Shorter nightmareLa’s are back to back but the back end is a Thursday. That sucks.
But TNF in December gives a mini bye pre Miamia bye after only 5 weeks? yuck.
Good to know in 2 months without sports that John Clayton still doesn’t know anything.I know there was a fake Twitter account saying it earlier, but I was going off of what John Clayton said on Pittsburgh radio today. It makes sense since these games are the least important to each team's schedule and could be slashed if there is a shortened season.
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Yes---11/15 and 11/29Do the Jets have two games in a row against the Dolphins (separated by a bye week)? Did I see that graphic correctly?
Yes I think I saw that it's the first time since 1991 that it has happenedDo the Jets have two games in a row against the Dolphins (separated by a bye week)? Did I see that graphic correctly?
Not to mention creative scheduling decisions. In Oregon, we got Titans games for years because of MariotaIf my analysis of the schedule is correct, you could see up to 15 Bucs games on TV in Boston this year.
If they actually go 3-0 @HOU and @LA, they deserve to make the playoffs. I'll be amazed if that happens.at first look
MIA W
@ SEA L
LV W
@ KC L
DEN W
SF L
@ BUFF L
@ NYJ W
BALT L
@ HOU W
ZONA L
@ LAC W
@ LAR W
@ MIA L
BUFF W
NYJ W
9-7
CBS can show any game since there's obviously no blackout so that puts LAC-DEN in play too. Although given that it's the Pats and they may not want to show the 4:05 game against the national 4:25 game anyways, I'd bet they'll probably be on.11. at Houston 1:00(both Jets and Giants have byes and Pats game is best of the 1:00 CBS window)
Not that it matters with Red Zone and streaming, but that means 4 likely good games on in NYC that weekend during the 1 and 4 spots...Interesting quirk in the schedule: Giants and Jets both have the same bye week in Week 11.
The path is win all the games you said and then win in Miami. I know they struggle down there, but the Fins aren't a juggernaut. That's the path.I see 10-6, but maybe 8-8 if a couple of games don't go their way. I don't see a path to more than 10 wins though. But a 10-6 season would be a success, especially if Stidham improves and shows that he can be a high-level NFL starter.
Also having a week to prepare for a home game with SF could result in a win.The path is win all the games you said and then win in Miami. I know they struggle down there, but the Fins aren't a juggernaut. That's the path.
That would be a great win for BB and the Pats.Also having a week to prepare for a home game with SF could result in a win.
Week 17 is the only time when both networks have doubleheaders. There's only one game on CBS Week 11.Not that it matters with Red Zone and streaming, but that means 4 likely good games on in NYC that weekend during the 1 and 4 spots...
Wouldn't CBS want all early games rather than late on Masters Sunday? I'm not a big golf watcher but isn't the height of the back nine for the leaders around 4-6pm ET?
My guess based on the schedule is that they will start the final round earlier than usual and want it to be over by 4:00. In a normal year, the last few groups go off between 2:30 and 3:00. Personally, I loved last year starting in the morning.Wouldn't CBS want all early games rather than late on Masters Sunday? I'm not a big golf watcher but isn't the height of the back nine for the leaders around 4-6pm ET?
Its a 58 minute flight to LA as well. Bulletin board material for the Patriots with these rams comments.They’re bitching about a Phoenix to LA flight? Jaysus what a bunch of wimps.
i agree with u no shot best case start oct 11 push the super bowl to march 7 be ready to have backup stadiums for the chargers rams jets g-man bears lions saintsDoes anyone really believe a full NFL season is going to happen?
Ducks head...
I would hope no one thinks that.Does anyone really believe a full NFL season is going to happen?
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/05/11/nfl-season-dr-fauci-coronavirus-fmia-peter-king/?cid=nbcsports“Also,” I said, “I take it that teams have to be willing to say, If Patrick Mahomes tests positive on a Saturday night, he’s got to disappear for two weeks.”
“Absolutely, absolutely,” Fauci said. “It would be malpractice in medicine to put him on the field, absolutely.”
I think that, as long as we mean "play all the games, but with few / no fans in the stands".I would hope no one thinks that.
All week 2 opponents have the same bye week in case it needs to be rescheduled.If they decide to take the first 4 weeks and move them to end of season, the Pats would then have their bye in week 2.
The only way we get there is if we decide as a society that we can live with people getting covid19. Because people ARE gonna get it. Period. Even with vaccines, tens of millions of people get the flu every year. (NO THIS IS NOT THE FLU!!!) The point is that this stuff doesn't just vanish, I don't think.How is football going to be played in the fall? The virus is not going away. Yes, we can test every player, ref, team staff member every single day, but all it's gonna take is a few positive results on one team to throw the season into turmoil. Forget high school and college football. No chance. OK. Not no chance, but not much of a chance.
No. It's not going away until most of the populace takes a vaccine or herd immunity stops it from spreading. High school football is not happening. College football? How? The NCAA and the universities will have the testing in place in August to proceed with a season? What if a few players test positive? Then that's it. Quarantine the team for 14 days. We are talking college kids, Not professionals. We are in the early stages of this fight. Three months is simply not enough time to allow sports to happen. National cases are not falling. They are pretty much steady. I hope I am wrong, but I do not think i am.The only way we get there is if we decide as a society that we can live with people getting covid19. Because people ARE gonna get it. Period. Even with vaccines, tens of millions of people get the flu every year. (NO THIS IS NOT THE FLU!!!) The point is that this stuff doesn't just vanish, I don't think.
One (of many) differences is that there are multiple strains of flu. The "strains" of CoVid-19 identified so far are not believed to have any impact on vaccine efficacy. So it is possible that if we get a vaccine, SARS2 could vanish much like SARS1 did.The only way we get there is if we decide as a society that we can live with people getting covid19. Because people ARE gonna get it. Period. Even with vaccines, tens of millions of people get the flu every year. (NO THIS IS NOT THE FLU!!!) The point is that this stuff doesn't just vanish, I don't think.
If the figures are right from the antibody tests, we probably have about 10x the amount of infections that are recorded "officially". Well right now in the US we have 1.4 million officially known total cases. 10x that is 14 million. Due to the lockdown, it's taken us roughly 5 months to get to 14 million. Herd immunity is anywhere from 60-80% of the total population. Well, that means we need to get between 198-264 million people infected. At 14 million over 5 months, that's a rate of 2.8 million a month. Call it 3 million a month. Even if we triple that and go 9 million a month, it'll take 22-29 months to get to herd immunity.One (of many) differences is that there are multiple strains of flu. The "strains" of CoVid-19 identified so far are not believed to have any impact on vaccine efficacy. So it is possible that if we get a vaccine, SARS2 could vanish much like SARS1 did.
There are two other exit strategies: one is an effective treatment that makes living with CoVid-19 much more palatable to most of the public. The probability of that outcome should not be so readily dismissed. There are a number of treatment candidates both in trial and under development; the remdesivir news showed that the virus is vulnerable to anti-virals.
The other exit strategy is herd immunity over time. We will probably need some combination of the above. We will not be able to stay in lockdown for 18 months, no matter what some "experts" try to tell us. Not for a virus with a 1% fatality rate.
EDIT: I'm not hopeful for NFL in 2020. I am 100% convinced that by the 2021 football season, either one of the above scenarios will come to pass, or we will have learned to live with it, or that we will have caused civilization to collapse with an ill-advised and ill-informed extended economic shutdown.
I agree. Three months seems like a long time, but nothing is quick with this virus. Cases are still high. I can't imagine things will be dramatically different in August, and the situation could be worse as the days get shorter in the fall. The NFL has a ton of money and people committed to playing, so I guess they have a chance of a season. High school and college football in the fall is a long shot at best. You can't put kids at risk for a game.One (of many) differences is that there are multiple strains of flu. The "strains" of CoVid-19 identified so far are not believed to have any impact on vaccine efficacy. So it is possible that if we get a vaccine, SARS2 could vanish much like SARS1 did.
There are two other exit strategies: one is an effective treatment that makes living with CoVid-19 much more palatable to most of the public. The probability of that outcome should not be so readily dismissed. There are a number of treatment candidates both in trial and under development; the remdesivir news showed that the virus is vulnerable to anti-virals.
The other exit strategy is herd immunity over time. We will probably need some combination of the above. We will not be able to stay in lockdown for 18 months, no matter what some "experts" try to tell us. Not for a virus with a 1% fatality rate.
EDIT: I'm not hopeful for NFL in 2020. I am 100% convinced that by the 2021 football season, either one of the above scenarios will come to pass, or we will have learned to live with it, or that we will have caused civilization to collapse with an ill-advised and ill-informed extended economic shutdown.
We were never intended to lock down until there was a vaccine. We were told to lockdown as to not overwhelm the health system. As it seems we've mostly alleviated that threat, the decisions need to be made about slow and careful re-openings and what the new normal is.NO. WAY. are we waiting that long as a society. And since a vaccine is likely more than a year away (maybe 18 months), decisions have to be made. Do we indeed stay locked down for that long, or do we decide that we can live with some people getting covid19?
I think a surprisingly large part of the population thought that locking society down for a few months was going to make the virus go away. It did slow the spread, but the virus is still out there, still spreading, which makes sports in the fall doubtful.We were never intended to lock down until there was a vaccine. We were told to lockdown as to not overwhelm the health system. As it seems we've mostly alleviated that threat, the decisions need to be made about slow and careful re-openings and what the new normal is.
We as a society have already made the decision that we will live with some amount of the virus. Many states are "reopening", and the remaining ones will likely follow in short order. But reopening will be a lot less open than we were, and NFL games are not really at the top of the list. We're not even sure we're going to be able to reopen schools and universities in the fall, and those should have been much higher on the priority list than sporting events.If the figures are right from the antibody tests, we probably have about 10x the amount of infections that are recorded "officially". Well right now in the US we have 1.4 million officially known total cases. 10x that is 14 million. Due to the lockdown, it's taken us roughly 5 months to get to 14 million. Herd immunity is anywhere from 60-80% of the total population. Well, that means we need to get between 198-264 million people infected. At 14 million over 5 months, that's a rate of 2.8 million a month. Call it 3 million a month. Even if we triple that and go 9 million a month, it'll take 22-29 months to get to herd immunity.
NO. WAY. are we waiting that long as a society. And since a vaccine is likely more than a year away (maybe 18 months), decisions have to be made. Do we indeed stay locked down for that long, or do we decide that we can live with some people getting covid19?
I'm not in charge, thankfully, because these are impossible decisions to make, and anyone who says they know exactly the right thing to do is completely full of crap.