So they can spend the day entertaining you rather than taking care of their loved ones?
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NFL 2017 Week 1 |OT| - Look, Are You Ready for Some Football?
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So they can spend the day entertaining you rather than taking care of their loved ones?
do you honestly believe majority of these players will have loved ones in the area having the financial resources to get them out for a few days? It has nothing do with entertaining me , you or others. Its something called player safety. 16 weeks was the norm back in the 80s, we all know how that turned out and the reason why bye weeks were implemented.
Some do, some don't. I know that they won't be concentrating on the game. Nothing could be less safe than playing football with your mind somewhere else.
Going by twitter, there are quite a few players very unhappy about the situation.
Also not like there isnt a precedent. Jets/Bills in Detroit is the one that comes to mind in recent memory.
it's more that playing 16 NFL games in a row is kind of fucked
that is something that is less safe than playing football with your mind elsewhere
Precedent was set in 2008. Texans and Ravens played 15 weeks straight and Houston dealt with hurricane recovery during week 2's impromtu bye week
The Giants and Vikings also played in Detroit after the Metrodome collapsed.
yikes you are right... so the precedent is Goodell and the NFL do whatever they want whenever they want
Of course they could have moved the game. They certainly would've if the bye weeks didn't match up. But,
please. Show me some empirical evidence of it being unsafe to play without a bye week and we'll talk.
please. Show me some empirical evidence of it being unsafe to play without a bye week and we'll talk.
we can just put it this way, there's a reason the bucs and dolphins both wanted the game to be played on a neutral site this sunday rather than be rescheduled
I think they should just play the game. Like they made the Steelers and Dolphins play in hurricane Jeanne.
The Albatross
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Wow, you see this Michael Bennet tweet:
https://twitter.com/mosesbread72/status/905430701595652096
I want to say 'unbelievable' but it isn't.
*edit*
There it is above
https://twitter.com/mosesbread72/status/905430701595652096
I want to say 'unbelievable' but it isn't.
*edit*
There it is above
Pretty sure theres a study somehwere that shows that after implementation of bye weeks in the 90s injuries were down on average significantly from the 80s. I could be wrong but I do recall seeing it somewhere.... ill try my luck with google.
Good article. I talked about this in the Discord, but I think Wentz year 2 is similar to Bortles Year 2. Both have the prototypical QB build and came out raw and expected to sit their first season, but were thrust into the starting role Week 1. Both had rookie campaigns that flashed the potential they had while also showing the rawness that led to them almost sitting their first year. Now, I think Wentz has a much better coaching staff for QB mechanics, and he has the drive to get better along with finally having weapons. His mechanics were great early on, but he had played so little football in the NFL that when the season wore on and defenses started figuring the team out, he regressed into the college issues he had since he didn't have enough reps with proper form and started making bad decisions to try and will the team to success. I'm sure he'll come out in the beginning of the season looking great, as his form in preseason has been really improved. The question is if that continues as the season wears on, or if he falls back on bad habits. If all goes well, Wentz could be what Bortles was supposed to be. If not, Wentz could be what Bortles currently is.
That's fucking dumb
This year the NFL eliminated the Week 4 bye
Naw, niners owner is a cheap ass bitch that donated to the Hillary campaign. Unlike your team and state that supported Trump.
Please, your new week 1 is against the Bears at home, a fast start is much better than a tough game against Miami.
Just read this and holy shit. Every damn player in the league should take a knee this weekend
Probably thread worthy.
And people are condemning Kaepernick for kneeling.
The Albatross
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Did the Bucs & Dolphins organizations state publicly that they wanted the game played this weekend on a neutral site, instead of later in the year? I can't imagine Miami players, coaches, and media wanting to leave their families behind in Miami while they're getting the brunt of a category 5 hurricane. Like, with the images of Houston last week, what person -- especially a football player -- would want to leave their family and friends in a massive hurricane to go play a football game in Pittsburgh...?
I can see how non-South Florida fans of the bucs and dolphins, or fantasy football owners of Bucs & Dolphins players want the game on a neutral site this week rather than week 11... But... I can't imagine the organizations would think that playing 16 straight games is a higher priority than the well being of players/staff families during a major hurricane.
TheJollyCorner
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There weren't even Bye weeks in the NFL before 1990- and players are even more protected now than they were back then. That said- every team had to play all of those consecutive games. This year is a clear disadvantage to the Bucs and Dolphs. Don't the Dolphins also play in London this year? Double fucked.
Welcome to a new season of Minnesota Vikings football, Banned!
I don't even have a pulse on the Vikes this year. Pre-season was uninspiring and there are only so many times I can bullshit myself with "Oh, they are just playing half-strength to prevent injuries".
I still think the Vikes have a top 5 defense, but the absence of Cap'n is gonna hurt. We need Mackenzie to step up and Barr to play the way he did his rookie season.
Bradford just isn't fun to watch. He's the human equivalent of a bland bowl of store-brand vanilla ice cream... but if his OLine can be even fucking average he can get the job done. Maybe. Cutting Boone was bold, but I like what I've seen from the tandem of Hill, Easton, Elflein, Berger. Fingers crossed.
I miss Teddy, though. Teddy's 2015 stats and Sam's 2016 stats are fairly similar in many areas, but Teddy was not only more fun to watch, he was also a guy that could put the game on his shoulders with 2 minutes left. I believed in GUMP in those situations; probably more-so than any Vikes QB in tight situations since Favre. Not bad for a QB so young... and something I can't say I feel the same with Bradford. Hope he proves me wrong this year.
Just get the booze ready, Banned. I feel this Vikings team could be either 5-11 or 11-5, with not much in between.
Alligatorjandro
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There are trumpers in your state
Tom Nook
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there was a tweet earlier in the thread that said both teams preferred playing on a neutral site this sunday while the NFL preferred to move it to week 11
https://twitter.com/RCummingsFRS/status/905178651251105792
Alligatorjandro
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Why can't they move their bye week?
This is so fucking sad and infuriating. I hope more players kneel during the anthem, and that many of them are white players too to help the cause and make a point, etc.
Because it would impact other teams schedules, they would almost have to redo the whole season and the NFL isn't ready for that bad pr.
hanspampel
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fuck. even as a famous football player you're not save anymore
Rad Shadow
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It's s hard knock life.
The Albatross
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Wouldn't really place much emphasis on that... Considering the same guy tweeted this today:
"The #NFL has moved the #Buccaneers-#Dolphins game to Week 11 and they made the right decision in doing so."
I'm sure for competitive reasons teams might want to keep their bye week, but unless the teams make a statement about that saying it, it could just be one coach or trainer suggesting that to a media guy... When the organization itself takes a step back and looks at the situation, they'd probably reconsider.
If both teams adamantly insisted on preserving their bye week and playing in Pittsburgh, which was one suggestion, then I'd imagine the NFL would probably relent to them. But... realistically here, teams probably realize that playing a football game in front of an empty stadium when the players/coaches families are 2,000 miles away being battered by what is looking like one of the strongest hurricanes in decades to hit Florida........ That preserving a week 11 bye is probably not that much of an advantage, and that there's more important things than the cadence of the NFL season.
If both organizations disagreed with the NFL's decision, we would have heard it by now from the organizations... Not this rando Tampa Bay local news guy.
if you're black you have NEVER been safe
The Albatross
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NFL and NFLPA released a statement on the Brady concussion rumors after Giselle's interview over the summer:
https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/905436474769784833
Full statement at the tweet
https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/905436474769784833
Full statement at the tweet
That actually wouldn't be that bad of an idea. I'm pretty sure the dome there could be ready to go to host a game (barring any previously scheduled events).
However, applying logic to the NFL usually fails.
Dutch Gronk
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This Shirtless mountain of a man is my hero.
This article on Brandon Graham's offseason workouts is interesting. http://www.espn.com/blog/philadelph...e-sci-fi-making-of-the-worlds-strongest-eagle
wtf
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JJ going to hit $30M before we know it. Received $1M from the Jimmy Fallon Show and now $5M coming from Charles Butt of HEB.
https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/905442065068281856
Watts hurricane relief drive now up to 26 million +
NRG gonna explode Sunday when he runs out of the tunnel
https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/905442065068281856
Watts hurricane relief drive now up to 26 million +
NRG gonna explode Sunday when he runs out of the tunnel
Himynameischris
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Jeff Darlington and Armando from Miami Herald both said Dolphin players wanted to play this weekend, and they both are very reliable.
It's bullshit, fuck the NFL
Would love to see a behind the scenes on how they are handling the logistics of using all That money.cant imagine being given millions and having to figure out how best to use it without any experience. I assume he has people volunteering with experience and with no overhead it must be pretty damn streamlined.
Vault Dweller 111
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So weird. If the teams didn't share a bye week then they would have been forced to just move the venue, which means it's obviously an option. And both teams wanted to play this weekend, so why the hell is the NFL doing what no one wants them to do? What is the reason behind it?
I really don't know what the real the difference will be playing 16 straight and basically being a game behind everyone for the first 6 weeks or so. But it doesn't sound like it will be beneficial in any way. Every time I saw the Bucs schedule I thought "thank god they have a bye at that point"
Another week for this endless offseason too!
I really don't know what the real the difference will be playing 16 straight and basically being a game behind everyone for the first 6 weeks or so. But it doesn't sound like it will be beneficial in any way. Every time I saw the Bucs schedule I thought "thank god they have a bye at that point"
Another week for this endless offseason too!
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