Titans player test positive today 10/7

[PromoTheRobot]

1 minute ago, SF Bills Fan said:

I think they need to pause the season and tighten things up and push it out a few weeks. 

 

That seems prudent. The NFL can't afford to let the season get derailed. Paused? Sure.

[scribo]

If they forfeit Sunday's game, which is fair, they should also forfeit against the Steelers and not play to rescheduled date.

[Mickey]

3 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said:

Are they speculating or have a legit source?

 

Nonfact factoid. The only possible outcomes are play as scheduled, postpone, cancel or forfeit. None of these has been eliminated so it is true that the game "could" be canceled. They are not saying it will be or even that it will likely be forfeited, just saying it is within the realm of possibility. Very informative, no?

[JMF2006]

58 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I guess we are looking at Monday night at the earliest.

 

That won't happen the Bills vs KC is Thursday.

 

I call forfeit teach the Titans and every other team to respect the process.

[May Day 10]

I dont think they should have a forfeit.  Its a terrible/amateurish look.  

[Penfield45]

10 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

 

I mean if the nfl investigates and finds out that they broke protocol and its their fault then yes they should take responsibility. but no chance the league makes them forfeit. it will be rescheduled at a later date. 

we should just skip the titans game and play at a later date, move on to the chiefs game. 

[TroutDog]

With Gilmore testing positive, why not have us play Denver this week and push the Titans game until later?
 

Recognize it’s imperfect but I’d prefer to keep forfeits to a minimum. 

Edited October 7, 2020 by TroutDog

[Golden*Wheels]

One thing a forfeit would accomplish tho.....it would show the league is serious if you violate protocols. I bet you'd see every mask above the nose and every rule followed to the letter. And it appears, with several teams just ignoring them, they need a hard handslap.

[JMF2006]

3 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

I dont think they should have a forfeit.  Its a terrible/amateurish look.  

 

The Commish said up to and including forfeit.

 

Do it and set an example.

[buffalo2218]

2 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

I dont think they should have a forfeit.  Its a terrible/amateurish look.  

It may be unprecedented, but how else can the NFL get teams to follow protocol? To my knowledge, I don't think anything like this has ever happened before, so without a basis for comparison, looking terrible/amateurish is out the window

[jletha]

Why not abandon TNF for the rest of the season (besides the obvious $$$). But move TNF to Sunday or Monday ont he same network, make it a double header every week. Unprecedented times, these networks ned to make sacrifices. But IMO keeping TNF is throwing a wrench into things. If we didnt play Thursday then we could conceivably play the Titans on Monday or Tues.

[Captain Hindsight]

23 minutes ago, Mrbojanglezs said:

 

Ya but do we really want to have a free win on our record? I have mixed feelings about that. 

I mean, we already played the Jets, whats the difference?

Edited October 7, 2020 by Captain Hindsight

[Captain Caveman]

22 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

 

 

So in theory, if they were clear Weds. and got in Thurs or Friday, they could have met the requirements?

But a positive test today means they can't get into the facility until ....Friday at the earliest.  They can get 2 days Fri and Sat if that's allowed.

 

 

 

 

I think having 2 days of no positives means the first day they could get in would be Saturday (this week Monday and Tuesday had no positive tests but they weren't plannning to open until today.)

 

So practice Saturday Sunday and play Monday?  But it's seeming much more likely this game isn't getting played this week.  I hope the league decides soon so we can start focusing on the Chiefs.

[JMF2006]

1 minute ago, Captain Hindsight said:

I mean, we already played the Jets, whats the difference?

 

We should thank the scheduler for the preseason tune up game  

[scribo]

The one problem I see with a forfeit is that the league already set a precedent by rescheduling the Steelers @ Titans. That was a big mistake. Tenny should have forfeited then. This can be remedied by canceling the rescheduling and just put two losses on the Titans record now.

[JMF2006]

1 minute ago, scribo said:

The one problem I see with a forfeit is that the league already set a precedent by rescheduling the Steelers @ Titans. That was a big mistake. Tenny should have forfeited then. This can be remedied by canceling the rescheduling and just put two losses on the Titans record now.

 

They pooched the schedule with their selfishness.

 

This isn't just random they were out partying at the bars.

[Golden*Wheels]

1 minute ago, scribo said:

The one problem I see with a forfeit is that the league already set a precedent by rescheduling the Steelers @ Titans. That was a big mistake. Tenny should have forfeited then. This can be remedied by canceling the rescheduling and just put two losses on the Titans record now.

Thing is the memo from the commish mentioning forfeits and draft picks came the day AFTER they inspected the Titans. Based on that, I'm not even sure they'll make them forfeit our game....I think they'll say "whichever team is NEXT".

 

OTOH I am totally happy if they apply it retroactively.

[cage]

I've been wondering if the best solution might be to lock the league down for Week 5 and look to restart Week 6 with TNF game.  Then Week 5 could be rescheduled as Week 18 at the end of the season.  The main issue would be that the Lions and Packers have a by scheduled, which they wouldn't really get an advantage from at the end of the season.  Perhaps the Packers if they were playing on Wild Card week?  

[Ethan in Cleveland]

NFL needs to make a decision quickly.

Either make Tennessee forfeit or shut the whole league down for two weeks to get things under control again.

[BillsFan4]

Well, damn. 

[WEATHER DOT COM]

Bubble or bust

[Yobogoya!]

19 minutes ago, jletha said:

Why not abandon TNF for the rest of the season (besides the obvious $$$). But move TNF to Sunday or Monday ont he same network, make it a double header every week. Unprecedented times, these networks ned to make sacrifices. But IMO keeping TNF is throwing a wrench into things. If we didnt play Thursday then we could conceivably play the Titans on Monday or Tues.

The league completely shot themselves in the foot by not scheduling extra bye weeks throughout the year as a buffer. Honestly I think they should have at least 2 every year anyway, but this year more than ever it was a no brainer. 
 

Then they go ahead and schedule Thursday games as well, just being greedy and stupid. Talk about having no plan. 

Edited October 7, 2020 by Yobogoya!

[Mr. K]

NBA and NHL absolutely got the bubble part of handling 2020 right, should be the precedent. 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

NFL.COM is reporting two more players testing positive not one..

No way this game is played.

[teef]

when would it be announced that the game if off?  friday?

[Buffalo03]

The Bills bye week is week 11. I think we could have our bye this week, play the Chiefs on Thursday night and then play the Titans week 11, couldn't we?

[Cotton Fitzsimmons]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

The Bills bye week is week 11. I think we could have our bye this week, play the Chiefs on Thursday night and then play the Titans week 11, couldn't we?

The Titans are supposed to play the Ravens Week 11. It’s a difficult puzzle, gents!

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 minute ago, Cotton Fitzsimmons said:

The Titans are supposed to play the Ravens Week 11. It’s a difficult puzzle, gents!

 

Yep.  Only reschedule option appears to be after week 17.  Buffalo would just get an additional bye this week which wouldn’t be terrible going into a Thursday game against KC.

[DrDawkinstein]

13 minutes ago, Mr. K said:

NBA and NHL absolutely got the bubble part of handling 2020 right, should be the precedent. 

 

Bubbling is absolutely the best and only real solution for having a successful season.

 

However, that is much easier for the NBA and NHL, when both only needed a couple months in order to finish a compressed season.

 

The NFL would have had to bubble for Camp + the whole season + playoffs. That is a 6 month bubble for lots of folk. That is very tough to pull off. Not only keeping people following protocol that long, but forcing so many people to be away from their families that long. It isnt just million dollar players, but lots of under paid staff too.

 

Aaron Rodgers was just on Pat McAfee yesterday saying he didnt even want to bubble for the playoffs. We would have seen a TON more players opt out.

 

I'm all for the bubble, dont get me wrong. Just saying it would have been a much tougher task for the NFL.

[Doc]

Yeah, the players don't want to bubble.  As for the current situation, the affected teams will have to deal with it.  If it spreads to more teams, then taking time off becomes a necessity.

[Buffalo03]

I mean honestly, with the fact that these players could be negative one day and positive the next, why not just tell the players that test positive to stay away from the team and just let the players that test negative play? I mean Stefon Gilmore just tested positive which means he more than likely had it Monday while playing the Chiefs. There's no sense in delaying or cancelling multiple games when these guys could actually technically have the virus while they're playing and test positive the next day anyway. 

[JPicc2114]

The NFL went into this season with no real plan how to navigate it with people testing positive for Covid. This is not baseball where you can just play a double header

[Cotton Fitzsimmons]

1 minute ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Yep.  Only reschedule option appears to be after week 17.  Buffalo would just get an additional bye this week which wouldn’t be terrible going into a Thursday game against KC.

Hammersticks, my good fellow, you are spot on per usual! It appears the only option at this point, short of an outright forfeit/cancellation. It will provide a tremendous advantage coming off a bye with the Chiefs traveling on a short week. One would think the league would avoid it and try to move that game perhaps to Sunday, but it would be hard to imagine the league losing that Thursday prime time slot as well. It seems the league will have to pick one of a number of strange options to navigate these waters.

[RichRiderBills]

Ugh...this season is going to be a challenge. Not sure how it will shape out, but we should enjoy each week we get to play.

 

Im not a supporter of forfeits. I want real wins. This wheel could land on us someday, and we need to be flexible, even if a violation occured, Id punish the team another way.

[DrDawkinstein]

Sounds like there is a pretty good chance the league finds some hijinks and forces the Titans to forfeit.

 

Word on WGR just now is that the NFL is investigating a report that a bunch of Titans players got together this week to work out when they were all supposed to be quarantining separately.

[Big Blitz]

31 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

NFL needs to make a decision quickly.

Either make Tennessee forfeit or shut the whole league down for two weeks to get things under control again.

 

 

Things are under control.

 

Just not on the Titans.  

[Process]

1 minute ago, RichRiderBills said:

Ugh...this season is going to be a challenge. Not sure how it will shape out, but we should enjoy each week we get to play.

 

Im not a supporter of forfeits. I want real wins. This wheel could land on us someday, and we need to be flexible, even if a violation occured, Id punish the team another way.

If they start making teams forfeit this whole season becomes a joke. The SB winner will already have an asterisk, start forfeiting games and you can throw on a few more *****

[sonyab1974]

1 hour ago, Mrbojanglezs said:

 

Ya but do we really want to have a free win on our record? I have mixed feelings about that. 

 

No! I don't want a free win when we didn't do anything to deserve it.

[Golden*Wheels]

5 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Sounds like there is a pretty good chance the league finds some hijinks and forces the Titans to forfeit.

 

Word on WGR just now is that the NFL is investigating a report that a bunch of Titans players got together this week to work out when they were all supposed to be quarantining separately.

There were also reports on PFT their linebacker coach knew he was potentially exposed, and didn't notify anyone. In addition to reports they weren't wearing masks reliably in their facility.

[Just Joshin']

6 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Sounds like there is a pretty good chance the league finds some hijinks and forces the Titans to forfeit.

 

Word on WGR just now is that the NFL is investigating a report that a bunch of Titans players got together this week to work out when they were all supposed to be quarantining separately.

If true they deserve to forfeit.