CDC changes isolation period...NFL now adopts (Bills related for Gabe Davis)

[Hebert19]

 

If NFL adopts then it could mean Davis back before Atlants game??

[Andrew Son]

I'm sure the NFL will jump at any way to get players back sooner

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Thought I read 7 days, but either way would/could change things.  Beasley should make the 10 day window anyway by Friday/Saturday

[Steptide]

Just posted something similar in the thread about the jags. Have to imagine the NFL follows suite. This is actually a really good thing imo

[Mat68]

The NFL protocol is collective bargained.  Any change would have to be agreed upon.

[Hebert19]

5 minutes ago, Steptide said:

Just posted something similar in the thread about the jags. Have to imagine the NFL follows suite. This is actually a really good thing imo

Yup.  Takes risk away of losing a key player and NfL will want that. 

[Andrew Son]

1 minute ago, Mat68 said:

The NFL protocol is collective bargained.  Any change would have to be agreed upon.

Which side would be against this reduction?

[Mango]

I think the NFL wants to be vaxed and won’t do much to de-incentivize getting the shot. I bet they stick to 10 days for the rest of the regular season and go to 5 for the playoffs. 
 

 

[Saxum]

6 minutes ago, SWATeam said:

Which side would be against this reduction?

 

NFLPA. They would want something in return.  Players get paid for being on COVID list without needing to play.

[Andrew Son]

Just now, Limeaid said:

 

NFLPA. They would want something in return.  Players get paid for being on COVID list without needing to play.

IDK, they probably want to play.

[jethro_tull]

hope so.  most of the cases are Omicron variant which has cold like symptoms so far.  bad news it spreads like wildfire.  the teams that can avoid infection will have an advantage the rest of the way.  

[Boatdrinks]

2 hours ago, SWATeam said:

I'm sure the NFL will jump at any way to get players back sooner

They sure as heck should. Not so sure they will but here’s to hoping. 

[NEBranch]

Hopefully Judon didn't pass it on because that timing probably still won't work out well enough.

[ColoradoBills]

2 hours ago, Mat68 said:

The NFL protocol is collective bargained.  Any change would have to be agreed upon.

 

There is a chance the protocol timeline was tied to the CDC recommendations.  At least I hope it was.

[Ya Digg?]

8 minutes ago, NE Branch said:

Hopefully Judon didn't pass it on because that timing probably still won't work out well enough.

Well that wouldn’t effect Josh at all considering he never even got close to him!

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

Is that whether you are vaccinated or unvaccinated?

[f0neguy]

I would think the NFLPA wants the players back as quickly as possible.  The more games they play the more likely they make individual bonuses.  Some of these are big money, I believe Poyer picked up $500,000 with his 5 interceptions, these guys want to play.

[JaBu]

19 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

Well that wouldn’t effect Josh at all considering he never even got close to him!

Except for the time Judon purposely tripped Josh after the play was over, caught on camera - cheap shot. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

6 hours ago, Hebert19 said:

 

If NFL adopts then it could mean Davis back before Atlants game??

 

1) I don't think the NFL is going to go off the CDC's recommendations.  They will continue to go off their own data.  For example, they said 10 days isolation while I believe the CDC was still saying 14 days.   They said 5 days for an unvaccinated close contact while I think the CDC was still saying more.

 

I'm not saying the NFL wouldn't like to consider this, but since reportedly 95% of the players are vaccinated and asymptomatic vaccinated players are currently not being tested routinely at all, the NFL's current protocols are effectively already more aggressive than this.

 

2) there's this from the same source:

 

"if asymptomatic"

 

So currently in the NFL, asymptomatic players with covid are isolating for 0 days

Symptomatic players can come back as soon as their symptoms clear and they test negative, or positive with a Ct >35, which theoretically could be less than 5 days.

[Matt_In_NH]

The chances the nfl changes the rules is small IMO.  But it is Covid and things can change at a moments notice.   They are almost to the end though.   I could see different rules for post season maybe.