Ravens-Steelers now postponed to Wednesday 3:40 pm

[The Jokeman]

3 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Covid supporters cheat and some will deny they exist.

 

They just asked for comp picks.

Which thankfully haven't turned into anything great in recent memory. 

[prissythecat]

45 minutes ago, Seasons1992 said:

 

Liar.........it's Thanksgiving, and honestly the Dallas game actually means something.

 

Haha.  Yes it does.   Everyone in the NFC East has a shot at playoffs at this point.

[whatdrought]

There hasn’t been any transparency about what justifies a move and what doesn’t. The Steelers are getting banged while the Ravens get to rest and hopefully have some of their close contacts back, meanwhile, we played with like 1.5 NFL cornerbacks.

[Seasons1992]

1 minute ago, prissythecat said:

 

Haha.  Yes it does.   Everyone in the NFC East has a shot at playoffs at this point.

 

AND hosting a &*#@ing playoff game.....

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

How do certain teams gets the games moved and others get nothing? The bills had to play the cardinals and got completely ***** over with the Titans/Chiefs games. The patriots got a game pushed? Now Baltimore...I guess it depends on who you are.

[zow2]

6 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

How do certain teams gets the games moved and others get nothing? The bills had to play the cardinals and got completely ***** over with the Titans/Chiefs games. The patriots got a game pushed? Now Baltimore...I guess it depends on who you are.

 

I don't believe it's about the Bills getting hosed.  Sunday games are not getting moved unless there are extreme numbers of positives.  

 

The real screw job was against the SF 49ers a couple Thursday's ago.  They were forced to play Green Bay on a Thursday night when their roster was all messed up.  Since both teams were off on the following Sunday it should have been moved (as people suggested at the time).  I'm thinking since there are two other games on Thanksgiving the NFL felt it was ok to move this one...plus why put the Steelers in harms way when other Ravens players (not known yet) could test positive.

 

 

[Nester]

Shocked not a single call for Forfeiture like last time. 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

It’s bull####. You either move every game (that’s effected) or you move none. You can’t just pick and choose who gets extra time to get healthy. Teams have had to play without starters. Sorry. Do your best.

[Solomon Grundy]

2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

Sucks, it was the only good thanksgiving game!

 

Glad I DVR'd those Barney Miller re-runs

[Steptide]

Maybe they will, but surprised they haven't moved one of the earlier games into the prime time slot. Probably due to TV contracts etc

[Solomon Grundy]

16 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

It’s bull####. You either move every game (that’s effected) or you move none. You can’t just pick and choose who gets extra time to get healthy. Teams have had to play without starters. Sorry. Do your best.

Exactly!! Why didn't they move the Cardinals game after the Bills got hit with Covid?

[Hapless Bills Fan]

2 hours ago, BuffaloMatt said:

Titans screwed us up! Deal with it!

 

Remember, the Steelers got screwed in that deal too.  They had their bye week taken from them and replaced by an ultra-early 1 week bye after the Titans game was cancelled.

 

This was supposed to be a mini-Bye for them.  Nope...

[transplantbillsfan]

Sonofa!!!!

 

Having in-laws over exactly at the time that game was starting.  Now I've gotta actually talk to them?!?!

 

*****!!!

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, whatdrought said:

There hasn’t been any transparency about what justifies a move and what doesn’t. The Steelers are getting banged while the Ravens get to rest and hopefully have some of their close contacts back, meanwhile, we played with like 1.5 NFL cornerbacks.

The NFL is just trying to make it work and "fair" is going to have to be tossed out the window during this black swan pandemic.  It sucks but it beats no football.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

At least a few weeks back, happened mid week so were able to switch a Sunday afternoon game to Sunday night.  This time  to late to have some team move from Sunday back to Thursday. 

 

Admittedly was expecting this to happen, but bad to hear as this was the only good game Thursday.  Really hard to understand why the league picked such week games for Thursday.  OK get it Dallas and Detroit are hosting and at least Dallas was supposed to be good this year, but why pick a game against Washington as no one was expecting them to be very good.  Seems like every 2 to 3 years we have the Washington Dallas game on Thanksgiving too.  By the time the schedule came out, Texans had already traded Hopkins so there too, knew it was a risky game to show.

 

I know the argument has always been when they first went to Thanksgiving games, Dallas and Detroit were the only ones willing to host the game so that's why they don't want to yank it away from them now, but hard to get excited about these two games.

[NoSaint]

2 hours ago, The Jokeman said:

The Patriots could complain too when they lost Cam Newton due to Covid. Not that am siding with the Patriots but you're right that consistency is not there. 

there’s a big difference between 7 positive tests in 3 days and a player testing positive with and exposure risk or two around the roster. 
 

the nfl is doing the opposite of picking favorites here, where it would get real sketchy if the made calls based on quality of players effected

 

large scale positive testing with risk of full on outbreak- shut down the facility and evaluate scheduling based on reopening schedule

 

a positive test with a few exposed is business as usual 

 

 

1 hour ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

How do certain teams gets the games moved and others get nothing? The bills had to play the cardinals and got completely ***** over with the Titans/Chiefs games. The patriots got a game pushed? Now Baltimore...I guess it depends on who you are.

how many positive tests did we have and how long was our facility closed?

[YoloinOhio]

 

[PetermansRedemption]

1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

How did they not make this at least a 4PM game. 

[dma0034]

They really should pull the Lions and Cowboys out of these Thanksgiving games. Make it 4 games with the ability to flex one game to Monday afternoon

[QLBillsFan]

I think it has to do with TV contracts. Fox has a mini slate of Thursday prime time games. Moving them to Sunday reduces  viewership. NBC has a huge slate of games and is more likely to consider a move. The 49ers were decimated for that game and forced to play. The Steelers and Bills both have been jerked around. Participants Steelers losing their true bye.