Mickey
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37 minutes ago, Augie said:
I’m SO excited for football, and also a bit anxious, ‘cause......you know.....
This is a crazy mix of emotions, but I refuse to worry about what I can’t control.
GO BILLS!!!
The only things I worry about are the things I can't control because I've got the rest of it well in hand.
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I am shocked that someone would express their opinion on their personal twitter page. Shocked.
Unfortunately, opinion/entertainment "news" draws much better ratings than good old cut and dried journalism. I actually prefer a no-running-away-from-it-opinion being expressed by a "journalist" than the usual dodge which is the host of a show asking some expert, "is that really acceptable?" The host's opinion gets out through the use of a puppet. That is essentially the format for about 98% of the "news".
And it is our fault. Americans long ago decided that they really don't want fair reporting unless it favors their opinions. More drama=more clicks=more $
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56 minutes ago, Rubes said:
Say what you will about Kim and Terry, but I really really appreciate how well run this Bills organization is, from top to bottom. Scouting, strength & conditioning, management, coaching, drafting, free agency, finances, player development, even COVID...really coming across as extremely professional across the board.
Knowing where we've come from, it's sooooo nice to see.
Hmmm....it is almost as if competence by those holding positions of leadership matters.
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4 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:
He's dead to me
You were never alive to him.
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It is not a bubble according to them and no details have been provided as to what exactly it is other than it being voluntary so beyond that, we are simply guessing.
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58 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Eh? Since people may be infected asymptomaticly or with very mild symptoms, I think it's to be expected that a number of infections will be picked up while onboarding.
It really doesn't have any bearing on how well or poorly the season will go once they get everyone in the building.
The real question will be how able will they be to keep guys isolated during the season, if covid-19 positive players are taken out of rotation for a couple of weeks.
Don't players who have interacted with players who have tested positive also have to quarantine? If not, I gotta believe that there will be serious and rapid spread. If so, that means a whole lot of players will be in quarantine, not just the ones who test positive. At this point, those testing positive haven't been interacting with other players but that is going to change soon. *sigh* no good options. I'm still hoping for the best and it is too early to activate the escape pods but still, man, I am losing my natural sense of optimism.
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I am embarrassed to report that I too received a notice of suspension from the NFL today. It appears that I have violated the leagues substance abuse policy with regard to the consumption/use of several substances including alcohol, cannabis, pizza and alka-seltzer. I am suspended from watching any games until October and am required to attend therapy sessions and to perform community services between 1 and 4 pm every Sunday. Fortunately, my spouse did some digging and found that doing chores around the house can qualify as "community service". One thing about the notice though, the shield logo on the stationary was misspelled "NLF" and the letter smelled like it was dipped into a vat of vanilla beans and almonds. I recognize it because my spouse's shampoo smells just like it. Weird. Gonna be a long fall for me.
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My main concern is the health of the players that have tested positive. I hope they recover quickly and fully. I love football but I have no interest in these athletes taking unacceptable risks with their lives for the sake of my entertainment. It is beyond my knowledge to say what is and is not acceptable, it is up to league officials and the players themselves. I just hope that their decisions are being made based on full disclosure of the best evidence available. This disease is so new, there is just so much we have yet to learn. For what it is worth, great caution in the face of uncertainty seems to me to be the most reasonable path forward.
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I was just looking at the agreement with the NFLPA, the teams can't require them to stay at a hotel but will provide accommodations for those who want them. And assuming they can do anything that is not on the forbidden "high risk" activity list, it appears that there are few limits to what they can do in their spare time.
I think we can safely assume there is no "bubble" so at least we can stop talking about that.
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Where are they sleeping? From where are they participating in virtual meetings? I wasn't aware that the team facilities had lodging, RV's in the parking lot? From home? What about players who have no home in Buffalo? Is there an entire hotel rented out? Sorry if these questions have previously been discussed.
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9 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:
He didn't catch Bubonic plague. He'll be fine.
A little advice, if you have reached a point in your life where you feel the need to make fun of someone for wishing a person well who is sick, you need to retrace your steps and see just where it was that you took such a wrong turn.
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Sorry to hear this, hope it all turns out well for him.
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As many of you have anticipated, I regret to announce that I will be exercising my right to opt-out for this season. This was not an easy decision but given the recent extensions granted by local courts with regard to several restraining orders limiting my access to the team's facilities, I don't feel that I had any choice. I am told that my refusal to engage in any off-season training and my stubborn resistance to any dietary limitations made me a long shot to make the roster anyway. My
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1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said:
The point (again) is let's see how these 14 players fare with the virus. Will they recover from the symptoms quickly? Will they feel no symptoms at all? Will they require hospitalization? Again, 14 positive cases is just that...positive cases. At some point, the phrase "positive case" has been modified to mean "death sentence, morgues, tractor trailer coolers for dead bodies, lung scarring, fetus death".
Sorry, I missed the memo on "positive cases" being redefined to mean "instant death". Home Depot is having a sale on straw this week for all your straw man building needs.
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3 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
You just hit the nail on the head. Positive cases does not equate to hospitalization/death/lung scarring/runny nose/headache/or any other manifestation of the virus thrown out there.
...and your point is what? We know not everyone who gets this dies, or has life threatening issues or permanent medical problems. We know it is highly transmissible and that it can kill, hence the truck morgues and rising death toll. I don't know that there is any disagreement over that, we all know the numbers, about 150k dead and growing and millions who have recovered, some fully, some not. Therefore, ergo, what?
9 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:would love to see a link to that..please provide
Passan made a point to say " there are some cases that are symptomatic"..just because almost all cases in athletes so far have been asymptomatic, or very mild symptoms. I don't believe any hospitalizations.
oops, typo, 16, not 26
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1 minute ago, zow2 said:
I'm curious, personally, to see how these 12 or 14 players/staffers feel over the next week or two. Will they feel awful? will they feel no different than normal? Will any be hospitalized? I hope they report on this.
Not very interesting, at this point we know that some people get hit hard and some don't. Existing health can be a predictor on that but not always. Regardless, they have to be quarantined to prevent spread. The argument that this disease is no worse than the sniffles or the flu is over. I certainly hope and expect that as professional athletes with access to the best care available they will all have excellent outcomes.
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2 hours ago, JoshAllenHasBigHands said:
Its sort of the like the school reopening debate. The medical community generally, if not universally, supports the reopening posture. Yet, somehow, the teachers unions have framed the debate as reopening being against the advice of medical consensus, when that is not at all true.
Recommendations vary depending on the state of the pandemic in a given location. And you need to separate recommendations from truly independent experts and those who are being pressured by politicians. There are indirect problems with schools that have to be considered. Child care is actually a real problem. Locally, our numbers are excellent and heading in the right direction but then we had a person who was having some mild symptoms and had to report to work or be fired. Took her kid to day care resulting, so far, in 16 people being infected. Suddenly our numbers starting going the wrong way.
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2 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:
And it's their fault that Florida has done whatever they feel like for months now? What a shock that the first team to blow up is from Florida. I'm amazed.
You know, it is almost as if there is some sort of cause - effect relationship between a cavalier attitude about this disease and the rate of infection. Weird.
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10 minutes ago, SmokinES3 said:
We made it one series... Certain
political factionsmedical experts will have this shutdown ASAP. Fun while it lasted...fixed
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8 hours ago, ScottLaw said:
Some fans seem to think Matt Barkley is a fine back up.?
Bills wont win a game if he starts.
Agreed but at least we would be spared another season of sermons from true believers from the Church of the Holy Completion Percentage. I am all about religious freedom.
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38 minutes ago, Utah John said:
IF everyone on the team -- players, coaches, trainers, etc -- follows the protocols, these guys still have a better chance to catch covid than a life ending accident driving to the store. If several people don't follow the protocols, the risk goes up a lot. For these young, very healthy men the risk of dying is low, but they could still catch it and transmit it.
Oh c'mon, what are you saying? That car accidents aren't transmissible?!? Just the other day I heard about a guy who went to a bar who had been in a car accident and within a week, over 60 people who had been in that bar that same night were involved in car accidents. Coincidence?
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I think being 10th in TO differential helped. We didn't turn the ball over all that much so the defense rarely had to defend a short field.
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8 hours ago, sullim4 said:
The problem with positive tests is that it takes a while after exposure to actually test positive. It is entirely conceivable that a player will catch it from a family member on Monday, and not test positive until Thursday. You could have entire position rooms testing positive if they are exerting themselves on the field together... and you cannot just IR your entire linebacking corps.
That's why I think isolation is the only answer here. Football isn't like baseball or golf where physical separation isn't too difficult to achieve. It's more like the NHL and NBA, where both leagues are using bubbles and other isolation techniques to isolate players.
Of course your are right, but I don't see how isolation is realistic. Not for a full roster for a 17 week regular season. An NBA roster is what? 15 guys?
An NFL roster is waaay larger during camp and even after final cuts you are talking 53 + practice squad, so what is that? 60+ players? Where they going to live? Who pays for lodging, food, entertainment, housekeeping, laundry and transportation for all the players, coaches, trainers, medical personnel, equipment people, etc. for 17 weeks + training camp?
And of course the big question is: Will there be conjugal visits?
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