Big Turk Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 It is in the middle of this timeline article... https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rescheduling-games-devastating-injuries-firing-123409860.html I mean that kind of sucks if you have a team like the Jets on your schedule and you don't get to play them but you end up playing the Chiefs...under this scenario, how many teams will make/miss the playoffs because of random chance and dealing with schedule adjustments due to other teams out of their control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobonators Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I think when its all said and done every team in the NFL will be impacted directly by a schedule change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, matter2003 said: It is in the middle of this timeline article... https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rescheduling-games-devastating-injuries-firing-123409860.html I mean that kind of sucks if you have a team like the Jets on your schedule and you don't get to play them but you end up playing the Chiefs...under this scenario, how many teams will make/miss the playoffs because of random chance and dealing with schedule adjustments due to other teams out of their control? It sucks. There’s a pandemic going on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, NewEra said: It sucks. There’s a pandemic going on. I ask, not you specifically, but the group in general. Why is ONE team such a $hitshow and every other team seems to have things in control.....within reason? Honestly I am SUPER surprised LVR didn't go down in positive testing flames....happy they didn't but super surprised. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 The commissioner is earning that money for sure. I see them using win % over win/loss to determine playoffs. Its not ideal but they are doing their best and we have football. On another note the salary cap will be lower next year. What good teams will be impacted the most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanSD Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 This stuff is outside the team's control. Just win games and everything will sort itself out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobonators Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Assuming there is a Super Bowl, how will history judge this year’s winner? Do you guys think the victory will be watered down? It’ll definitely have an asterisk next to it forever, but is any of the legitimacy diminished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 37 minutes ago, matter2003 said: It is in the middle of this timeline article... https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rescheduling-games-devastating-injuries-firing-123409860.html I mean that kind of sucks if you have a team like the Jets on your schedule and you don't get to play them but you end up playing the Chiefs...under this scenario, how many teams will make/miss the playoffs because of random chance and dealing with schedule adjustments due to other teams out of their control? Quote I’m fascinated by one tributary of what’s happened with all the schedule changes. Kansas City at Buffalo was supposed to be the Thursday night game in Week 6. It was tentatively moved to Sunday after the Bills got scheduled to play Tuesday in Tennessee this week. Now it got moved to Monday night at 5 p.m. in Buffalo. Why is this interesting to me? Because it took the Thursday night game, and a very good one, off a prime-time window. Those games, roughly, are worth $60 million a game to the NFL. By moving the game to Monday at 5 p.m. and keeping it on FOX, it gave a great game to a bad time slot, but it avoided making FOX take a lesser game in the only part of the network inventory that is flexible: Saturday windows in Weeks 15 and 16. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, bobobonators said: Assuming there is a Super Bowl, how will history judge this year’s winner? Do you guys think the victory will be watered down? It’ll definitely have an asterisk next to it forever, but is any of the legitimacy diminished? I don't, will be harder to win IMO. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBuff423 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, bobobonators said: Assuming there is a Super Bowl, how will history judge this year’s winner? Do you guys think the victory will be watered down? It’ll definitely have an asterisk next to it forever, but is any of the legitimacy diminished? If they still play the games, then not in my mind. If some team is granted entry into the playoffs due to a forfeit scenario, then obviously depending on how deep they go in the playoffs, it could be seen as artificial in some sense. All of that in mind though, every team will need to endure injuries or illness in one form or another, so if a team escapes relatively whole - then that means they've been planning and preparing well and taking the precautions as dictated by the league and medical community. They deserve that credit as well. Edited October 12, 2020 by BigBuff423 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobonators Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Real McNasty said: I don't, will be harder to win IMO. 1 minute ago, BigBuff423 said: If they still play the games, then not in my mind. If some team is granted entry into the playoffs due to a forfeit scenario, then obviously depending on deep they go in the playoffs, it could be seen as artificial in some sense. All of that in mind though, every team will need to endure injuries or illness in one form or another, so if a team escapes relatively whole - then that means they've been planning and preparing well and taking the precautions as dictated by the league and medical community. They deserve that credit as well. I agree. All teams/players have had to deal with this pandemic. I have a friend who is a Pats fan and he was already mentioning how this season is questionable and he brought up the fact the Pats lost bc they had to play without Cam Newton. This thought process is nauseating; however, it’s an unfortunate reality that many fans of teams will possibly not regard the winner of this season highly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Quote Think of pandemic football. Think of what an accomplishment it would be if the 3-0 Titans (assuming they play) win Tuesday night against the 4-0 Bills. Tennessee hasn’t had a regular football practice in 17 days. The Titans worked out twice over the weekend—a light workout Saturday, and a longer practice late Sunday afternoon—but neither could be considered normal. And now they play a game against one of the most impressive teams in football that’s been on its regular schedule, mostly, until this week and the Tuesday game. You very likely won’t hear any Titan player or coach complain about it because, after all, it’s more than 20 COVID-positive tests on the team and organization that put Tennessee in this predicament. Writer sugar coated Titans. They have been denying they did anything wrong and NFL needs to punish them for they put other teams into this predicament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, bobobonators said: I have a friend who is a Pats fan and he was already mentioning how this season is questionable and he brought up the fact the Pats lost bc they had to play without Cam Newton. This thought process is nauseating; however, it’s an unfortunate reality that many fans of teams will possibly not regard the winner of this season highly. The only asterisks are the ones where the winning team cheated. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, bobobonators said: I agree. All teams/players have had to deal with this pandemic. I have a friend who is a Pats fan and he was already mentioning how this season is questionable and he brought up the fact the Pats lost bc they had to play without Cam Newton. This thought process is nauseating; however, it’s an unfortunate reality that many fans of teams will possibly not regard the winner of this season highly. P*ts choose to get rid of the goat and sign Cam for low dollars and they are complaining when NFL their low paid QB and their defensive player of the year who does not tackle get COVID forcing move of their and other games. Titans and P*ts ought to get married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, bobobonators said: I agree. All teams/players have had to deal with this pandemic. I have a friend who is a Pats fan and he was already mentioning how this season is questionable and he brought up the fact the Pats lost bc they had to play without Cam Newton. This thought process is nauseating; however, it’s an unfortunate reality that many fans of teams will possibly not regard the winner of this season highly. I suggest a better class of friends! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, Real McNasty said: I don't, will be harder to win IMO. Fangio had an interesting perspective: "10:15 a.m. (8:15 a.m. MT), Englewood, Colo. On a pristine Colorado morning, the Rocky Mountains glistening to the west, Fangio gathers about 125 players, coaches and staff on the field, socially distanced. Fangio tells them the game is off, when the game was likely to be played, how this ruins the bye week and now players would be off Sunday, Monday and Tuesday but have to test each day and be back for a game week Wednesday. He said baseball was getting through it while playing, and basketball and hockey too, and football would make it. “In a weird way,” Fangio told the group, “I’m really happy it’s happening for our team. It identifies the whiners—who are the whiners. Who can’t handle adversity? Who gets hijacked by inconveniences? We don’t want those guys. We want people who deal with this without the whining, who take this inconvenience as an opportunity to get better.” The place cleared out. Even the coach left to take a free day. “I’ll be back Monday and Tuesday,” Fangio said. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, BigBuff423 said: If they still play the games, then not in my mind. If some team is granted entry into the playoffs due to a forfeit scenario, then obviously depending on how deep they go in the playoffs, it could be seen as artificial in some sense. All of that in mind though, every team will need to endure injuries or illness in one form or another, so if a team escapes relatively whole - then that means they've been planning and preparing well and taking the precautions as dictated by the league and medical community. They deserve that credit as well. What about a team that gains entry due to chance that they only played 14 games and 2 of the games they missed were against other playoff teams. Or a team that loses entry because 2 games they miss playing are against bottom feeders? So one team avoids 2 likely losses and the other 2 likely wins. Or what about teams that had to play their full schedule while some others don't? There is no way to build fairness into this short of adding playoff teams like the other sports did for this year. I know they have added 1 playoff team already but that is a permanent change. Maybe add an 8th playoff team for each conference for this year only and restore 2 teams getting byes if the schedule gets truncated or uneven games are played. Edited October 12, 2020 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCofNC Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, matter2003 said: What about a team that gains entry due to chance that they only played 14 games and 2 of the games they missed were against other playoff teams. Or a team that loses entry because 2 games they miss playing are against bottom feeders? So one team avoids 2 likely losses and the other 2 likely wins. Or what about teams that had to play their full schedule while some others don't? There is no way to build fairness into this short of adding playoff teams like the other sports did for this year. If a team has to rely on beating the bottom feeders to get their win total up to the level they need to get into the playoffs, what are the chances they are actually competitive enough to win in the playoffs? Right now the AFC MIGHT have a few teams that will miss the playoffs, but would beat the NFC representatives. That’s part of the deal though. The Raiders/Chiefs, Colts/Titans, Bills/Pats, Steelers/Ravens/Browns all look like pretty legit teams. Somebody is going to miss out; is there a chance of a good team not making it vs another good team getting in with less “credentials”? Yes, there always is. With 14 teams going in, I don’t think the concern is all that real. In the NFC, there’s really no reason to be concerned at all unless you are a 9ers fan and want to see them instead of anybody from the East and that’s a real possibility of a crap team knocking out a really good team that dealt with injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) Last week on WGR-550, John Clayton was asked if he thought the NFL would get the entire season in or if it would implode on itself. He was extremely confident the entire season will be played, mostly because there is a will to get it done, they are being very flexible in terms of how they get it done, and he suggested teams will go inside "bubbles" if necessary. I.E., quarantine themselves 24 hours a day until the season is over. He suggested that might give rise to more player opt-outs who do not want to live that way, but the season will go on. Edited October 12, 2020 by Nextmanup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, bobobonators said: Assuming there is a Super Bowl, how will history judge this year’s winner? Do you guys think the victory will be watered down? It’ll definitely have an asterisk next to it forever, but is any of the legitimacy diminished? Not in the slightest. Anyone have an asterisk next to the strike year? 35 minutes ago, bobobonators said: I agree. All teams/players have had to deal with this pandemic. I have a friend who is a Pats fan and he was already mentioning how this season is questionable and he brought up the fact the Pats lost bc they had to play without Cam Newton. This thought process is nauseating; however, it’s an unfortunate reality that many fans of teams will possibly not regard the winner of this season highly. A Patriots fan upset with the rules? I'm shocked! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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