The First Outbreak In Tennessee

[Shadow_Creek 701]

yikes doesnt look good 

 

https://www.masslive.com/patriots/2020/09/nfl-has-first-covid-19-outbreak-titans-report-8-new-cases-shut-down-team-activities.html

[IndySouthsider 395]

And so it begins.

[HorseFly 161]

The season was fun while it lasted.  

[FortheWin 95]

Tough. Both teams cannot meat together until Saturday. Ouch. Not sure how you play the games Sunday if neither team can practice until the day before.

[chad72 12,987]

Just now, FortheWin said:

Tough. Both teams cannot meat together until Saturday. Ouch. Not sure how you play the games Sunday if neither team can practice until the day before.

 

Wing it!

[pgt_rob 2,465]

Wonder if teams can switch around their bye weeks to help quarantine teams with the virus.

[Hark 306]

Hopefully the league has already game planned for this, since it was pretty predictable that it would happen at some point.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

They are all being retested. We will see if they are actually positive. If any games have to be delayed they can add them on to the end of the season.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

Just now, Hark said:

Hopefully the league has already game planned for this, since it was pretty predictable that it would happen at some point.

The league has actually been really good with protocols and if they are actually positive I am sure they have plans. 

[jskinnz 5,735]

Just now, Chloe6124 said:

They are all being retested. We will see if they are actually positive. If any games have to be delayed they can add them on to the end of the season.

 

All are confirmed cases.  No false positives.

 

The add games to the end of the season narrative is simply not that easy.  What if they have to miss 2 games?

[Chloe6124 8,172]

1 minute ago, jskinnz said:

 

All are confirmed cases.  No false positives.

 

The add games to the end of the season narrative is simply not that easy.  What if they have to miss 2 games?

I just saw the tweets. They are being treated as positive but everyone is being re tested.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

2 minutes ago, jskinnz said:

 

All are confirmed cases.  No false positives.

 

The add games to the end of the season narrative is simply not that easy.  What if they have to miss 2 games?

I think it’s funny how everyone always jumps to the worse case sinerio. The league has been great. It will all work out. They new this would happen. 

[Chloe6124 8,172]

 

[CheezyColt 1,046]

Titans vs Steelers

Vikings vs Texans

 

AFCS definitely needs to keep an eye on this. I wonder if they'd plan to keep the game schedule but force the Steelers to work remote until TEN can return, so as not to gain an insurmountable advantage. Same with the Texans if the Vikings ended up getting exposed by TEN as well.

 

Busy week ahead.

[CamMo 1,015]

 

Goodness. This is how the outbreaks start.
 

The first real test of NFL protocols. Let’s hope they can get a handle on it.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

 

[Chloe6124 8,172]

If the league has to add games to the end of the season they will just push back the playoffs. They might be able to switch some bye weeks around also.  

[Chloe6124 8,172]

If none have symptoms the protocols are not as harsh either. They can return if they get a couple negative tests.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

If players from the titans who didn’t test positive remain negative the game most likely is played. This is why we have the extra plsyers.

 

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[Chrisaaron1023 1,799]

Booooo... Here we go..

[King Colt 1,874]

TN was scheduled to play the Texans after Pittsburgh.

Then there is this from Notre Dame

 

AP

By Mike Rosenstein | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Things are getting worse, not better, for No. 5 Notre Dame, which is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak on its football team.

The latest round of testing revealed 18 new cases of COVID-19.

[csmopar 10,519]

this oughta be interesting to watch

[Chloe6124 8,172]

If the nfl sticks to their protocols of isolation and tracing along with testing everyday there really isn’t a reason to cancel any games. Unless there is a huge outbreak where half the team gets it this is why we have extra players. Sounds like none of these have symptoms which means they are treated different.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

3 minutes ago, King Colt said:

TN was scheduled to play the Texans after Pittsburgh.

Then there is this from Notre Dame

 

AP

By Mike Rosenstein | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Things are getting worse, not better, for No. 5 Notre Dame, which is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak on its football team.

The latest round of testing revealed 18 new cases of COVID-19.

Colleges don’t have the resources of a nfl team. Some of these college teams aren’t doing very well in my mind with protocols. These kids are basically in a bubble st school. This should not be happening. Kids need to take this a little more serious. Nfl players seem to be taking it pretty serious.

[#12. 1,862]

If the game is not played, it benefits the Titans and hurts us.  They get one of their more difficult opponents removed from the schedule, a possible AFC loss at that.

[#12. 1,862]

1 hour ago, Chloe6124 said:

The league has actually been really good with protocols and if they are actually positive I am sure they have plans. 

 

The league has done an amazing job, really.  Had the government done 1/4 of what the league has done, the country would be in decent shape.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

2 minutes ago, #12. said:

If the game is not played, it benefits the Titans and hurts us.  They get one of their more difficult opponents removed from the schedule, a possible AFC loss at that.

It will eventually be played. Just saw a tweet titans wont be able to practice until Saturday. Which means game is probably postponed not canceled. Just see several senerios where games and bye weeks are switched around. Teams will have to be flexible. What will be interesting is if the Steelers get a schedule switch and maybe play someone else this week.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

2 minutes ago, #12. said:

 

The league has done an amazing job, really.  Had the government done 1/4 of what the league has done, the country would be in decent shape.

It’s a little hard to do that with 330 million people. 

[#12. 1,862]

Just now, Chloe6124 said:

It’s a little hard to do that with 330 million people. 

 

Of course you have to try.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

Games are still on. If titans can practice Saturday maybe they move the game to Monday night.  All 8 people were asymtematic which means if they take to consecutive negative tests they can return as soon as they get those negative tests. 

 

[Chloe6124 8,172]

Being discussed is moving the two games to Monday and Tuesday. Also moving around some bye weeks. I think moving them to Monday and Tuesday would be the best option. It just gives them time to keep testing and get a couple practices in.

 

 

[RollerColt 2,632]

I'm honestly surprised we've made it this far into the season before this all happened. The protocols in place have worked so far. 

[Chloe6124 8,172]

4 minutes ago, RollerColt said:

I'm honestly surprised we've made it this far into the season before this all happened. The protocols in place have worked so far. 

I am still not convinced they have it. All 8 have no symptoms. They will be following up with PCR tests ect. They all could be cleared by Friday.  Most likely all we will see is asymtematic cases because any player with a symptom isn’t going to be near the facility. 

[jskinnz 5,735]

1 hour ago, Chloe6124 said:

If the nfl sticks to their protocols of isolation and tracing along with testing everyday there really isn’t a reason to cancel any games. Unless there is a huge outbreak where half the team gets it this is why we have extra players. Sounds like none of these have symptoms which means they are treated different.

 

The Titans can't be at their facility until Saturday.  How do they play a game the next day?

[Chloe6124 8,172]

4 minutes ago, jskinnz said:

 

The Titans can't be at their facility until Saturday.  How do they play a game the next day?

Because none of them have symptoms they can all be cleared by Friday/Saturday. Testing will continue. There is already talk the game will be moved to Monday or Tuesday. Which can still give  them 2 or 3 days of practice if negative tests keep happening. They are doing virtual meetings in the mean time. Teams only practice 3 days anyway. 

[jskinnz 5,735]

13 minutes ago, Chloe6124 said:

Because none of them have symptoms they can all be cleared by Friday/Saturday. Testing will continue. There is already talk the game will be moved to Monday or Tuesday. Which can still give  them 2 or 3 days of practice if negative tests keep happening. They are doing virtual meetings in the mean time. Teams only practice 3 days anyway. 

 

Thanks for sharing that teams only practice 3 days.  I had no idea.

[PrincetonTiger 11,873]

5 minutes ago, jskinnz said:

 

Thanks for sharing that teams only practice 3 days.  I had no idea.

Teams practice for only 3 days but game planning takes much longer

 

   Here is another problem

      There is a local high school that quarantined 179 students last week and as of yesterday 170 are still quarantined 

[PrincetonTiger 11,873]

1 hour ago, #12. said:

 

Of course you have to try.

The NFL should have implemented some form of bible or shield

[Chloe6124 8,172]

We will know more as the week goes on. Probably not much until Thursday as testing continues.  

 

I dont think a bubble would of worked. To many teams. Asymtematic cases are not that big of a deal.

 

Mt uncle is in the hospital with covid. Been there for two weeks. My parents went to their house and my dad and him were at the table talking. He had symptoms too. Luckily my dad never got it. I am shocked because he was coughing so bad. Moral of the story everyone has different immune systems and not everyone will get it if exposed.  I still am not buying all the asymtematic cases.

[Chloe6124 8,172]

This was always going to be a season where the nfl just needs to adapt as things arise. Which they will do.