High ranking NFL official admits some teams may not play 16 games this year...

[dollars 2 donuts]

You know what...If Buffalo plays only the first Tuesday game in forever at 7 pm and then a Monday "afternoon" game at 5 pm and then some jack*** in the media afterwards says, "look, the Bills can't draw a "big" audience.", I am going to go to their house and start tapping them repeatedly on the head with a ball peen hammer because they are a moron, if I may paraphrase "Tommy Boy".

Edited October 12, 2020 by dollars 2 donuts

[Mark Vader]

51 minutes ago, bobobonators said:

Assuming there is a Super Bowl, how will history judge this year’s winner? Do you guys think the victory will be watered down? It’ll definitely have an asterisk next to it forever, but is any of the legitimacy diminished? 

There is no asterisk next to the Redskins Super Bowl Championship from the strike season, so there will be no asterisk from this season either.

[Big Turk]

19 minutes ago, DCofNC said:

If a team has to rely on beating the bottom feeders to get their win total up to the level they need to get into the playoffs, what are the chances they are actually competitive enough to win in the playoffs?  
 

Right now the AFC MIGHT have a few teams that will miss the playoffs, but would beat the NFC representatives.  That’s part of the deal though.  The Raiders/Chiefs, Colts/Titans, Bills/Pats, Steelers/Ravens/Browns all look like pretty legit teams.  Somebody is going to miss out; is there a chance of a good team not making it vs another good team getting in with less “credentials”? Yes, there always is.  With 14 teams going in, I don’t think the concern is all that real.  In the NFC, there’s really no reason to be concerned at all unless you are a 9ers fan and want to see them instead of anybody from the East and that’s a real possibility of a crap team knocking out a really good team that dealt with injuries. 

 

I mean I don't know...how is it wildcard teams win the Super Bowl then? You don't think some of those teams got in by beating bottom feeders? Or figured things out after starting the season poorly and got on a roll like the Titans did last year?  The chances are actually pretty high due to the much smaller sample size of games played.  NHL and NBA play 82 games, baseball 162, NFL 16.  Lot less room for error and a lot more sample size issues than the other leagues in terms of who does and doesn't make the playoffs, especially since teams don't play every other team like in the other leagues. Key injuries to players in the NFL that keep them out of 3 or 4 games hurt far more than other leagues.

 

Honestly the chances are actually pretty high.

Edited October 12, 2020 by matter2003

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 hour ago, bobobonators said:

 

I agree. All teams/players have had to deal with this pandemic.

 

I have a friend who is a Pats fan and he was already mentioning how this season is questionable and he brought up the fact the Pats lost bc they had to play without Cam Newton. This thought process is nauseating; however, it’s an unfortunate reality that many fans of teams will possibly not regard the winner of this season highly. 

 

The season is questionable because Dak Prescott got injured. [edit: SARCASM]  I mean, c'mon, I'm very sorry that Prescott got injured, but illness and injury take players out for a game or more every single season.  It's not as though the League suddenly and unilaterally imposed a new rule prohibiting an asymptomatic player infected with a contagious disease from playing in the middle of the season.  Newton knew the score.  He may have done everything right, but then again maybe he wasn't taking every precaution he could have and was dining out inside restaurants etc

Call the Wa'ambulance for that Pats fan.  Right now, the NFL is giving every appearance of bending over backwards to accommodate the Pats and reschedule everyone else so that their guy can get back for their next game while screwing over a host of other teams with sudden loss of bye week, multiple schedule changes, having to game plan for 2 different teams in one week, etc.

I will be the first to admit that appearances may be deceiving and the NFL may be doing exactly the right thing from an infection control POV, but their lack of transparency is leaving their actions open to interpretation.

[Big Turk]

Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

The season is questionable because Dak Prescott got injured.  I mean, c'mon, I'm very sorry that Prescott got injured, but illness and injury take players out for a game or more every single season.  It's not as though the League suddenly and unilaterally imposed a new rule prohibiting an asymptomatic player infected with a contagious disease from playing in the middle of the season.  Newton knew the score.  He may have done everything right, but then again maybe he wasn't taking every precaution. 

Call the Wa'ambulance for that Pats fan.  Right now, the NFL is giving every appearance of bowing over backwards to accommodate the Pats and reschedule so that their guy can get back for their next game while screwing over a host of other teams with loss of bye week, multiple schedule changes, having to game plan for 2 different teams in one week, etc.

I will be the first to admit that appearances may be deceiving and the NFL may be doing the right thing from an infection control POV, but their lack of transparency is leaving this open to interpretation.

 

It's not like they were winning anything with Prescott anyways...how long has he been there now?  

[NoSaint]

1 hour ago, matter2003 said:

It is in the middle of this timeline article...

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rescheduling-games-devastating-injuries-firing-123409860.html

 

I mean that kind of sucks if you have a team like the Jets on your schedule and you don't get to play them but you end up playing the Chiefs...under this scenario, how many teams will make/miss the playoffs because of random chance and dealing with schedule adjustments due to other teams out of their control?

same as any year, win the games you are dealt. 
 

 

[Malazan]

1 hour ago, matter2003 said:

It is in the middle of this timeline article...

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rescheduling-games-devastating-injuries-firing-123409860.html

 

I mean that kind of sucks if you have a team like the Jets on your schedule and you don't get to play them but you end up playing the Chiefs...under this scenario, how many teams will make/miss the playoffs because of random chance and dealing with schedule adjustments due to other teams out of their control?

 

This is why I hate may sports writers.. 

 

"Prominent NFL team official"

 

I'm not blaming the OP, but that is not a 'high level NFL executive'. That is someone who works for a team who may or may not be in football ops. The sourcing on this is terrible. It could be the head of marketing. 

[Freddie's Dead]

13 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

You know what...If Buffalo plays only the first Tuesday game in forever at 7 pm and then a Monday "afternoon" game at 5 pm and then some jack*** in the media afterwards says, "look, the Bills can't draw a "big" audience.", I am going to go to their house and start tapping them repeatedly on the head with a ball peen hammer because they are a moron, if I may paraphrase "Tommy Boy".

 

Good paraphrase using the word "moron", as the word they used in the movie is slightly out of favor...

[Big Turk]

4 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

same as any year, win the games you are dealt. 
 

 

 

What if you are dealt 2 easy games that get taken away from you while another team is dealt 2 hard games that get taken away from them?  

[Malazan]

1 minute ago, matter2003 said:

 

What if you are dealt 2 easy games that get taken away from you while another team is dealt 2 hard games that get taken away from them?  

 

same as any year, win the games you are dealt. 

[dollars 2 donuts]

Just now, Freddie's Dead said:

 

Good paraphrase using the word "moron", as the word they used in the movie is slightly out of favor...

 

 

Freddie, thank you..indeed.  Believe me, I remembered the word.  

[Hapless Bills Fan]

12 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

It's not like they were winning anything with Prescott anyways...how long has he been there now?  

 

I understand, but my point is: players including QBs get hurt or become ill and the team has to play without them every season, to their detriment.

 

It's just tremendous egocentricity of that Pats fan to believe that this season is different just because they lost their starting QB for a game, when the league in fact rescheduled and did everything possible to ensure it was only for one game while scattering other teams' games around like bowling pins. 

 

All for very sound infection control reasons I'm sure and nothing to do with preserving the Pats competitive advantage

[Kwai San]

1 hour ago, bobobonators said:

Assuming there is a Super Bowl, how will history judge this year’s winner? Do you guys think the victory will be watered down? It’ll definitely have an asterisk next to it forever, but is any of the legitimacy diminished? 

 

Ask Tampa Bay Lightening what THEY think????

[Freddie's Dead]

8 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

 

Freddie, thank you..indeed.  Believe me, I remembered the word.  

 

BTW, I believe it was a tack hammer, not a ball peen....

[dollars 2 donuts]

1 minute ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

BTW, I believe it was a tack hammer, not a ball peen....

 

Darn it, you are right.  Good catch and thank you, brother.  However, I did say paraphrase and it doesn't have to just apply to the bad word!

 

    

 

I do so love that movie...which is a quarter of a century old now...damn, again.

[Rc2catch]

17 minutes ago, jeremy2020 said:

 

This is why I hate may sports writers.. 

 

"Prominent NFL team official"

 

I'm not blaming the OP, but that is not a 'high level NFL executive'. That is someone who works for a team who may or may not be in football ops. The sourcing on this is terrible. It could be the head of marketing. 

It almost always leads to an anonymous source or person(s) speaking with anonymity. 
In today’s journalism you can just write your own opinion to gain clicks and put it on an anonymous source. Or leak it to Twitter or make a meme and it’s automatically taken as fact 

[Freddie's Dead]

1 minute ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

Darn it, you are right.  Good catch and thank you, brother.  However, I did say paraphrase and it doesn't have to just apply to the bad word!

 

    

 

I do so love that movie...which is a quarter of a century old now...damn, again.

 

My favorite line, which I use all the time, after Richard backs up and rips off the door:  "What dja do?"

 

"Not here, not here....but here".  "Housekeeping...."  I could go all day.

[RobbRiddick]

I wonder if they can limp their way to week 10 whether teams would be more open to bubbling? I understand guys didn't want to be away from family for a full schedule but the last six weeks wouldn't be as bad. Plus the playoff teams would be so focused on their shot at a title that I'd imagine they'd be fine with a few extra weeks for however long they lasted in the playoffs

[dollars 2 donuts]

4 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

My favorite line, which I use all the time, after Richard backs up and rips off the door:  "What dja do?"

 

"Not here, not here....but here".  "Housekeeping...."  I could go all day.

 

 

Freddie, am I wrong...or does the movie actually get funnier the more times you watch it?  Even the small little scenes, even the cheap throw away comments between them?

 

I laugh so hard when they are fighting before he hits him with the wood.  I laugh hard when he references all they got is diesel, he cleans the paint and then we know what is coming next in the car door scene.  I lose it during the board room scene with the husband and wife...it's just...man...it's a movie a get a lot out of. 

Edited October 12, 2020 by dollars 2 donuts

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, bobobonators said:

I have a friend who is a Pats fan and he was already mentioning how this season is questionable and he brought up the fact the Pats lost bc they had to play without Cam Newton. 

This friend is correct.  We might as well just award the Lombardi Trophy to the Patriots, as well as a couple of extra compensatory draft picks for their trouble.

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