YoloinOhio Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I see lots of posts saying there won’t be a season. I have to say the signs point to the season kicking off as planned. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) I dunno, that seems to be the NFL narrative but neither the players nor the virus are cooperating. I voted yes but thats because Im an Optimist. Edited July 21, 2020 by JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS clarifying comment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedbuffaloblue Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 They may start, but highly doubt it will be on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Augie said: I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. This is where I'm at also. Just feels like they are going to try it and see what happens and feel like it's going to fail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 What is the season thus far? Is it the full 16 games? Did they release schedules/plan for attendance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, Paulus said: What is the season thus far? Is it the full 16 games? Did they release schedules/plan for attendance? Full 16 games. Schedule is in place. attendance Is decided per each team but pretty much at the mercy of the state government 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Boy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 The players want their money. The league wants their advertising and TV money. What is the one thing that could make the NFL even more popular than they already are? An American public that is craving ANY escape from the insanity that is this country currently. The viewership would be up across the board. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Buffalo Boy said: The players want their money. The league wants their advertising and TV money. What is the one thing that could make the NFL even more popular than they already are? An American public that is craving ANY escape from the insanity that is this country currently. The viewership would be up across the board. Plus, add in the fact that fans can’t attend (= more tv viewers) and less gathering at bars (= more individual houses tuned in) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I think they will start on time, but the season goes off the rails by October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I think they'll plan on the season happening but once the MLB season goes down into a big pile of dung, the NFL will cancel their season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 If the season gets cancelled after, say, week 4, and the Bills are the only unbeaten team when it does, should they get a Lombardi trophy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baba Booey Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 With Covid numbers rising daily throughout the US, I just don’t see it happening fellas! But I am a pessimist. I hope im wrong, but would be our luck as we are gonna be pretty good this year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: I see lots of posts saying there won’t be a season. I have to say the signs point to the season kicking off as planned. I think they start on time and when the flu hits along with Covid - the season is cancelled early. I do not think they get through the season without at least one break. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Goat Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 20 minutes ago, Talley56 said: If the season gets cancelled after, say, week 4, and the Bills are the only unbeaten team when it does, should they get a Lombardi trophy? Nah, give it to the Patriots. They're into collecting asterisks. 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I voted a wishful thinking yes, the season starts on time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Goat Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Without COVID-19 legal precedence, what's to say owners won't be liable if players/coaches/staff get sick -- or worse? Not only could this turn into a PR disaster for the league, worst-case, it could end up costing owners more than they'll make. They're still smarting from CTE. I don't see them chancing it. I think we'll be jerked around and teased -- and at the very last minute, they'll cancel, hoping we're distracted by the (football-less) holidays at home. I just depressed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I love football and the Bills and really hope it comes back. The realist in me says that they either start on time and have to suspend or cancel the season due to the spread of the virus to too many players or they will have to delay the start for a few months until the conditions with the virus improve (curve flattened everywhere, vaccine invented, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, Rochesterfan said: I think they start on time and when the flu hits along with Covid - the season is cancelled early. I do not think they get through the season without at least one break. Speaking of breaks, giving every team 2 bye's might not be such a bad idea. The normally scheduled bye and an everyone takes a week off simultaneously bye half way through the season. Just a thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Play Ball!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Can you imagine putting 55 to 60 players plus coaches, trainers, execs, broadcasters, etc on a plane, fly to Houston, to get on buses, to check into a hotel, to go to various restaurants or banquet service, to breakfast, to buses, to stadium and then home again, in a city that will not acknowledge a virus even is real.....and not have 1 team member contract C19. Impossible. Fly into Buffalo you can do it, into NYC is ok, but not Texas, Arizona, Florida, Atlanta, etc. If they play, the place where you play may be more important than who you play. The season cannot survive like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Voted delayed... Wanted to vote that the season would start on time, but I've always been overly optimistic... changing my strategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 It will happen. I know you guys are experiencing a 2nd peak situation, but I just think when other sports are starting up - soccer in Europe has been working very well, they have now played two international cricket test matches, they are planning to re-start the Tennis tour shortly etc.... I just think the PR for the NFL to say "sorry we can't do it" is too damaging long term. They will find a way, they will cave to the players' demands, there will be no fans in stadiums.... but there will be a season and it will start on time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaista2k Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Just cancel the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Talley56 said: If the season gets cancelled after, say, week 4, and the Bills are the only unbeaten team when it does, should they get a Lombardi trophy? No, but 'participation ribbons' for everyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwater10 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Jerry knows... "Hurts my ears to listen Burns my eyes to seeCut down a man in cold blood, ShannonMight as well be me We used to play for silverNow we play for lifeOne's for sport and one's for bloodAt the point of a knifeNow the die is shakenNow the die must fallThere ain't a winner in the gameYou don't go home with allNot with all" Jack Straw cut his buddy down and so will completing this season. I just don't see it working out over the long haul of a season. The stakes are just too high, larger than $$, and as Jerry says... Nobody wins in that game. The players already sense this. Veterans are beginning to speak out. Rookies are silent. The owners fear it. Right now it feels a lot like everybody is just whistling in the dark, pretending that everything will work. How? I just don't see it working... I just don't get it right now. And that sucks, but sucking doesn't make it any less real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I selected the season will start on time. Mostly because I want it to but the truth is I have no idea what is going to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said: The players want their money. The league wants their advertising and TV money. What is the one thing that could make the NFL even more popular than they already are? An American public that is craving ANY escape from the insanity that is this country currently. The viewership would be up across the board. I concur...baseball starts in a couple of days...expect high ratings as well 1 hour ago, Klaista2k said: Just cancel the season. why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, cwater10 said: Jack Straw cut his buddy down and so will completing this season. I just don't see it working out over the long haul of a season. The stakes are just too high, larger than $$, and as Jerry says... Nobody wins in that game. The players already sense this. Veterans are beginning to speak out. Rookies are silent. The owners fear it. Right now it feels a lot like everybody is just whistling in the dark, pretending that everything will work. How? I just don't see it working... I just don't get it right now. And that sucks, but sucking doesn't make it any less real. Have to agree, next couple weeks will tell for sure. Personally I think anyone who thinks there will be a season is setting themselves up for disappointment. Training camps open next week. Once there is an outbreak or two it will shut down quick. Look at what the PGA tour did. At the beginning of day 1 of The Players Championship they were going to play that tournament with fans and the rest of the season without. Later that day it was decided the tournament would finish without fans for the final 3 days, then tour play would stop for 3 weeks until the week before the Masters. Before the end of the day the season was put on hold until further notice. Those that finished the round received some sort of monetary prize, those that didn't received nothing. Hope I'm wrong but I see things coming to a halt that quickly for football. We'll know soon. Edited July 21, 2020 by Steve O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: It will happen. I know you guys are experiencing a 2nd peak situation, but I just think when other sports are starting up - soccer in Europe has been working very well, they have now played two international cricket test matches, they are planning to re-start the Tennis tour shortly etc.... I just think the PR for the NFL to say "sorry we can't do it" is too damaging long term. They will find a way, they will cave to the players' demands, there will be no fans in stadiums.... but there will be a season and it will start on time. Soccer protects 18 who travel to a game. The NFL travel with at least 60 playrts plus coaches etc. Hard to protect that many athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putin Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Augie said: I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. This ^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillies Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 One small-to-medium outbreak, where 5-10 starting players on a given team all test positive and would all need to miss 3 weeks or something would probably end the season, especially if it includes a high profile QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessTruster Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Augie said: I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. why not have the players wear some kind of thin , breathable mask? that would cut the risk quite a lot I would think. but I am not the expert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cage Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I see lots of posts saying there won’t be a season. I have to say the signs point to the season kicking off as planned. I agree that signs point to it, but I think they'll keep having to back off based on outbreaks and quarantines. If 1-2 OL test positive a couple days before a game, how many players might have to self-quarantine? I haven't seen anyone even try to give an answer to a question like that. Lets assume 5-8 other players, perhaps coaches as well. 10 days...that might be two games missed? Its inevitable that some version of that may happen to at least a dozen teams, maybe a lot more. How do you have a fair season with scenarios like that popping up? Lets play for fun and assume the Bill and Chiefs start out 4-0. They play Thursday night in Week 5. Two Bills' OL test positive on Wednesday... Edited July 21, 2020 by cage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabden Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 If Tom Brady is sick with covid-19, the season will be delayed if not cancelled outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said: Soccer protects 18 who travel to a game. The NFL travel with at least 60 playrts plus coaches etc. Hard to protect that many athletes. Definitely more players travel in the NFL (though similarly huge support staffs in Premier League soccer). But the Premier League are not bubbling as I understand the NBA is and as the cricketers of England and the West Indies are. They are going home, seeing their families then travelling to games together so there is at least some encouragement from that model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 12 hours ago, Augie said: I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. This is me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Aussie Rules Football is going on their 6th week since they resumed. Australia also has very low over all numbers though. The US is #1 over all in all counts. I still voted for the season starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 If they do cancel the season here is what is coming up for 2021. We get the AFC and NFC South. https://fbschedules.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 12 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Plus, add in the fact that fans can’t attend (= more tv viewers) and less gathering at bars (= more individual houses tuned in) They are going to have to do something about Sunday Ticket though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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