OT: The Pittsburgher Thread - Mike Tomlin = Groundhog Day

[Jaded-Fan]

 

[Goalie_Bob]

BTW, on the radio yesterday, they interviewed a reporter from the Titans area and he confirmed it was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach that was the first to show symptoms and to test positive.

He actually tested positive on Saturday before the Vikings game and was held back from traveling etc. And they still played the game. Now, luckily it looks like it didn't get transmitted to the Vikings but.....

IMO, this is going to happen again, and the NFL regular season will be 18-19 weeks long.

 

[SouthGeorge]

BTW, on the radio yesterday, they interviewed a reporter from the Titans area and he confirmed it was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach that was the first to show symptoms and to test positive.

He actually tested positive on Saturday before the Vikings game and was held back from traveling etc. And they still played the game. Now, luckily it looks like it didn't get transmitted to the Vikings but.....

IMO, this is going to happen again, and the NFL regular season will be 18-19 weeks long.

I'm not sure we know that. Because Titans have new positives popping up everyday. Unless everyone testing positive wasn't with the team for the Vikings game? If that's the case and the team hasn't been in contact with them. Why isn't this game being played? Vrabel did learn from Belicheat. Are they gaming the system to get this game pushed back since they were going to be missing some key starters due to injury?

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

I'm not sure we know that. Because Titans have new positives popping up everyday. Unless everyone testing positive wasn't with the team for the Vikings game? If that's the case and the team hasn't been in contact with them. Why isn't this game being played? Vrabel did learn from Belicheat. Are they gaming the system to get this game pushed back since they were going to be missing some key starters due to injury?

He didnt travel to Minnesota. Problem was letting him back around with others when Titans got back home. Why did they let that happen? The LB coach should have been sent home, away from the team and they would have been fine.

Now two more players have it today ..

Idk how they will even play next week against the Bills. Because this spread to even the practice squad players.

I know you are making the point about him testing positive Saturday ....but he must have just gotten it and wasnt even apart of their walkthru that day. Because there is no way any of the Vikings players didnt get it if thats not the case.

Up to 13 personnel on the Titans now. And this is Friday. I dont see how they play next week against the Bills. We are at the point now where that is only a week away. Takes a full 2 weeks of being away from everyone. Unless they keep testing until they finally stop testing positive and Bills get to play Titans with them having about 10 or more players missing lol. Forget about winning that game.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I've heard talking heads start talking about how the league can get away with trying to reschedule one game but not two, that you'll have to start having the Titans forfeit games. I know that's just talking heads, but how can you forfeit a game in week 5 but not the week 4 game?

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Steelers will now have 3 straight away games because of the Titans. @ Titans , @ Ravens, and @ Cowboys.

Not to mention a bye week when we didnt need it. And Titans had some guys who were hurt already.

Is what it is tho. They better have a chip on their shoulder now because of this.

 

[Andy99]

Steelers will now have 3 straight away games because of the Titans. @ Titans , @ Ravens, and @ Cowboys.

Not to mention a bye week when we didnt need it. And Titans had some guys who were hurt already.

Is what it is tho. They better have a chip on their shoulder now because of this.

I still don’t understand why they just can’t play the game week 18 after the season ends...just move the start of the playoffs back a week...you can have that week for any rescheduled games...if Titans have to postpone another they should forfeit, but it’s unfair to move up the Steelers bye week because of the Titans issues...

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

I still don’t understand why they just can’t play the game week 18 after the season ends...just move the start of the playoffs back a week...you can have that week for any rescheduled games...if Titans have to postpone another they should forfeit, but it’s unfair to move up the Steelers bye week because of the Titans issues...

I agree. Its too bad the Ravens had week 8 bye and Titans had week 7 one. Along with our week 7 matchup being the Ravens. If not then I would have like to have seen what they would have done. NFL got lucky with this.

Yeah we got screwed but now I hope this pisses them off and they take it out on Titans come week 7...along with Ravens the week after, just for being mentioned in it. Lol

 

[SouthGeorge]

I've heard talking heads start talking about how the league can get away with trying to reschedule one game but not two, that you'll have to start having the Titans forfeit games. I know that's just talking heads, but how can you forfeit a game in week 5 but not the week 4 game?

Because Art 2 caves to whatever Goodell tells him to do.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Because Art 2 caves to whatever Goodell tells him to do.

A puppet of a puppet.

I miss Dan. He wasn't perfect, but he was nobody else's pawn.

 

[USMC607]

So more cases for TEN which is putting their fame against Buffalo in jeopardy.

I doubt they can keep rescheduling games for TEN...

At what point do they just shut them down permanently???

 

[Bingo71]

Total screw job but I would expect no less from the NFL.

Why the f*** were practice squads expanded if the league was just going to cancel games anyway???

So now the Steelers have to play 13 straight games without a bye, including that brutal 3 game road trip @Titans, @Ravens, @Cowboys...

Roll over Art2, just roll over...

 

[SouthGeorge]

A puppet of a puppet.

I miss Dan. He wasn't perfect, but he was nobody else's pawn.

Facts

So more cases for TEN which is putting their fame against Buffalo in jeopardy.

I doubt they can keep rescheduling games for TEN...

At what point do they just shut them down permanently???

They don't need to be shutdown permanently. They need to forfeit their next 2 games and get this under control. They would be 3-2 heading into Week 6. Not the worst thing in the world. I get it's not fair but it would make teams take this seriously.

 

[Shockmaster]

Total screw job but I would expect no less from the NFL.

Why the f*** were practice squads expanded if the league was just going to cancel games anyway???

So now the Steelers have to play 13 straight games without a bye, including that brutal 3 game road trip @Titans, @Ravens, @Cowboys...

Roll over Art2, just roll over...

The flip side is that's 4 straight home games (DEN, HOU, PHI, CLE).

Now what I'm interested to see is what happens with the Week 5 game between the Titans and Bills. If the NFL forces the Titans for forfeit that game, then the Steelers have every right to demand the Titans retroactively forfeit the game now scheduled for Week 7.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

One NFL team is deploying a $125,000 virus-killing robot in their stadium as fans return

What could possibly go wrong if you send a robot in an NFL stadium with instructions to kill?

 

[Jaded-Fan]

 

[cookthebooks]

and here i thought someone upthread said 'it didnt work like that' despite all evidence to the contrary

 

[Snooki Stackhouse]

This isn't going to be just Tennessee. Tennessee is the first - I could see this season completely imploding with it running through multiple teams. Not all of these guys are quarantining, many of them have kids in school, they're up close and engaging physically with each other constantly. It' a recipe for disaster. If they wanted a clean season they should've done a bubble.

 

[Empoleon8771]

This isn't going to be just Tennessee. Tennessee is the first - I could see this season completely imploding with it running through multiple teams. Not all of these guys are quarantining, many of them have kids in school, they're up close and engaging physically with each other constantly. It' a recipe for disaster. If they wanted a clean season they should've done a bubble.

To be fair, I said the same thing about baseball and that managed to survive.

Baseball and football are 2 very different sports, but I'll believe the doomsday with sports talk when I actually see it.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

To be fair, I said the same thing about baseball and that managed to survive.

Baseball and football are 2 very different sports, but I'll believe the doomsday with sports talk when I actually see it.

Baseball did not have anyone attending.

The NHL isolated the players.

The NFL? Have acted like complete morons all around.

And the worst part? They needed to the least. They are the least gate driven league of them all. Their television contract is what makes them rich.

 

[cookthebooks]

Baseball did not have anyone attending.

The NHL isolated the players.

The NFL? Have acted like complete morons all around.

And the worst part? They needed to the least. They are the least gate driven league of them all. Their television contract is what makes them rich.

jerry jones an outlier here with kraft not so far behind

 

[Jaded-Fan]

 

[Shockmaster]

Baseball did not have anyone attending.

The NHL isolated the players.

The NFL? Have acted like complete morons all around.

And the worst part? They needed to the least. They are the least gate driven league of them all. Their television contract is what makes them rich.

The teams that have had a few fans attending the games were nowhere close to the sidelines.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

The teams that have had a few fans attending the games were nowhere close to the sidelines.

I wasn't clear. That was a reference to coming nightmares.

The NFL hasn't had that many fans in attendance yet.

But commenting on until now, they are not properly isolating, I see sidelines maskless, and worse, it is a immensely physical contact sport. I have no clue how you can even have games based on the nature of the sport. Especially if you do not keep the players in a bubble like hockey did.

But back to the future nightmare.

Tens of thousands in the stand, queing up to enter the stadium? There is no way to make that safe.

They should have told the players you will isolate, stay in the bubble, like they had in the NHL, for the entire season, if you want to play. You make millions, take it or leave it. It would be the only way that this could be done with any degree of safety.

 

[Al Smith]

Ben states the obvious:

“You have to be careful because if you get caught in that game, you’ll try to force someone a ball”, he said about the idea of trying to keep any one player ‘happy’. “I’ve done it in the past, and sometimes it leads to bad things. I don’t predetermine going into it, but I think the biggest thing that shows is that I trust each guy. Each guy can make a play for this team. And depending on the situation, that’s kind of how it unfolds”.

No spoiler here on who the culprit might be.

Ben Roethlisberger: 'You Have To Be Careful' Of Monitoring Targets, Admits 'I've Done It In The Past, And Sometimes It Leads To Bad Things' - Steelers Depot