COVID hits the Patriots once again

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

https://twitter.com/MikeReiss/status/1317142167190724608

Things are starting to unravel

[t96]

If they can't play the game by Monday or Tuesday this one will not be able to be rescheduled like the others that have been postponed. Seems like the only 3 options would be 

1) add weeks at the end of the season for these makeup games.

2) make the COVID team forfeit

3) cancel the games entirely and go based on W%

 

NFL has already strongly indicated that they do not want to add extra weeks to the season. I doubt they make a team forfeit, but I honestly do think it would be the most logical decision (and that's not due to Pats disdain, I felt the same about the Titans if it came to that and I actually like that team). NFL's response will be very interesting. Of course, there's still a chance that the Pats-Broncos do play by Monday/Tuesday.

[NAS]

You can't forfeit if something is out of their control.  These players are going home every night so the virus spread is not contained to team facilities.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Cancel the season immediately please 

[Bronn]

12 minutes ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

I’m telling you, this way of super strict protocols and freaking out over every little asymptomatic “case” isn’t the proper way to do things. Stop the testing all together, have the older and more at risk staff and coaching members take extra precautions, treat Covid like any other illness in the nfl. Isolate those that don’t feel well and are actually sick. If you are asymptomatic and feel perfectly fine, then play and practice as normal 

 

9 minutes ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

Go put on your face diaper, I mean mask and go hide in your basement. The 99.6% of us that will recover and survive this thing will keep enjoying life 

Shut the fug up

[t96]

19 minutes ago, NAS said:

You can't forfeit if something is out of their control.  These players are going home every night so the virus spread is not contained to team facilities.

It's not completely out of their control. And if a team is unable to be ready to play a scheduled game then it can result in a forfeit, doesn't matter whether it's anyone's fault or out of their control. This is standard in many sports leagues around the world. Unprecedented in the NFL, but this is 2020 and there's a pandemic, it may very well be the best option.

[Harbingers]

1 hour ago, t96 said:

If they can't play the game by Monday or Tuesday this one will not be able to be rescheduled like the others that have been postponed. Seems like the only 3 options would be 

1) add weeks at the end of the season for these makeup games.

2) make the COVID team forfeit

3) cancel the games entirely and go based on W%

 

NFL has already strongly indicated that they do not want to add extra weeks to the season. I doubt they make a team forfeit, but I honestly do think it would be the most logical decision (and that's not due to Pats disdain, I felt the same about the Titans if it came to that and I actually like that team). NFL's response will be very interesting. Of course, there's still a chance that the Pats-Broncos do play by Monday/Tuesday.

They should really just make the teams play all the rest of their division games in a bubble environment and then the playoffs.

[PanthersGTI]

30 minutes ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

I’m telling you, this way of super strict protocols and freaking out over every little asymptomatic “case” isn’t the proper way to do things. Stop the testing all together, have the older and more at risk staff and coaching members take extra precautions, treat Covid like any other illness in the nfl. Isolate those that don’t feel well and are actually sick. If you are asymptomatic and feel perfectly fine, then play and practice as normal 

LOL, do you know anything about this virus or you just talking poo?

[Varking]

28 minutes ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

Go put on your face diaper, I mean mask and go hide in your basement. The 99.6% of us that will recover and survive this thing will keep enjoying life 

The way you post sure doesn’t make it sound like you are busy enjoying life. 

[NAS]

16 minutes ago, t96 said:

It's not completely out of their control. And if a team is unable to be ready to play a scheduled game then it can result in a forfeit, doesn't matter whether it's anyone's fault or out of their control. This is standard in many sports leagues around the world. Unprecedented in the NFL, but this is 2020 and there's a pandemic, it may very well be the best option.

But they can play, the whole team isn't affected but is NFL willing to take the risk of someone not testing positive during the incubation period. 

[Mr. Scot]

Per the rules, if they forfeit then none of the players get paid, including the players on the opposing team.

That sucks, but those are the rules the NFL and the Players Association agreed to.

[t96]

20 minutes ago, NAS said:

But they can play, the whole team isn't affected but is NFL willing to take the risk of someone not testing positive during the incubation period. 

We don't know if they can play. If it winds up like the Titans and they have more and more players testing positive every day they won't be able to play. If it's another situation like before their game against the Chiefs with a player or two testing positive but with several days of consistent negative testing for everyone else before the game then they'll be fine to play by Tuesday probably. It's not really black and white.

[Moo Daeng]

Must be contagious.