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It's definitely bad luck. Of course, he could have Delta, breakthrough cases were happening with increasing frequency anyhow, hence the boosters. But it does feel like an anomaly when you look at his age and overall health. Hopefully he makes a strong recovery now.

The original statement was that "virtually everyone" would be positive. There isn't a lot of solid data, but an early study might suggest 70-75% would catch it. (Link) That's still pretty much extremely contagious.

They will start with roughly the same thing as before and then have a whole set of other plays ready to go if we adjust, possibly disguised as the same plays. Play action passes, anyone?

I hope Spencer Brown gets a good week of practice...

Right, but he says that it is the rules stopping him from playing. Both can be true, some players (not just Beasley) would be willing to play with a sore throat and congestion for example. I mean, this guy played with a rib injury. His toughness is not in question. Other players feel the same. Fortunately the league does not set its policy based on that. That is bad news. Both for Dawkins and the Bills. Seems like Dawkins may be more susceptible than average for a man of his age.

Beasley said in an Instagram that he was feeling fine "with mild symptoms." I think he was implying his symptoms were not bad enough to keep him physically from playing, which is very plausible. It does not mean he is symptom free or he would have said symptom free.

Could be a difference in doctors' opinions. Or maybe they were out of stock on Sunday (supply chain issues?).

How did we get Boettger on there? Beasley is still holding onto unvaxxed so if the list above is correct, there is one other. So at this point we have 0-1 unvaxxed who also have not had Covid since August, right? Of course Boettger's protection may be waning but the others are likely safe for a little bit.

Hopefully the other guys should be busy preparing for games and not worrying about Twitter noise.

Will Joe Buck say that a player is constantly blowing his nose and laying sluggishly on the bench because it is cold in the stadium?

There is certainly an opportunity cost to every decision. If the league and players feel so strongly that they need to play the games, they will change the rules like they already did. No easy answer to this one.

Absolutely next year will be different. For now we are in a situation where as recently as Sunday, Jon Feliciano went to the ER for this. Seems like a situation where some precautions are still in order. As the situation evolves the protocols should and will change.

Because he's contagious. Other than that, no reason.

I believe Lamar Jackson had a non-Covid illness this year.

If NE loses one Mac Jones.

The NFL has a "CT" threshold where ot is considered like a negative test if they get a positive test with a value over 35, representing a low level of detection. Higher is actually less in this case. This allows them to get around the issue you describe.

Very unlikely before the Super Bowl.

Only if they win. If not, don't bother...

True, that will reduce positive tests, but some will get symptoms. See the report on Feliciano who claims he was vaccinated and also went to the ER. An annoying cough is a mild symptom but hard to fully conceal, and very possible for a vaccinated individual.

If the initially reported numbers are correct we are almost out of non-vaccinated players. Of course, there is a good chance that many vaccinated players will also test positive. Also, best wishes to Cole and hopefully he does not get very sick.

Health has to factor into this conversation. I am convinced that at the beginning of the season Davis' injury was holding him back. I do not think it was just coaches picking the more experienced WR. At this point Davis looks good out there and when Sanders returns he will not be 100% the first week. Go with the hot hand (Davis) and let Sanders have a light workload. It is best for the team. I am not sure what Beasley's health status is. He is playing better than immediately after the rib injury, but he could still be dealing with significant pain. The trainers and coaches should make the call between semi-injured players vs other backups. But you play your best healthy guys for sure, and that means Diggs and Davis.

Well, now that unvaccinated asymptomatic players won't face regular testing, it's relatively simple for players to avoid the Covid list unless they are coughing constantly or worse.

Even if we drop out of 7th this week, we are back in with a win next week.

So, I guess I do not understand why they need to distinguish vaccinated from unvaccinated. If the rule is no tests for asymptomatic players because they can just play... it is the same regardless of vaccination status. You can have an asymptomatic case either way. If the NFL does not want to detect asymptomatic cases, why not just them all go???

He received a pass thrown directly to him.