Rocky Landing Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I feel bad for some of the rookies, and especially UDFAs who are going to have a much, much harder time proving themselves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 ONLY two preseason games? Something good came out of this mess. Keep it that way! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 14 hours ago, Rocky Landing said: I feel bad for some of the rookies, and especially UDFAs who are going to have a much, much harder time proving themselves. maybe that’s who will play in those 2 games. let the starters sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 This season really will be fantasy football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Will be surprised if they have any preseason games, unless fans are straight up not permitted to attend. Even then, I'd be surprised. The virus will spread through these teams once they are around each other all the time. This is a *GREAT* opportunity, however, to quietly change how the pre-season works forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky finger Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 18 hours ago, stuvian said: those games should be free to season ticket holders If Bernie re-enters and is looking for a running mate...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Great now let's make it permanent. There is no need for any preseason games. They only exist because guys in the past needed training camp and preseason games to get in shape and learn new stuff. That is not the case anymore. No need to risk injury to any player in a meaningless game. They know maybe 48 or even 50 of the 53 already. The last 3-5 guys are no better than the final 10 guys that get cut and all can be replaced easily. Really all you are talking about is deciding between a couple backup OL, DB, and LBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Anybody want to bet a nickel, it will be dropped to no pre-season games, and possibly delaying the season later than September. This isn’t getting better so the closer we get to the season, things will keep changing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 37 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: Anybody want to bet a nickel, it will be dropped to no pre-season games, and possibly delaying the season later than September. This isn’t getting better so the closer we get to the season, things will keep changing. Delaying the season wont do any good. Once we get to October then it will be influenza season as well. Most hospitals get close to max capacity when influenza season hits along with their normal acute and elective business. Once you add COVID-19 to influenza the health care system will buckle. Influenza season was just about over when first case occurred in Seattle and was well over by the time NYC buckled. There is virtually no chance football will be played this year college or NFL. Just passed 50K cases in a day, 10K from Florida alone. Will easily pass 250K dead at this rate. Stay home and wear a mask. Study just showed the curve started to flatten with just voluntary common sense even before lockdowns. But it is just a matter of time before nationwide lockdowns occur again. Probably not entire businesses but those that have crowds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Good. Honestly this should be permanent. The only thing more pointless in the NFL than preseason is the Pro Bowl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I didn’t mind 4 preseason games. Liked seeing the young guys who were drafted and the nfl journeyman that you likely otherwise never get to see play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetermansRedemption Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 hours ago, JoPoy88 said: Good. Honestly this should be permanent. The only thing more pointless in the NFL than preseason is the Pro Bowl. The pro bowl. It’s actually painful to watch that. Absolutely no point, no competition, just no reason to hold it at all. Does it actually get viewership? I guess it must or the NFL would probably do away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Landing Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, RyanC883 said: I didn’t mind 4 preseason games. Liked seeing the young guys who were drafted and the nfl journeyman that you likely otherwise never get to see play. There are plenty of reasons to enjoy preseason games. We get to follow some of the camp competitions. We get a bead on some the third stringers, who we would otherwise rarely see. You get a first NFL look at the rookies (some of whom we will never see again). I remember last season, they handed off to Motor something like fifteen times in a row, just to see what he was made of. Is it "meaningful" football? Naw. But it's football. I watch, and enjoy all four, every year. And, for all those on here who get all sour at their very existence, I would think that not watching would suffice. 36 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said: The pro bowl. It’s actually painful to watch that. Absolutely no point, no competition, just no reason to hold it at all. Does it actually get viewership? I guess it must or the NFL would probably do away with it. I watch the preseason games religiously, and enjoy them. But, the pro bowl could be played as a bocce tournament, and probably be more entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Bocce, now that’s funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: Bocce, now that’s funny. WAIT! Did someone say PIZZA??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first_and_ten Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 It took the CoronaVirus to finally achieve what most fans have wanted for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/1/2020 at 2:52 PM, Limeaid said: I hear NFL is afraid of @plenzmd1 driving a fertilizer truck to NFL HQ so are making some changes. I was going to say that 1st and 4th preseason games were on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da webster guy Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said: Delaying the season wont do any good. Once we get to October then it will be influenza season as well. Most hospitals get close to max capacity when influenza season hits along with their normal acute and elective business. Once you add COVID-19 to influenza the health care system will buckle. Influenza season was just about over when first case occurred in Seattle and was well over by the time NYC buckled. There is virtually no chance football will be played this year college or NFL. Just passed 50K cases in a day, 10K from Florida alone. Will easily pass 250K dead at this rate. Stay home and wear a mask. Study just showed the curve started to flatten with just voluntary common sense even before lockdowns. But it is just a matter of time before nationwide lockdowns occur again. Probably not entire businesses but those that have crowds. Flu season usually peaks between December and February, our hospitals in Roch aren't ever near max capacity even during January of 2017 which was one of the worst we've seen in a long time. Your take is a classic doom and gloom. The game will be played as long as testing is adequate and protocols followed properly by the players. Obviously putting fans in the stands are unlikely until a strong treatment or vaccine is proven, so nobody has a clue on that yet, but to say a team can't accurately rapid test and quarantine well enough in 4 months to put 50 healthy players on the field safely every Sunday is overly pessimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Fine with me. ‘Sides, preseason is nothing but panicking about injuries anyways. And Josh gonna do something stupid like lower a shoulder on a linebacker and scare me....I just know it. So, good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetermansRedemption Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said: Delaying the season wont do any good. Once we get to October then it will be influenza season as well. Most hospitals get close to max capacity when influenza season hits along with their normal acute and elective business. Once you add COVID-19 to influenza the health care system will buckle. Influenza season was just about over when first case occurred in Seattle and was well over by the time NYC buckled. There is virtually no chance football will be played this year college or NFL. Just passed 50K cases in a day, 10K from Florida alone. Will easily pass 250K dead at this rate. Stay home and wear a mask. Study just showed the curve started to flatten with just voluntary common sense even before lockdowns. But it is just a matter of time before nationwide lockdowns occur again. Probably not entire businesses but those that have crowds. ? is anywhere on this board COVID discussion free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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