Covid Thread - NFL Impacts

[B-Man]

1 minute ago, Ann said:

The Saints are repeat offenders:
 

Saints fined $500K, docked draft pick, *Patriots fined $350K for COVID-19 protocol violations
 

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The New England *Patriots were fined $350,000 for protocol violations stemming from issues in October when Cam Newton and others tested positive, forcing the league, among other things, to push back their Week 4 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, sources told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
 

Meanwhile, the New Orleans Saints were fined $500,000 and docked a seventh-round pick for their maskless locker room celebration following their Week 9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Rapoport reported. New Orleans was also found to have conducted a maskless meeting.
 

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Still nothing for the Titans ?

 

Their outbreak affected several teams.

 

 

[Ann]

NFL playoff bubbles a subject of active discussion as COVID cases rise
 

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The league is now considering its most dramatic action yet to prevent such situations in the postseason.
 

NFL officials are actively discussing creating "local bubbles" for the 14 or 16 teams that make the playoffs -- isolating all personnel in hotels except to go to and from the team facility and strictly enforcing limitations on who is permitted inside to interact with players, coaches or support staff.
 

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No final decision has been made, and the union would also need to sign off. Bubbles do have a downside.
 

For one, they take about a week to establish once everyone has gone through COVID-19 testing and other protocols. Also, there still would be some people coming and going, and if someone tests positive inside the bubble, the possibility of an outbreak can increase dramatically -- concerns Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL's chief medical officer, has voiced publicly over the past several months.
 

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[Ann]

Dallin Leavitt
 

[Cinga]

17 hours ago, devnull said:

All of Denver's QBs have been quarantined for COVID.   Not sure who will line up under center tomorrow against the Saints

 

All but 1 are in protocol for contact tracing, with only Driskel testing positive. I find it hypocritical of the league to delay the Ravens/Steelers almost a week (and maybe more) but not give the Broncos a couple days to test negative for a QB or 2... 

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Bears pause in-person football activities after positive COVID-19 test

 

 

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[plenzmd1]

19 hours ago, Ann said:

 

 

 

Weird story there. Dez got a chance, then blew it not with Covid, but with tweets. Be interesting to see what happens moving forward. 

[Ann]