t it be safe? If we get clean tests from now to Sunday it’s a pretty good indicator that the outbreak is ramping down... to me at least, that seems safer than teams playing when they have just one positive test shortly before the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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