WEATHER DOT COM Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Bills players lose a game check if the game isn't played - eek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nineforty Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I thought the season shouldn't happen. I went against my own principles by watching and enjoying the ride. I disgust myself but have accepted this. If one person (that could be someone not even in contact with a Tenn player) dies...man, what are we doing? I think we are all Pieces of you know what. That's how I feel. Sorry, not sorry. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Titans costing guys paychecks now . They need to hide. Edited October 8, 2020 by YoloinOhio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: The NFL has to be absolutely livid. They are ruining their image as far as how they are handing the virus, because they put protocols in place to have a season and they were ignored. It’s a horrible look from the titans. I don’t want to sound like a contrarian, but I’d go just the other way with it. IF all the other teams are able to isolate players who test positive and keep things progressing, then this shows what happens when you don’t follow protocols. The Titans are helping to show why protocols matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Just now, YoloinOhio said: Titans costing guys paychecks now Hated across the league like the Astros. and they did originate in Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Titans costing guys paychecks now And I'm sure the fines incurred will be about 1/100th of the total of the Bills paychecks lost because of it. Edited October 8, 2020 by The Wiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: The NFL has to be absolutely livid. They are ruining their image as far as how they are handing the virus, because they put protocols in place to have a season and they were ignored. It’s a horrible look from the titans. Especially considering how well the protocols are working elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob2232 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 People talking about a forfeit is ridiculous. Talk about incentivizing a team to sweep positive results under the carpet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: The NFL has to be absolutely livid. They are ruining their image as far as how they are handing the virus, because they put protocols in place to have a season and they were ignored. It’s a horrible look from the titans. They're going to look worse if they order the Bills to play the Titans and Bills players get sick - especially the day of, or the day after they play KC. The "2 clear days are enough" has to be based on the premise that exposure stopped last Tuesday, when the Titans facilities closed. If exposure continued throughout the week as players met to practice outside the facility, that premise isn't worth the powder to blow it to hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Meat. head. Ummmm Bills might not be too interested in a forfeit or cancellation knowing this Something tells me the Pegulas would pay their players. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, DCOrange said: It already happened though. It's pretty much a 100% chance Gilmore had the virus when he played this past week. He just hadn't tested positive yet because that's how the virus works. The NFL doesn't care about sick players playing as long as they don't have evidence that they knew they were sick. Edit: Playing the game with a player that has it has happened. I assume you mean that it hasn't spread to others from that game yet, which we won't know for another week or so. Exactly. So far, knock on wood, we haven’t seen a player from one team pass it to a player from another team from game exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsMafi$ Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Bills/Titans players told game could be Monday or Tuesday. bills/chiefs would then be Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdragon2 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Just now, wjag said: Something tells me the Pegulas would pay their players. In any other season I would agree with you, but they are already losing massively on the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 minute ago, JimBob2232 said: People talking about a forfeit is ridiculous. Talk about incentivizing a team to sweep positive results under the carpet! They can't sweep "positive results under the carpet". The league gets the reports from the lab. But...it is incentivizing the team to try to conceal whatever practices they've held off-site, and that isn't constructive right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 minute ago, wjag said: Something tells me the Pegulas would pay their players. Well we know you're not Tim Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, boco357 said: I think you have to look at the top here . Mike Vrabel strikes me as a guy who doesnt care about protocol . Look back to draft night at his house, a clown show. Couldn’t agree more with this. Vrabel doesn’t strike me as a guy who runs a tight ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said: The "2 clear days are enough" has to be based on the premise that exposure stopped last Tuesday, when the Titans facilities closed. If exposure continued throughout the week as players met to practice outside the facility, that premise isn't worth the powder to blow it to hell. Yep.. Everything is out the window. And those clueless players mocking on social media that you can't prove 'nuthin aint helping neither. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Meat. head. Ummmm Bills might not be too interested in a forfeit or cancellation knowing this Well that changes everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said: Couldn’t agree more with this. Vrabel doesn’t strike me as a guy who runs a tight ship. I don't really know, but I do know that he learned from the master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, BillsMafi$ said: Bills/Titans players told game could be Monday or Tuesday. bills/chiefs would then be Saturday Source? Opinion of mine: The league needs to put on its Big Boy Panties, Cowboy Up and call it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaattMaann Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Dianna Russini on ESPN said titans and bills players are told they might play the game monday or tuesday (IF THE POSITIVE TESTS DISSAPEAR IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS), in which case the Bills/Chiefs game gets moved to Saturday night (NFL wants it on a non football day to generate revenue for themselves and FOX) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalonian Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: With millions of dollars at stake, you can guarantee that this would end up in court, especially if the outbreak was connected to the Titans failure to abide by the protocols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Joshin' Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, jeremy2020 said: There's no game this Sunday. They need to just announce it and get it over with. That is the easy part. What happens as a result is what is delaying the announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanSD Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, JimBob2232 said: People talking about a forfeit is ridiculous. Talk about incentivizing a team to sweep positive results under the carpet! I don't want a forfeit win either, but it's important to point out that Tennessee would not be forced to forfeit because they had positive results. Any punishment the team receives is because they flagrantly violated protocols and they put the entire season in jeopardy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: From reporter Paul Kuharsky: To quote the kids: “whoop there it is.” 15 minutes ago, Penfield45 said: we can definitely say the NFL has handled this situation worse than any other pro sports league the wealthiest league in the world looks like it has no idea how to handle this...embarrassing This is wrong. The League is handling it very well- one team f-ing everything up is not the fault of the league. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, DCOrange said: It already happened though. It's pretty much a 100% chance Gilmore had the virus when he played this past week. He just hadn't tested positive yet because that's how the virus works. The NFL doesn't care about sick players playing as long as they don't have evidence that they knew they were sick. Edit: Playing the game with a player that has it has happened. I assume you mean that it hasn't spread to others from that game yet, which we won't know for another week or so. Yes, I meant it has not spread to anyone on either team yet. Cam and Gilmore had dinner Together Fri night btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Options I see: 1. Play on Monday or Tuesday, pushing Bills-Chiefs to Saturday night or Sunday 2. Create a Week 18 and play then 3. Suspend with indefinite "TBD" designation and see what other games get this same designation throughout year 4. Cancel outright, no forfeit 5. Forfeit (very unlikely) Options 1, 2, and 4 are unfair to the Bills. Option 5 is unfair to other teams. Therefore, I predict it will be option 3, minimizing immediate impact and waiting until we see what other games are similarly affected throughout the year. Of course, it could be argued that this is unfair to the Bills because they might have to play the Titans at full strength later rather than in a very weakened state now. As for paychecks if the game is canceled, I bet the Bills find a way to pay the players. Not their fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dablitzkrieg Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Edited October 8, 2020 by Dablitzkrieg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Just now, Shaw66 said: I don't really know, but I do know that he learned from the master. Ha. I started to write out that we should expect nothing less from a disciple of Belichick. Only difference, Vrabel isn’t in the same stratosphere as Belichick when it comes to intelligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 15 minutes ago, boco357 said: I think you have to look at the top here . Mike Vrabel strikes me as a guy who doesnt care about protocol . Look back to draft night at his house, a clown show. i mean, his son was taking a dump with the bathroom door wide open!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Maybe the NFL should fine the Titans the amount needed to pay the Bills 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 7pm start on Monday night football would be all right. Certainly gives us a few more days to practice for the Chiefs too. Of course it also gives the Chiefs those same days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Just give the Titans a loss and do nothing with the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) So if the game is pushed to Monday/Tuesday, do they still test on Sunday? Is it just the day that the team plays that they don't get tested or is it just sunday's that there is no testing done? Because I'd be willing to bet money that they have more positive tests over the next few days, including sunday. Edited October 8, 2020 by The Wiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, wjag said: Yep.. Everything is out the window. And those clueless players mocking on social media that you can't prove 'nuthin aint helping neither. That's really a horrible look. "Oh, Noes, we were confused, I had to rescue a kitten from my pit bull puppy and I must have missed the Zoom where Vrabel passed that message" is plausible deniability and semi-sympathetic. The NFL's memos do not exemplify concise clarity, and of course competitive players want to stay sharp and stay in shape. Other team's players understand that. They "get it" if it were them and their teammates, that's what they'd want to do. But "Nana Nana Booboo, we Broke the Rules and You Can't Catch Us!" - Jesus, if you're a player on another team, that has to be infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 minute ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said: Maybe the NFL should fine the Titans the amount needed to pay the Bills Yep and give it to Bills players if a forfeiture occurs. One of our resident payroll posters might be able to give us that amount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said: Ugh. I work Monday and Tuesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Just now, atlbillsfan1975 said: Yep and give it to Bills players if a forfeiture occurs. One of our resident payroll posters might be able to give us that amount? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 minute ago, The Wiz said: So if the game is pushed to Monday/Tuesday, do they still test on Sunday? Is it just the day that the team plays that they don't get tested or is it just sunday's that there is no testing done? That's my understanding. Testing everyday, including bye weeks, just not day of game for teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Just now, whatdrought said: Ugh. I work Monday and Tuesday night. It gets to the point of really impacting competitve balance for other teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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