fathersnowman Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 just wondering if season as no fans as per nfl are we saying that as well, will super bowl be played with no fans as well inc playoffs. been watching australia rugby online via fox and now as crowds at games not many but a few thousand. i live in uk and sport here as no fans, and games are silent and dead no atmosphere. bills mafia a big miss when games start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Roger Goodell be like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 As the schedule sits Ravens and Lions road games are dropped. leaving 2 home games vs Atlanta and Indy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Da webster guy said: 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. I guess we will find out in a couple months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: As the schedule sits Ravens and Lions road games are dropped. leaving 2 home games vs Atlanta and Indy. They are reportedly going to rearrange everyone’s schedule so it is one home and one away game. So I guess opponents are TBD as to who we play those weeks. I assume it will still be 2 of the 4. Edited July 3, 2020 by YoloinOhio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornAgainBillsFan Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I'm not sure how to create a new thread, but the latest news relates to this one. Now the players don't want to play ANY preseason games: https://www.nfl.com/news/nflpa-votes-to-play-no-preseason-games-ahead-of-2020-season Not sure it matters, since they have a signed CBA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 3:50 PM, BornAgainBillsFan said: I'm not sure how to create a new thread, but the latest news relates to this one. Now the players don't want to play ANY preseason games: https://www.nfl.com/news/nflpa-votes-to-play-no-preseason-games-ahead-of-2020-season Not sure it matters, since they have a signed CBA. Having less or no pre season games is a ploy by the players union. They have been trying to get rid of PS games for years. If they can get it to less or no PS games it will set a precedent. See, we didn't have PS games (or only 2) in 2020 and it worked OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Can’t help but think about the our Week 1 opponent.. With a bizarro offseason and shortened preseason, Sam will be out there with a rookie WR, FA WR and potentially 4 new OL. Heck of a year to completely revamp your offense. Meanwhile Josh will have one new WR playing big snaps in Diggs (I could see Davis get some reps if he shows out) and that’s really it. Potentially same starting 5 OL, same TE, Brown/Beasley/Singletary and one new RB. Will be interesting to see how chemistry looks for teams in the early weeks of the season. Edited July 6, 2020 by SCBills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Landing Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Reasons that preseason games, this year, are important: We want to see how well Moss transitions into the NFL. We handed off to Singletary in a preseason game last year something like fifteen snaps in a row. That was valuable. We want to see if Daryl Williams might be a better RT than Ford before the start of the regular season. If he could be an upgrade to Ford, it could be huge. We want to see AJ Epenesa in a real NFL game before the start of the regular season. We want to see how well AJ Klein fits into our defense before the start of the regular season. We want to see all of our newly acquired WRs (with the possible exception of Stephon Diggs) before the start of the regular season. We want to evaluate the #3RB position. Who doesn't want to see how Christian Wade has progressed from last year, and if he might be a viable #3? Regular season games are not a good time for experimentation. I don't understand why more fans don't want to see what we've got before the regular season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 normally id be like - cool preseason sucks. But i am jonesing for some sports at this point. I was enjoying the XFL before that ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Greg S Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-players-call-cancelled-preseason-170430398.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) I actually kind of assumed they would just scrap preseason. I know the nflpa has called for it. The reason being is that the NFL is going to do anything they possibly can to have a reg season $$$$ that kicks off with that TNF chiefs game on 9/10, and if that means putting them all in a bubble until then they will. Edited July 7, 2020 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fan in San Diego Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 So no need to buy tickets to the Arizona Cardinals game on Nov. 15th? No people allowed in the stands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 4 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Won't they have plenty of time for strength and conditioning between now and the season? Or are they trying to get rid of training camps too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Not normally prone to doom & gloom, but this doesn’t bode well for the season. As a Floridian, I feel like I’m living in Groundhog Day as every day the news reports we’ve set a new all time record in new cases and most deaths in a single day.. THIS isn’t a ‘Normal’. Watched my 1st Baseball games since Houston stole the title, Yanks vs Mets. Of course we destroyed them. Upper deck homers bouncing aimlessly around the bleachers..?♂️ So there’s That normalcy.. Thanks @Gugny!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 57 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: Not normally prone to doom & gloom, but this doesn’t bode well for the season. As a Floridian, I feel like I’m living in Groundhog Day as every day the news reports we’ve set a new all time record in new cases and most deaths in a single day.. THIS isn’t a ‘Normal’. Watched my 1st Baseball games since Houston stole the title, Yanks vs Mets. Of course we destroyed them. Upper deck homers bouncing aimlessly around the bleachers..?♂️ So there’s That normalcy.. Thanks @Gugny!? This was uncalled for and mean. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Fan in San Diego said: So no need to buy tickets to the Arizona Cardinals game on Nov. 15th? No people allowed in the stands? Too soon to know. Some stadiums will be able to allow a small capacity esp by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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