Success Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 37 minutes ago, billsfan1959 said: Personally, I hate to see any team have their playoff game affected by this. With the country spiking, it's my biggest fear over the next month. I wish there was more the NFL could do for the playoffs - like the NBA and MLB. Obviously, they can't do it quite the way either of those leagues did - but it doesn't seem like they're doing much to get a better handle on things. 2
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 NFL needs to reschedule. This is going to happen to other teams. Better to set a precedent now. If critical players or coaches are out, reschedule. If it means playing the super bowl in March, so be it.
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 40 minutes ago, Big Turk said: Looks like 2 other coaches and 2 players tested positive as well... This is going to be another Ravens/Titans like outbreak it looks like...no way with 5 people testing positive it just is going to magically stop in the coming days...will be very interesting to see what the NFL does scheduling wise...they have always moved games for outbreaks but NOT for individual positive tests with close contacts but no positive test results---those players are just out for the game but can return after 5 days of negative results. First playoff game to get moved? Steelers will be throwing a FIT!!! 3dr time they had games moved this year... I vote for Tuesday night and a Steelers win!
Big Turk Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: NFL needs to reschedule. This is going to happen to other teams. Better to set a precedent now. If critical players or coaches are out, reschedule. If it means playing the super bowl in March, so be it. If Steelers and us win, this means that will effect us too as we would play them next...
Domitian Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: NFL needs to reschedule. This is going to happen to other teams. Better to set a precedent now. If critical players or coaches are out, reschedule. If it means playing the super bowl in March, so be it. I disagree. Like injuries, you play with the hand you're dealt. I would make exceptions and consider major reschedules only in cases of a severe outbreak where they really can't field much of a team like the Ravens or Titans earlier this year. Pro Football teams have 20+ coaches. Someone else can step up and will. The league let the Broncos play without a QB and the Saints without a RB. They're not disrupting the playoffs for a Head Coach being out when someone else can step in. 1
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 Hot take time: If the Steelers still lose this week to a decimated Browns organization, it may be the beginning of the end for Tomlin in Pittsburgh.
Success Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: NFL needs to reschedule. This is going to happen to other teams. Better to set a precedent now. If critical players or coaches are out, reschedule. If it means playing the super bowl in March, so be it. I would tend to agree, though that will create its own set of issues. I don't think the NFL can just take a passive "whatever happens, happens" approach to this. If any key player or coach misses a game, it can taint the whole thing - particularly the further we go. And while there are times when the accountability is w/ the individual or team, there is nothing foolproof against COVID - you can wear masks & distance & wash hands, and still get it. They should try to do a bubble for at least the conference championship & SB weeks.
mykidsdad Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 Selfishly, I want to play the Steelers, and not either Baltimore or Tennessee. 1
May Day 10 Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) This is a tough one. Cant push the whole playoff schedule back. Shifting the game has severe consequences that ripple from the Browns. It affects the Steelers, which would potentially affect their next opponent (or Browns), and thus the winner of that could have a short week preparing for a potential AFCC game. These are high stakes games. Are we going to go to Tuesday without knowing the playoff match-ups for anyone in the AFC until 11:30PM? Edited January 5, 2021 by May Day 10 1
Domitian Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 Just now, Success said: I would tend to agree, though that will create its own set of issues. I don't think the NFL can just take a passive "whatever happens, happens" approach to this. If any key player or coach misses a game, it can taint the whole thing - particularly the further we go. And while there are times when the accountability is w/ the individual or team, there is nothing foolproof against COVID - you can wear masks & distance & wash hands, and still get it. They should try to do a bubble for at least the conference championship & SB weeks. How could it "taint the whole thing"? Would we say the same if a star player were out due to injury or other illness? 2
Mango Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: NFL needs to reschedule. This is going to happen to other teams. Better to set a precedent now. If critical players or coaches are out, reschedule. If it means playing the super bowl in March, so be it. They had 17 weeks to set that precedent. I could see them moving games as they become more important to the super bowl. But if they do it in the wild card, then again for the divisional and/or conference rounds, you may have lost the ability to make the adjustments for the super bowl. 1
Simon Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: NFL needs to reschedule. This is going to happen to other teams. Better to set a precedent now. If critical players or coaches are out, reschedule. If it means playing the super bowl in March, so be it. I couldn't disagree more. It's not a co-incidence that this seems to keep happening to the same team(s). At some point, being responsible for your own procedures becomes more important than being accommodated by other people. I say that your time and date are set in stone and you bring who you can bring. If you've got to put a 340lb DT at the X receiver, too bad you should have done a better job following protocol. If you've got a long snapper lining up at Corner, too bad, you should have done a better job following protocol. If you've got a LB taking snaps from a punter, too bad, you should have done a better job following protocol. 8
Saxum Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Domitian said: I disagree. Like injuries, you play with the hand you're dealt. I would make exceptions and consider major reschedules only in cases of a severe outbreak where they really can't field much of a team like the Ravens or Titans earlier this year. Pro Football teams have 20+ coaches. Someone else can step up and will. The league let the Broncos play without a QB and the Saints without a RB. They're not disrupting the playoffs for a Head Coach being out when someone else can step in. The league could have exception as well - isolate coaching staff in box and have league members monitoring/escorting coaches.
Success Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Domitian said: How could it "taint the whole thing"? Would we say the same if a star player were out due to injury or other illness? If we end up making a run and face a team like Green Bay in the SB, and then Rogers gets it and misses the game? That's asterisk to me. Don't want that, at all. 1
Big Turk Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Domitian said: I disagree. Like injuries, you play with the hand you're dealt. I would make exceptions and consider major reschedules only in cases of a severe outbreak where they really can't field much of a team like the Ravens or Titans earlier this year. Pro Football teams have 20+ coaches. Someone else can step up and will. The league let the Broncos play without a QB and the Saints without a RB. They're not disrupting the playoffs for a Head Coach being out when someone else can step in. No, they have been clear on this the way they handled it. They don't care who is out for a team. If contact tracing and testing reveals they have it controlled then the game is played and those players go on the COVID list. If there is an ACTIVE outbreak where players are testing positive for multiple days and they don't have it controlled then the game gets moved for medical reasons. The last thing they want to do is turn 1 outbreak into 2 or even more if those teams play other teams. This APPEARS to be a active outbreak, meaning the NFL would have to move the game.
YoloinOhio Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 I think Bitonio out too. That would be a big loss.
Saxum Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 37 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: League steps in, disqualifies the Browns, replaces them with the Patriots with a 21 point lead? 🤔 'Distinguished Past Performance' clause. 🙄 Yes but they replace with runner up the Phish.
RobbRiddick Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 I guarantee their fans are chanting that well spoken Bills fan cry right now: we're cursed!
Big Turk Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Simon said: I couldn't disagree more. It's not a co-incidence that this seems to keep happening to the same team(s). At some point, being responsible for your own procedures becomes more important than being accommodated by other people. I say that your time and date are set in stone and you bring who you can bring. If you've got to put a 340lb DT at the X receiver, too bad you should have done a better job following protocol. If you've got a long snapper lining up at Corner, too bad, you should have done a better job following protocol. If you've got a LB taking snaps from a punter, too bad, you should have done a better job following protocol. So when the players who are asymptomatic give it to the other team and then the other team plays next week and gives it to that team we are just going to have a chain reaction that goes through the entire league? That is just not thought out well. So in fact you want them to play with players who are likely positive to give it to the Steelers who then play the Bills if we both win so the Bills can then have an active outbreak? Yeah, NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Saxum Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 35 minutes ago, Dr Krentist said: Why is always against the Steelers? Except it it wasn't. It affect the Bills when they were lowest with Allen and injured shoulder.
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