NFL: Cam Newton tested positive and is on the COVID-19 list - NE @ KC moved to Monday

[jcs0218]

Agreed. If more teams have outbreaks, the league is going to be screwed. The schedule can’t accommodate much more shuffling.

Hopefully, this week will be a wake up call to everyone to get serious about wearing a mask.

Maybe the Super Bowl can be played in June!!!

 

[jcs0218]

You can’t reschedule single weekly games like you can with a daily baseball schedule and the chance those teams will meet again in a few weeks time. The domino effect is too big with cancelled NFL games. Nevermind that the NFL have substantially larger rosters, staff and others to keep a team running. We are at 4 teams impacted, once the NFL hits 10 teams, it becomes way too problematic to keep rescheduling.

Double-header NFL games.

Last team standing wins!

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[HoseEmDown]

Why is this game postponed if it's just Newton who is positive?

 

[bleedblue1223]

Why is this game postponed if it's just Newton who is positive?

Like the Titans who keep having positive tests after shutting everything down, you can develop an infection days after being exposed and after a negative test.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Like the Titans who keep having positive tests after shutting everything down, you can develop an infection days after being exposed and after a negative test.

Why even test if you aren't going to trust your results? If Newton is the only one positive then he's out but the game goes on. Pushing the game back doesn't help anything and now forces the teams to play on a short week for next weeks games.

 

[GKJ]

The game wasn’t postponed because of the Newton test, it was postponed because there was also the Ta’amu test.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Why is this game postponed if it's just Newton who is positive?

Agreed, it shouldn't be per the NFL policy of next man plays. I think they want a bit more time to confirm tests and the rapid response test is not that accurate nor is the full one.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Agreed, it shouldn't be per the NFL policy of next man plays. I think they want a bit more time to confirm tests and the rapid response test is not that accurate nor is the full one.

The concern is people that Newton would be around that wouldn't become infected until days later.

 

[chicagoskycam]

The concern is people that Newton would be around that wouldn't become infected until days later.

That's what I already said but.... with that strategy, you could delay games for N.E. for a couple of weeks. Not just two days.

The thing the entire time is 14 days if you have been exposed. If you're not going to follow that guideline than why PPD at all.

 

[DangleCity]

Why even test if you aren't going to trust your results? If Newton is the only one positive then he's out but the game goes on. Pushing the game back doesn't help anything and now forces the teams to play on a short week for next weeks games.

Did you even read what he posted? Because of the incubation period. Its not a false-negative situation. Its know wonder we as America cant get this virus under control. We've been dealing with this 8 months and people dont even understand anything aboit this virus

 

[DangleCity]

That's what I already said but.... with that strategy, you could delay games for N.E. for a couple of weeks. Not just two days.

The thing the entire time is 14 days if you have been exposed. If you're not going to follow that guideline than why PPD at all.

Its no longer 14 days. 14 days was the guidelines back in March. They guidelines are now

Following a positive test, if the player is asymptomatic, he can return once:

• 10 days have passed since the initial positive test; OR
• Five days have passed since the initial positive test and the player receives two consecutive negative PCR virus tests at least 24 hours apart within that five-day period

Following a positive test, if the player demonstrates symptoms, he can return when:

• At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared; AND
• At least 72 hours have passed since he last experienced symptoms

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

To play on Monday is risky to me. Take another day.

Edit: Did not realize this. It makes sense.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

If no other Patriot players end up testing positive that would tell me the teams protocols are working & the players are being responsible like wearing masks in meetings/planes & things like that.

Obviously the Titans were pretty lax in this area to have 9 players & 9 team personnel infected.

 

[GKJ]

To play on Monday is risky to me. Take another day.

Edit: Did not realize this. It makes sense.

Chiefs need to have the difficulty meter raised anyways.

Going to be interesting to see what happens when someone has to play the following Thursday

 

[HoseEmDown]

Did you even read what he posted? Because of the incubation period. Its not a false-negative situation. Its know wonder we as America cant get this virus under control. We've been dealing with this 8 months and people dont even understand anything aboit this virus

If you're worried about him potentially infecting others in the organization what does pushing it back one day accomplish? Just postpone it for a later date and make sure everyone he was in contact with is quarantined.

 

[DangleCity]

If you're worried about him potentially infecting others in the organization what does pushing it back one day accomplish? Just postpone it for a later date and make sure everyone he was in contact with is quarantined.

Newton has been removed from the facility so he shouldnt currently be infecting anyone, but he could have before he tested positive and was removed.
I would have pushed it back. Chiefs Patriots now loses all its muster without Newton so the NFL loses its ratings and the Patriots obviously lose the game without Newton and the Chiefs have to play 3 games in 10 days. Everyone loses in this situation.

 

[StreetHawk]

If you're worried about him potentially infecting others in the organization what does pushing it back one day accomplish? Just postpone it for a later date and make sure everyone he was in contact with is quarantined.

Right now, it's just 1 player per team. Unlike the Titans who continued to return more positive results day after day. Now, if we go Sunday and Monday morning without any new positive results, then they will go ahead with the Monday game.

NFL doesn't want to risk getting the Steelers infected as well, with these continued positives from the Titans.

 

[c9777666]

Chiefs/Bills should be moved to Sunday

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Barnum]

If no other Patriot players end up testing positive that would tell me the teams protocols are working & the players are being responsible like wearing masks in meetings/planes & things like that.

Obviously the Titans were pretty lax in this area to have 9 players & 9 team personnel infected.

I might have read the report wrong but I believe the Titans are about to be fined heavily by the NFL for ignoring cv19 protocols after they knew one of their players was positive. It’s possible their flagrant disregard for the protocols led to more people being infected. Doesn’t sound like the Chiefs and Pats did anything like what the Titans did and it is showing by the fact only one player on each side tested positive. Time is the only thing that will shake this out.

 

[Barnum]

Why is this game postponed if it's just Newton who is positive?

Because it is not a game of tag, where you are positive with CV19 as soon as you come in contact with someone that is positive, it takes up to a minimum of 4 days to show positive in tests and that is not exact science either, it can be longer in some cases. The game was postponed to give each team time to keep testing other players.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Because it is not a game of tag, where you are positive with CV19 as soon as you come in contact with someone that is positive, it takes up to a minimum of 4 days to show positive in tests and that is not exact science either, it can be longer in some cases. The game was postponed to give each team time to keep testing other players.

Again, why not postpone the game? Why just push it back one day? He was positive on Friday, 4 days would be at least Tuesday. If every player hasn't been tested yet if you postpone then you can get all the tests done and the results back to see if there's a spread. Delaying the game one day makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Blitzkrug]

I don't understand why they just don't push it to Tuesday. Gives an extra day of certainty and even from a business standpoint it makes sense since then you won't have the clearly better KC/NE game eat into the audience for the actual Monday Night Football matchup

 

[StreetHawk]

I don't understand why they just don't push it to Tuesday. Gives an extra day of certainty and even from a business standpoint it makes sense since then you won't have the clearly better KC/NE game eat into the audience for the actual Monday Night Football matchup

KC has a Thursday game on the horizon. Think it is the first game of week 6 so there is concern over rest between games. 3 games between Tuesday to the following Thursday for them.