Titans player test positive today 10/7

[HappyDays]

I think to make things fair the league should give Tennessee a loss but shouldn't gift us a win. The game just won't count for us. People are already talking about the NFL using win percentage for playoff seeding instead of win total because it is likely other games will need to be cancelled. So hurt the Titans for screwing up but don't give us a free win. I think that would be a fair outcome for the league.

[DrDawkinstein]

3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

I think to make things fair the league should give Tennessee a loss but shouldn't gift us a win. The game just won't count for us. People are already talking about the NFL using win percentage for playoff seeding instead of win total because it is likely other games will need to be cancelled. So hurt the Titans for screwing up but don't give us a free win. I think that would be a fair outcome for the league.

 

Sal just made a great point about this year and EVERYONE having to suspend this notion of "fair".

 

With the pandemic situation in general, in order to get this season done, we're all going to have to swallow some less-than-fair things. Just the way it is.

 

With that said, I'll take that win.

[Doc]

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

I think to make things fair the league should give Tennessee a loss but shouldn't gift us a win. The game just won't count for us. People are already talking about the NFL using win percentage for playoff seeding instead of win total because it is likely other games will need to be cancelled. So hurt the Titans for screwing up but don't give us a free win. I think that would be a fair outcome for the league.

 

Might as well just go with winning percentage.  The Titans were favored so you could argue they're getting screwed-out of a win.

[Chandler#81]

PSA

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[Process]

Schefter just said on ESPN one of the players who tested positive today was Corey Davis. I don't see any way the game happens this week but if somehow it does the titans would potentially be down their top 3 WRs. 

 

Also it's probably safe to assume he was at the workout last week, and there is spread throughout that group. 

 

Morons. 

[wjag]

I think there are more pixs out there.

 

 

 

Edited October 7, 2020 by wjag
biwt

[NoSaint]

Honestly, I’m not big into punitive measures for positives but totally fine with very stiff penalties for disregarding the rules. Especially after the known breakout started 

 

a lone guy forgetting a mask is one thing. An organized activity during a quarantine window counts as a big deal to me. 

Edited October 7, 2020 by NoSaint

[Hapless Bills Fan]

2 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

That's it. NFL needs to impose a forfeit.... and let us pick any player from the Titans. 

 

Welcome to Buffalo Derrick Henry!

 

I like the way you think!

[SoTier]

If a team can't play because of Covid-19, just not count it for both teams.   It would essentially be like a tie.   I don't think it's fair to penalize 1 team with a loss and gift  the other with a win. 

 

Example:

    9 wins 16 games   .5625

    9 wins 15 games   .6000

  10 wins 16 games   .625

  10 wins 15 games   .667

 

 

 

[Nester]

3 minutes ago, wjag said:

Second picture is up.

 

9 guys who should be on the commissioner’s exempt list.

[JoPoy88]

5 minutes ago, SoTier said:

If a team can't play because of Covid-19, just not count it for both teams.   It would essentially be like a tie.   I don't think it's fair to penalize 1 team with a loss and gift  the other with a win. 

 

Example:

    9 wins 16 games   .5625

    9 wins 15 games   .6000

  10 wins 16 games   .625

  10 wins 15 games   .667

 

 

 

Lol one team (or a significant number of members of it) broke a clear order from the league and the other didn’t and “it’s not fair” to punish the one who broke the rule? Okay buddy

[1ManRaid]

2 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

That's it. NFL needs to impose a forfeit.... and let us pick any player from the Titans. 

 

Welcome to Buffalo Derrick Henry!

Maybe Tannehill so backup QB won't be our much maligned "Achilles heel".

 

Actually Tannehill was one of the idiots defending their secret unauthorized practices, doesn't exactly scream process.

[ColoradoBills]

6 minutes ago, SoTier said:

If a team can't play because of Covid-19, just not count it for both teams.   It would essentially be like a tie.   I don't think it's fair to penalize 1 team with a loss and gift  the other with a win. 

 

Example:

    9 wins 16 games   .5625

    9 wins 15 games   .6000

  10 wins 16 games   .625

  10 wins 15 games   .667

 

 

 

 

I believe this scenario is the absolute last thing to consider.  If a team loses a division or playoff spot because they didn't have an opportunity

to play it will be chaos.  

[DasNootz]

4 minutes ago, SoTier said:

If a team can't play because of Covid-19, just not count it for both teams.   It would essentially be like a tie.   I don't think it's fair to penalize 1 team with a loss and gift  the other with a win. 

 

Example:

    9 wins 16 games   .5625

    9 wins 15 games   .6000

  10 wins 16 games   .625

  10 wins 15 games   .667

 

 

 

That's fine when you play 60 games or more, but when you only play 16 games one lost opportunity for a win/loss has major ramifications on playoff seeding, draft order, etc.

 

[DrDawkinstein]

I dont understand why people are worried about "being fair" to the rest of the league when the NFL Offices have spent almost 3 decades blatantly crapping all over the Bills, and using them as the punching bag every chance it could get.

 

Screw every other team in the league.

 

Titans screwed up, and it just so happens they did so right before they were supposed to play us. If the Bills and Steelers get an extra perk out of it, blame the Titans if you think it is unfair. If it were the Steelers and Chiefs getting the perk and we didnt like it, again, blame the Titans.

[HappyDays]

36 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Sal just made a great point about this year and EVERYONE having to suspend this notion of "fair".

 

Yeah but the Bills getting a win when the Steelers don't doesn't make any sense to me. I think it's fair to punish the Titans without rewarding the Bills. It's very unlikely 16 regular season games will be played by every team so they might as well switch to win percentage instead.

[Mr. K]

6 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Bubbling is absolutely the best and only real solution for having a successful season.

 

However, that is much easier for the NBA and NHL, when both only needed a couple months in order to finish a compressed season.

 

The NFL would have had to bubble for Camp + the whole season + playoffs. That is a 6 month bubble for lots of folk. That is very tough to pull off. Not only keeping people following protocol that long, but forcing so many people to be away from their families that long. It isnt just million dollar players, but lots of under paid staff too.

 

Aaron Rodgers was just on Pat McAfee yesterday saying he didnt even want to bubble for the playoffs. We would have seen a TON more players opt out.

 

I'm all for the bubble, dont get me wrong. Just saying it would have been a much tougher task for the NFL.

You are right. Just the rosters alone at 53+ people added with the coaching staff, trainers, and everyone else involved youre talking about 100+ for 32 teams. Its a lot of people and would be hard to pull off but something tells me Texas could manage to Bio Dome these guys like Pauley Shore and Stephen Baldwin.

[TheFunPolice]

One team (which seemingly broke several protocols) is the major issue here. Hopefully this serves as a wake up call to the rest of the league not to get complacent. 

 

It is 100% fair to punish that team with a forfeit. It's one thing to fall victim to something you couldn't control. It's another to apparently engage in reckless conduct that puts the Bills Super Bowl run... I mean the NFL season... in jeopardy. 

 

There are 31 other teams with only a couple of minor issues. The Titans are the poster child for what can go wrong when you don't follow the rules, and if it results in losses due to forfeits then so be it. 

 

 

 

 

 

[DrDawkinstein]

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Yeah but the Bills getting a win when the Steelers don't doesn't make any sense to me. I think it's fair to punish the Titans without rewarding the Bills. It's very unlikely 16 regular season games will be played by every team so they might as well switch to win percentage instead.

 

Im fine giving both the Bills and Steelers a win, and adding 2 losses for the Titans. They deserve it.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

29 minutes ago, Nester said:

9 guys who should be on the commissioner’s exempt list.

 

They look good in shorts?  I mean, I guess they could be identified from that picture by NASA satellite photography analysts or something.

They look good in shorts is what I get from them, and I'm the Board's Chief Stalker with the Bills "Suited up for Travel" threads.