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It's Official, No Preseason Games in 2020 per NFLPA

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4 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Calling it now, the first major injury...especially to a top player, the poo will hit the fan between the NFLPA and the League.

Why, the nflpa has been moving away from preseason games for years now. This is what they wanted

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3 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Why, the nflpa has been moving away from preseason games for years now. This is what they wanted

They've been wanting fewer preseason games, I agree, but without proper condition--game action--I can see more injuries occurring early on this year.

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1 minute ago, Moo Daeng said:

The NFLPA wanted no games. The league wanted 2. The league made the offer yesterday of no games.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29505303/nfl-offers-players-scrap-all-preseason-games

Well yeah, this year is obviously different with zero preseason games being played.  Still saying it will be a big deal if some big-named guy gets knocked out for the year in the first game and the lack of conditioning be the scapegoat. 

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7 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

They've been wanting fewer preseason games, I agree, but without proper condition--game action--I can see more injuries occurring early on this year.

Oh for sure. It’s going to be nuts. The first 3-4 games will be crazy sloppy.

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59 minutes ago, t96 said:

Honestly this could be a year where anything fuging goes. SB or bust for us.

This is actually the best shot we may have at the playoffs for a while. The complete and utter chaos of this season could result in us being a contender. I suspect it will go the other way pretty rapidly but, honestly, that is fine too.

This would be the worst year to have a mediocre season, though. 6-10 to 8-8. That would be absolutely awful.

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14 minutes ago, CatTower said:

At least our early schedule is pretty easy in terms of strength.  Could provide us opportunity to upset some opponents.

I would say veteran teams and coaching staffs will hypothetically have an advantage but the chances of pure chaos emerging are pretty high. I don't see that as a bad thing. Whether we somehow become a playoff contender or are an absolute disaster, we probably come out of the season better.

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