That was being discussed on ESPN last night, in that the Baltimore training center is closed. The question is how does the league calculate conference standings if teams haven't played the same number of games? They also brought up if the league should add another week to the schedule to allow teams to make up missed games.
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They preempted that for this?
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That was being discussed on ESPN last night, in that the Baltimore training center is closed. The question is how does the league calculate conference standings if teams haven't played the same number of games? They also brought up if the league should add another week to the schedule to allow teams to make up missed games.
They may force Baltimore to forfeit.
I assume this is just a guess on your part and not anything that was discussed on ESPN or any other network. A few games have been postponed this season because of the pandemic and played on later dates. Forcing the Ravens to forfeit a game for the same reason those other games were played later simply because there aren't enough weeks left in the season is arbitrary punishment and unfair to the Ravens. Those other teams that had outbreaks should have forfeited, too. Precedent has already been set, it seems to me, and the game must be played, even if it means making the TV fat cats whine.
If the team knowingly broke protocol it is grounds for a forfeit. The Steelers have already had one game postponed that they had to take their bi week to make up. Playing on Thursday night was going to give them a semi bi week. If the game gets postponed again they will have to push to week 18. I doubt a possible Superbowl contender wants to have to play week 18.
The league is investigating. Apparently a trainer/coach is the person accused of breaking protocol. He is being disciplined by the team. They're awaiting more team tests today before making a decision on Sunday's game. They may not know until tonight. I hadn't seen anything in the rules about forfeit. What they've talked about is staffing a full team in order to play with ten or more testing positive. As of now they have enough players on hand, but there may be a lot of unfamiliar names.
College football has seen several teams play under such circumstances and not only be competitive but win against "full-strength" competition. In baseball, the Miami Marlins had 14 players test positive and went on a 7-1 run with all of them out and replaced by subs and minor leaguers, which essentially assured them of making the playoffs, where they went on to sweep the Cubs.
College football is not the NFL.
NFL teams have higher quality players on their benches than college teams do. Play the darn game.
And the NFL is not nearly as deluded as College. 30 NFL teams to over 250 Division 1 schools.
I just told you that college teams with MORE than 10 players out have competed successfully. What is your problem with the NFL telling the Steelers and Ravens to find a minimum number of healthy players on their rosters and taxi squads and play the game? Those other teams with positive tests played. Why would the NFL suddenly be "deluded" if it were to follow its own precedent for this game? Has the calendar somehow made it mentally ill? "It's too late" is no excuse, period. TV can always find a way to accommodate its major cash cow. Postpone and make up games all the way into February if you have to. Some network will be waiting for its Super Bowl even if it's the first week in March, and so will the advertisers.
Who wants to watch the Steelers winning 85-3 playing 4th wave beach players? What's the point if the Ravens can't send top rate players out? Just because they can fill out a roster doesn't make it a good game.
85-3? 4th wave? Beach players? Who's deluded now?
The NFL has had plenty of blowouts this season and every season, even between completely healthy teams. Depending on which Ravens are out -- and all we know for sure now, I believe, is their quarterback -- this could be a blowout, but because of the quality of players that EVERY NFL TEAM has available as back-ups, it's more likely that it will be competitive, at least until late in the game when lack of depth could begin to tell. But again, that sort of thing happens in games not being played in a pandemic, too.
I just had a brain flash! Could the word you are thinking of be "diluted," as in watered down, rather than "deluded," as in deranged? I have a feeling it is, because you called bye weeks "bi weeks" in a previous post, when teams' weeks off have nothing to do with their players' sexuality.
85-3? 4th wave? Beach players? Who's deluded now?
The NFL has had plenty of blowouts this season and every season, even between completely healthy teams. Depending on which Ravens are out -- and all we know for sure now, I believe, is their quarterback -- this could be a blowout, but because of the quality of players that EVERY NFL TEAM has available as back-ups, it's more likely that it will be competitive, at least until late in the game when lack of depth could begin to tell. But again, that sort of thing happens in games not being played in a pandemic, too.
I just had a brain flash! Could the word you are thinking of be "diluted," as in watered down, rather than "deluded," as in deranged? I have a feeling it is, because you called bye weeks "bi weeks" in a previous post, when teams' weeks off have nothing to do with their players' sexuality.
Spell check really is a pain in the ass. Beach should be bench.
Back on topic...
My CBS station (WKRC) aired The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival today at 9:00 AM. This special was produced by WLS in Chicago and it aired last Sunday.
WLWT aired Ruth Lyons specials yesterday from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. They air these specials every Thanksgiving.
My CBS station (WKRC) aired The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival today at 9:00 AM. This special was produced by WLS in Chicago and it aired last Sunday.
WLWT aired Ruth Lyons specials yesterday from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. They air these specials every Thanksgiving.
Game rescheduled to Tuesday
https://mobile.twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1332410360721190912
Cowboys/Ravens game Thursday moved (obviously)
Baltimore/Pittsburgh game moved to Tuesday Dec 1 at 7 CST on NBC
Baltimore/Dallas game (originally scheduled for Thursday 12/3) moved to Monday Dec 7th at 4 CST on FOX
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En202LiW8AIiyIs?format=jpg&name=large
Baltimore/Dallas game (originally scheduled for Thursday 12/3) moved to Monday Dec 7th at 4 CST on FOX
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En202LiW8AIiyIs?format=jpg&name=large
Pre-empting The Voice and The Weakest Link.
Do we know if the 8:00 start time includes pregame? The Thanksgiving game was only going to have pregame from 8:00-8:20, but the season's NFL kickoff pregame started at 7:00, and TNF pregame would start at 7:30 when it was on NBC (as it does on every other network).
Yesterday, WNBC moved Ellen to 5:00 ET after the Parade encore, replacing local news. It was the only daytime syndie that aired yesterday. Interesting to see Ellen still being prioritized by most stations over other talks like Kelly Clarkson despite "Ellengate" tanking the show's ratings.
WCBS's first airing of Judge Judy was JIP'd around 4:10 because of postgame causing the NFL broadcast to run long.
WCBS's first airing of Judge Judy was JIP'd around 4:10 because of postgame causing the NFL broadcast to run long.