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The Bengals are at least a year away if not two from doing anything even if Burrow pans out. They have some skill position talent assuming AJ Green stays but their O-line despite heavy draft and free agent investment has been a mess for years. Their defense has some talent but their secondary is very shaky. I think they need another good draft and 2-3 more starting free agent adds before they have enough talent around Burrow and have a better than average defense. What is also concerning about the Bengals is coaching and ownership. Everyone knows Brown is a bad owner and Zac Taylor hasn't shown much or have a very proven track record even as an assistant coach. I think even if they get good talent and Burrow is the real deal do they have a coach that can put it together? Because we already know they have a handicap in a cheap owner which is already hard enough. Regardless I see the Bengals winning 4-6 games this year (if they play a full 16 games), a significant improvement from 2-14 but not exactly catching anyone off guard.

I live just South of LA and ***** bowling alleys and strip clubs were open after Memorial Day. It was insanely stupid.

If the MLB fails and has to shut down their season they will change their tune.

I think the NBA and NHL have a high chance of finishing their seasons. The NBA has good protocols in place and the staffs and team sizes are smaller But the MLB is dicey and the NFL needs a plan.

An AFC East and North "bubble" in Toronto would make a lot of sense to me. 8 teams equals 4 games at a time, I think they can find 2 sights in Toronto to make it work. That way you can play 10 games (6 in your division 4 against another division) without traveling outside of a bubble.

The Jags have little leverage over Ngakoue so I doubt they would need to pony up a first rounder. I honestly think the Jags could call themselves lucky if they got a 2nd for Yannick. Then again I though the Jets were going to just get one first for Adams so I am not good at this.

The NHL in my opinion has the best setup not necessarily because their protocols are better than the NBA but rather because they set their bubble up in Canada where they have the virus under much better control AND the players have a good testing and restrictions on their personal travel. The NBA has the best protocol but they have their bubble in the literal epicenter of the pandemic at this point in Orlando/Florida. I think that the protocols are effective but when it is surrounded by a pandemic epicenter it just makes the margin for error so much smaller. I think the NFL is going to have to delay the season till October to put together a bubble plan. Because the MLB is proving a non-bubble format isn't working.

I heard floated out there an idea to have 4 divisional bubbles. Each bubble would contain 8 teams and then each team would play 10 games. The first three games would be against your divisional opponents and then the next 4 would be against another division and then the final three would be against your divisional opponents again. Or they could rotate out following a league wide bye week to play 4 more games against another division to bring the total to 14 games if they find a good procedure. I think that idea is much more plausible to have 4 separate bubbles to contain these massive teams and support staffs. If I was the league I would push back the start of the season until October and use August to put in this logistical plan to do a 10-14 week season. I remember hearing that. Honestly I think it would be better for him to opt out. I do think that he isn't going to be a major loss for this team. They rolled 5 deep with starting caliber DT's. Losing one isn't going to be a huge loss.

My mother had Covid back in March and she hasn't had the same level of energy to do anything since. Many reports show lung and respiratory damage from Covid similar to those who have had heart attacks have heart damage. I think looking only at deaths could be seriously misleading. We already are at 150k dead with no end in sight but we are piling up over 1% of the population testing positive and potentially getting long term health consequences. People act like you can choose between Covid safety and the economy. As though you could choose the economy over Covid. You know what isn't good for the economy? 6 figures worth of people dead (thus no longer spending money) and millions of people (if not tens of millions of people) having possible long term health issues brought on by having Covid. We could have found a way to save the economy by having a rent/mortgage freeze and a UBI over massive corporate bailouts but we ***** this up and not only didn't handle the virus but scared the economy short and long term.

The NFL needs to find a way to do a bubble, maybe they can do multiple bubbles and have 2 divisions play each other in their own bubbles. That would allow for a 10 game season (6 games within your own division 4 against a different division.) That way you only have to isolate 8 teams and support staffs in one bubble. That way you can just focus on having 4 smaller bubbles. The NFL needs to delay the start of the season to October and figure this all out.

The Premiere League plays in Europe where the virus is under control more so. That's a big difference.

Remember how the countries that stuck to a lockdown and didn't turn wearing a comfortable piece of cloth on your face a political issue have a lot lower cases and are now opening up their economies? Why was it that the nations that took the virus most seriously are having the best results? The EU vs. USA numbers are alarming. People are acting like there isn't a real world example of an approach working better than science denial.

It's just too big of a risk short term. If it is October and we really buckled down and getting this curve bent then maybe we could have a smart 50/50 approach to in school and distance learning (kids do 5 days in school and 5 days from home every 2 weeks) and we are able to stock schools with PPE and have in place protocols. But for August and September they shouldn't do any full school reopenings. I just don't see schools being able to reopen properly during a surge in most areas of the country. It has bad consequences written all over it. I think this is where the federal government's scattered approach is not working. The feds should have mandated basic safety standards and flooded districts with PPE and sanitizing products. But right now there is just scattered guidance and the resources aren't being provided to schools in a timely or effective manner. It just seems like too much of a cluster ***** right now.

The CDC has said children 10 to 19 (a vast amount of children going to school) can spread the illness. It just seems like a real risk to reopen schools. Unless schools can have a coherent plan to social distance and mandate masks and have PPE for teachers and staff. I get that there is benefit to children being in class for their education but unless there is a way to mitigate the risks coherently I think reopening schools is a bad idea.

The league has to do its best to protect players from themselves. Not just to keep the league operating but to protect the older more vulnerable coaching and support staff's. The NFL needs to formulate a bubble plan asap. Have each division be in a bubble and then have other divisions travel to their bubbles. Find a way because right now there is no likelihood that hoping for "personal responsibility" is going to work.

The protests were according to research only responsible for a small part of the surge. Opening up too much for Memorial day and then July 4th was responsible. Places like Texas opening up bars were much more responsible for the surge than protests. I too questioned the likelihood of protests leading to cases and due to almost all of these protests taking place outdoors and high mask usage it appears they weren't too bad at spreading the illness.

In a "normal" season LB depth would be a nitpick as I agree that Edumonds and Milano would play most of the snaps and if one gets hurt Klein could step in. But given this Covid situation depth might be more key than ever. Adding a vet LB as a camp body at a marginally thin position for a minimum contract would be a smart move.

Haynesworth also fell into the wrong situation. With the Titans Schwartz built the system around him wrecking havoc in the middle. Haynesworth was allowed to freelance and just go out and be a physical freak on the Titans. With the Redskins he was asked to do more and work within a scheme and he didn't know how or care to do that. So Haynesworth really got hit both ways losing motivation and playing in the wrong system/team.

Dareus was still a solid player even phoning it in he still was a good NFL run stuffer. That shows you just how insane a physical talent he was to still be a starting caliber DT with little motivation.

I wouldn't hate it, never should have let him go. Not sure he has much left but let him come into camp as a depth contributor.

The Seahawks have to feel that they were only one player away from a SB. But I just don't see that player being Jamal Adams.

I think it would be a mistake to let Milano walk too. I think him and Edumonds are one of the best combos in the league and they complement each other well. I wouldn't break the bank for Milano but I would easily give him a good offer. I think depending on how he plays in 2020 I think offering him a deal between 8 to 9.5 million aav is a good idea. No need to overpay but no need to undervalue either.

They should allow 90, given how easily teams could lose players due to covid having some extra bodies would be better.

It's not just the draft picks, Adam's wants to be paid so not only are you giving up 2 firsts and swapping a third for a fourth but you are also giving up a chunk of your cap space. Now this would easily be justified for a QB and could be justified for a prime pass rusher. But a large cap and draft capital commitment for a safety? That's insane.

This was a complete steal for the Jets, they might have wasted the first two years of Darnold's rookie deal and are on track to burn a third they actually got a huge amount of compensation for a player that wasn't interested in being there. They could easily fire Gates and hand a new coach a promising young QB and a lot of draft picks and some cap space to work with.