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A Bears PS player has just tested positive for COVID.
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The Patriots have shut down their facility today as another player test was confirmed to be positive this morning. The Patriots game has already been delayed to Monday. I do not see how the game can safely be played in the next few days.
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The Titans facility has been shut down again with the return of yet another staff member returning as a confirmed positive test this morning. No way do I see the already delayed Titans/Bills game being played safely in 2 days.
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The Titans have now received a total of 24 positive test results dating back to Sept. 24..............a period of only a little over 2 weeks. Sunday's positive test result was the 11th for a staff member. A total of 13 players tested positive over that span.
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The latest Titans positive has been identified as a defensive assistant coach.
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DJ Reader was carted off the field with a knee injury in the 3rd Q.
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The NFL has been COVID testing players only 6 days out of the week. Now they will be also testing the day of the games. With the testing available, it still does not take into account the incubation period implications of not picking up a COVID infection.
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Don't penalize teams, players or coaches.............let's not mess with revenues the NFL is still eeking out..............that's certainly a way that they will learn alot about safety............until the next time they have an opportunity to act as if rules are only for others...........
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Roger Goodell: Titans investigation focused on safety, not punishment
Posted by Charean Williams on October 13, 2020, 4:22 PM EDT
PFT reported Monday that ultimately the Titans could get a pass for the team’s outbreak of COVID-19.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell seemed to confirm that in a Tuesday conference call, saying the league is focused on safety measures and possible changes to protocols rather than handing down punishment.
“We have all been working — the Players Association, our medical experts, our outside experts, the Tennessee Titans, every other club involved — just to continue to put the protocols in place and ensure that modifying protocols if they need clarity, they need changes, and working to just keep our personnel safe,” Goodell said. “That includes personnel and players, coaches, our team operations personnel. That focus has really been working well. We are really working closely in identifying and speaking to clubs and players and open dialogue. This is not about discipline. This is about making sure we’re keeping our personnel safe. That’s been our entire focus to date.”
The Titans have had 13 players and 11 other personnel test positive since Sept. 24 and most of those have come since they last played a game in Week Three. The Titans had their Week Four game against the Steelers postponed to later in the season, and they play the Bills tonight in a rescheduled game.
It originally was believed the league would hammer the Titans. It now appear that won’t happen.
“I would say that we’ve learned a lot from each of these situations,” Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, said. “We’ve had great communication, certainly everyone on the end of the Titans has been very cooperative with us and has been very forthcoming in trying to help us understand that situation. But that’s a situation also that could happen to any of our clubs in that this virus is out there. It’s endemic and as we’ve said before if we’re not completely vigilant at all times, that’s the only opening that this virus needs.”
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Roger Goodell: Titans investigation focused on safety, not punishment
Posted by Charean Williams on October 13, 2020, 4:22 PM EDT
PFT reported Monday that ultimately the Titans could get a pass for the team’s outbreak of COVID-19.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell seemed to confirm that in a Tuesday conference call, saying the league is focused on safety measures and possible changes to protocols rather than handing down punishment.
“We have all been working — the Players Association, our medical experts, our outside experts, the Tennessee Titans, every other club involved — just to continue to put the protocols in place and ensure that modifying protocols if they need clarity, they need changes, and working to just keep our personnel safe,” Goodell said. “That includes personnel and players, coaches, our team operations personnel. That focus has really been working well. We are really working closely in identifying and speaking to clubs and players and open dialogue. This is not about discipline. This is about making sure we’re keeping our personnel safe. That’s been our entire focus to date.”
The Titans have had 13 players and 11 other personnel test positive since Sept. 24 and most of those have come since they last played a game in Week Three. The Titans had their Week Four game against the Steelers postponed to later in the season, and they play the Bills tonight in a rescheduled game.
It originally was believed the league would hammer the Titans. It now appear that won’t happen.
“I would say that we’ve learned a lot from each of these situations,” Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, said. “We’ve had great communication, certainly everyone on the end of the Titans has been very cooperative with us and has been very forthcoming in trying to help us understand that situation. But that’s a situation also that could happen to any of our clubs in that this virus is out there. It’s endemic and as we’ve said before if we’re not completely vigilant at all times, that’s the only opening that this virus needs.”
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The NFL is not seriously considering a season bubble for now. But they are discussing the possibility of a post season bubble...........the 2 locations being entertained is Los Angeles and Dallas.
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I get it..............don't penalize teams, players or coaches.............let's not mess with revenues the NFL is still eeking out..............that's certainly a way that they will learn alot about safety............until the next time they have an opportunity to act as if rules are only for others...........
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Roger Goodell: Titans investigation focused on safety, not punishment
Posted by Charean Williams on October 13, 2020, 4:22 PM EDT
PFT reported Monday that ultimately the Titans could get a pass for the team’s outbreak of COVID-19.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell seemed to confirm that in a Tuesday conference call, saying the league is focused on safety measures and possible changes to protocols rather than handing down punishment.
“We have all been working — the Players Association, our medical experts, our outside experts, the Tennessee Titans, every other club involved — just to continue to put the protocols in place and ensure that modifying protocols if they need clarity, they need changes, and working to just keep our personnel safe,” Goodell said. “That includes personnel and players, coaches, our team operations personnel. That focus has really been working well. We are really working closely in identifying and speaking to clubs and players and open dialogue. This is not about discipline. This is about making sure we’re keeping our personnel safe. That’s been our entire focus to date.”
The Titans have had 13 players and 11 other personnel test positive since Sept. 24 and most of those have come since they last played a game in Week Three. The Titans had their Week Four game against the Steelers postponed to later in the season, and they play the Bills tonight in a rescheduled game.
It originally was believed the league would hammer the Titans. It now appear that won’t happen.
“I would say that we’ve learned a lot from each of these situations,” Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, said. “We’ve had great communication, certainly everyone on the end of the Titans has been very cooperative with us and has been very forthcoming in trying to help us understand that situation. But that’s a situation also that could happen to any of our clubs in that this virus is out there. It’s endemic and as we’ve said before if we’re not completely vigilant at all times, that’s the only opening that this virus needs.”
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Roger Goodell: Titans investigation focused on safety, not punishment
Posted by Charean Williams on October 13, 2020, 4:22 PM EDT
PFT reported Monday that ultimately the Titans could get a pass for the team’s outbreak of COVID-19.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell seemed to confirm that in a Tuesday conference call, saying the league is focused on safety measures and possible changes to protocols rather than handing down punishment.
“We have all been working — the Players Association, our medical experts, our outside experts, the Tennessee Titans, every other club involved — just to continue to put the protocols in place and ensure that modifying protocols if they need clarity, they need changes, and working to just keep our personnel safe,” Goodell said. “That includes personnel and players, coaches, our team operations personnel. That focus has really been working well. We are really working closely in identifying and speaking to clubs and players and open dialogue. This is not about discipline. This is about making sure we’re keeping our personnel safe. That’s been our entire focus to date.”
The Titans have had 13 players and 11 other personnel test positive since Sept. 24 and most of those have come since they last played a game in Week Three. The Titans had their Week Four game against the Steelers postponed to later in the season, and they play the Bills tonight in a rescheduled game.
It originally was believed the league would hammer the Titans. It now appear that won’t happen.
“I would say that we’ve learned a lot from each of these situations,” Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, said. “We’ve had great communication, certainly everyone on the end of the Titans has been very cooperative with us and has been very forthcoming in trying to help us understand that situation. But that’s a situation also that could happen to any of our clubs in that this virus is out there. It’s endemic and as we’ve said before if we’re not completely vigilant at all times, that’s the only opening that this virus needs.”
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"Testing, tracing and isolation. We know those are successful." Defiantly voluntarily ignoring restrictions on COVID promoting activities will entirely negate any chance for success. Even a child learns early on that with no consequences for defiance, there is no disincentive to try to bypass the rules.
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Chiefs FB Anthony Sherman has been placed on the COVID-19 list. From what I gather, this may not for a positive test, but for a contact.
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Another whitewash.
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Goodell: Titans didn’t “willingly” violate COVID-19 protocol
Posted by Mike Florio on October 13, 2020, 7:14 PM EDT
Less than a week after the league was making it known that the Titans would be hit hard with punishment for violating COVID-19 protocols, the Commissioner is sending a far different message.
Jay Feely of CBS said prior to kickoff of the Bills-Titans game on Tuesday night that Goodell told Feely no one from the Titans “willingly” violated the league’s rules and regulations regarding the pandemic.
This comment meshes with the dramatic change in the league’s posture regarding the Titans. Late last week, the league was making it known to other teams that the Titans would face potentially historic punishment. Last night, PFT reported on the existence of an emerging sense that the league would take no action against the Titans.
It’s possible that the league simply wanted to scare all teams straight. It’s possible that the Titans privately made it clear to the league office that appeals and/or litigation would ensue in the event of crippling sanctions, creating an unwanted distraction for the NFL at a time when the focus is on getting the games played.
Regardless, Goodell’s comment to Feely becomes the clearest signal yet that the Titans will indeed be getting a pass. Although this stunning change in tone will confuse those teams that heard a far different message last week from the powers-that-be, at this point it should confuse no one if the league simply moves on without taking any action against the Titans.
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Goodell: Titans didn’t “willingly” violate COVID-19 protocol
Posted by Mike Florio on October 13, 2020, 7:14 PM EDT
Less than a week after the league was making it known that the Titans would be hit hard with punishment for violating COVID-19 protocols, the Commissioner is sending a far different message.
Jay Feely of CBS said prior to kickoff of the Bills-Titans game on Tuesday night that Goodell told Feely no one from the Titans “willingly” violated the league’s rules and regulations regarding the pandemic.
This comment meshes with the dramatic change in the league’s posture regarding the Titans. Late last week, the league was making it known to other teams that the Titans would face potentially historic punishment. Last night, PFT reported on the existence of an emerging sense that the league would take no action against the Titans.
It’s possible that the league simply wanted to scare all teams straight. It’s possible that the Titans privately made it clear to the league office that appeals and/or litigation would ensue in the event of crippling sanctions, creating an unwanted distraction for the NFL at a time when the focus is on getting the games played.
Regardless, Goodell’s comment to Feely becomes the clearest signal yet that the Titans will indeed be getting a pass. Although this stunning change in tone will confuse those teams that heard a far different message last week from the powers-that-be, at this point it should confuse no one if the league simply moves on without taking any action against the Titans.
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The Falcons are shutting down their facility after multiple positive tests returned this morning.................at least 4. This is after DT Marlon Davidson was placed on the COVID list earlier this week. I doubt their Sunday game against the Vikings will not be rescheduled.
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Now the Falcons have reported that only one of those 4 positives have been confirmed. No mention of the status of the other 3.
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Colts: We have closed facility after multiple positive COVID-19 tests
Posted by Josh Alper on October 16, 2020, 6:53 AM EDT
The Colts are the latest team to close their facility after receiving word of positive COVID-19 tests.
The team issued a statement on Friday morning announcing that they will be working remotely as they work to confirm that those tests are true positives.
“This morning, we were informed that several individuals within our organization have tested posted for COVID-19,” the statement said. “The team is currently in the process of confirming those tests. In the meantime, the practice facility will be closed and the team will work remotely while following NFL protocols. We are in communication with the NFL and will have more information when available.”
Indianapolis is scheduled to host Cincinnati on Sunday, but any plans for that game are going to be tentative until the confirmation process comes to an end. The Bengals have a bye in Week Nine and the Colts have a bye in Week Seven, so any move from this Sunday would take some schedule shuffling by the league.
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Just saw the tests were "false positives"
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I find it curious that the type of tests that the NFL BioReference Lab uses all have relatively high known incidence of false negatives, with false positives in these tests being relatively rare. Yet there is a high incidence of reported false positives, and virtually no false negatives ever reported. I'm having to believe that there is some "jury rigging'' going on with NFL COVID reporting. BioReference Labs doesn't exactly have the cleanest record in the industry.
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Patriots cancel Friday’s practice after positive COVID-19 test
Posted by Josh Alper on October 16, 2020, 12:43 PM EDT
The Patriots are set to face the Broncos on Sunday after the game was pushed back a week due to positive COVID-19 tests in New England, but there may be reason for that schedule to change.
ESPN reports that the Patriots have cancelled Friday’s practice because of a positive COVID-19 test in the organization. Per the report, they are also waiting to confirm a second positive test.
Should that test come back as a confirmed positive, there will likely be discussion about moving the game against the Broncos from Sunday. Moving it beyond Monday or Tuesday would prove difficult as both teams have now had their bye week and that leaves the league without a chance to do the kind of scheduling gymnastics that allowed them to move it to this weekend.
Word on the second test could come at some point on Friday and another round of testing results will come on Saturday morning.
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The League is sure staying busy juggling the schedules...........as they run out of bye weeks.........both the Patriots and the Broncos have already burned their byes.
Posted by Josh Alper on October 16, 2020, 12:43 PM EDT
The Patriots are set to face the Broncos on Sunday after the game was pushed back a week due to positive COVID-19 tests in New England, but there may be reason for that schedule to change.
ESPN reports that the Patriots have cancelled Friday’s practice because of a positive COVID-19 test in the organization. Per the report, they are also waiting to confirm a second positive test.
Should that test come back as a confirmed positive, there will likely be discussion about moving the game against the Broncos from Sunday. Moving it beyond Monday or Tuesday would prove difficult as both teams have now had their bye week and that leaves the league without a chance to do the kind of scheduling gymnastics that allowed them to move it to this weekend.
Word on the second test could come at some point on Friday and another round of testing results will come on Saturday morning.
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The League is sure staying busy juggling the schedules...........as they run out of bye weeks.........both the Patriots and the Broncos have already burned their byes.
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Last night, a Jags PS player was confirmed as testing positive. There are no plans on the part of the NFL to change scheduling for Sunday.
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The Patriots have reopened their facilities one day after closing it for a confirmed positive test. The NFL states that that there will be no schedule changes for Sunday. Looks like they've run out of options...........so then just adjust your response to positive tests..............surprise, surprise.
Even the Boston Herald seems somewhat confused over the seemingly arbitrary approach.
Patriots-Broncos game still on amid practice cancellation after another positive coronavirus test
Even the Boston Herald seems somewhat confused over the seemingly arbitrary approach.
Patriots-Broncos game still on amid practice cancellation after another positive coronavirus test
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The NFL is making their rules up as time goes on. Point of care tests are much more inaccurate than their less inaccurate nasopharyngeal PCR tests. The NFL imagines the less damaging information and makes their decisions based on them. The show must go on.
Makes you wonder if Gordon has strep throat or will or already has test positive for COVID. Isolation for both would be similar.
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It only gets worse. Another positive close to game time and another blind eye to rescheduling.
Falcons place John Cominsky on COVID-19 reserve list
October 17, 2020, 3:20 PM EDT
Another Falcons players has landed on the COVID-19 reserve list. However, Sunday’s game between Atlanta and Minnesota remains on.
The Falcons have placed defensive end John Cominsky on the COVID-19 reserve list. Although the team didn’t (and can’t) divulge whether Comsinky tested positive, both defensive line coaches — Jess Simpson and Tosh Lupoi — will not be traveling with the Falcons to Minneapolis. This implies that Cominsky tested positive and that Simpson and Lupoi were in sufficiently close contact with Cominsky to require them to stay behind.
Falcons place John Cominsky on COVID-19 reserve list
October 17, 2020, 3:20 PM EDT
Another Falcons players has landed on the COVID-19 reserve list. However, Sunday’s game between Atlanta and Minnesota remains on.
The Falcons have placed defensive end John Cominsky on the COVID-19 reserve list. Although the team didn’t (and can’t) divulge whether Comsinky tested positive, both defensive line coaches — Jess Simpson and Tosh Lupoi — will not be traveling with the Falcons to Minneapolis. This implies that Cominsky tested positive and that Simpson and Lupoi were in sufficiently close contact with Cominsky to require them to stay behind.
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The Jaguars have placed 12 of their 16 PS players on the COVID-19 list...................1 player tested positive, while the rest are treated as "contacts."
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The Baltimore Ravens have placed Brandon Williams on the COVID-19 list.
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By the time players have contact with positive players, it's too late. And testing may not give valid result until 5 days after exposure, even then. The daily testing and contact tracing which the NFL is doing to pick up some of those that they are quarantining is just chasing their tails. Instead, players/coaches/support personnel need to pay attentions to practicing appropriate "separation" (avoiding contact) as much as possible.
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Continued evidence that the SHOW will go on come H*!! or high water.................NFL creativity............too bad they can't apply it to on the field game rules.
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Patriots Place Sony Michel, Shaq Mason, Derek Rivers On Reserve/COVID-19 List
October 17th, 2020 at 4:52pm CST by Sam Robinson
Just as the Patriots took their two highest-profile players off the reserve/COVID-19 list, they placed three more players on it. Sony Michel, Shaq Mason and Derek Rivers landed on the list Saturday, per Field Yates of ESPN.com (on Twitter).
Michel has tested positive, Jeff Howe of The Athletic reports (on Twitter). Mason and Rivers have not. Although Michel was on New England’s IR list, this is certainly a situation to monitor for the league. The NFL moved the Patriots’ Week 4 game to Monday after Cam Newton‘s positive test surfaced the previous Saturday and postponed the Denver-New England Week 5 game to the following Monday and then, after another Pats positive test emerged Sunday morning, delayed it another week.
Players do not have to test positive for the coronavirus to be placed on teams’ COVID lists; they can land on there if they are deemed close contacts of someone who has tested positive. The Pats took Newton and Stephon Gilmore off their list this week but still have multiple players on it. James Ferentz and defensive end Byron Cowart were already on New England’s COVID list.
Approaching 4pm CT Saturday, the Pats’ Week 6 game against the Broncos remains scheduled for noon Sunday. The NFL was aware of the team’s impending Saturday adjustment to its COVID list, per Tom Pelissero of NFL.com (on Twitter). However, the Pats did not resume practice until Thursday — after their game against the Broncos was moved off its Monday date — and canceled their in-person workouts Friday because of another positive test.
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Patriots Place Sony Michel, Shaq Mason, Derek Rivers On Reserve/COVID-19 List
October 17th, 2020 at 4:52pm CST by Sam Robinson
Just as the Patriots took their two highest-profile players off the reserve/COVID-19 list, they placed three more players on it. Sony Michel, Shaq Mason and Derek Rivers landed on the list Saturday, per Field Yates of ESPN.com (on Twitter).
Michel has tested positive, Jeff Howe of The Athletic reports (on Twitter). Mason and Rivers have not. Although Michel was on New England’s IR list, this is certainly a situation to monitor for the league. The NFL moved the Patriots’ Week 4 game to Monday after Cam Newton‘s positive test surfaced the previous Saturday and postponed the Denver-New England Week 5 game to the following Monday and then, after another Pats positive test emerged Sunday morning, delayed it another week.
Players do not have to test positive for the coronavirus to be placed on teams’ COVID lists; they can land on there if they are deemed close contacts of someone who has tested positive. The Pats took Newton and Stephon Gilmore off their list this week but still have multiple players on it. James Ferentz and defensive end Byron Cowart were already on New England’s COVID list.
Approaching 4pm CT Saturday, the Pats’ Week 6 game against the Broncos remains scheduled for noon Sunday. The NFL was aware of the team’s impending Saturday adjustment to its COVID list, per Tom Pelissero of NFL.com (on Twitter). However, the Pats did not resume practice until Thursday — after their game against the Broncos was moved off its Monday date — and canceled their in-person workouts Friday because of another positive test.
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Titans may be fined, but no suspensions or lost draft picks for COVID-19 violations
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 19, 2020, 4:23 PM EDT
The Tennessee Titans are getting off without any major league discipline after an investigation into the team’s COVID-19 outbreak.
The Titans may be fined but no one will be suspended and the team will not be stripped of any draft picks, according to multiple reports.
The fines apparently will be a result of failure to comply with league rules on wearing masks in the facility. Titans General Manager Jon Robinson has acknowledged the team was not perfect on that front.
Although several NFL teams have had positive tests, the Titans had by far the worst outbreak, and postponing Titans games caused a ripple effect that made a major impact on the NFL’s schedule.
And even after the Titans’ facility closed, players reportedly got together for their own workouts, risking a further spread of the coronavirus within the team. As a result, some thought the league would crack down hard on the Titans with suspensions for anyone found to have violated the rules, suspensions for Robinson and coach Mike Vrabel for failing to ensure that the rules were followed, and lost draft picks.
But that won’t be the case. The Titans can breathe a sigh of relief.
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Per Sports Business Daily, Packers CEO Mark Murphy recently stated that the ultimate NFL contingency plan includes bumping the Super Bowl to March.
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Trent Brown is reported to being placed on the COVID-19 list. Reports have not stated this, but it is not for contact, but for actually testing positive. The Raiders' entire offensive line has now been placed in quarantine because of contact with Brown. At Brown's weight listed at 359, but actually closer to 375, this is a worrisome situation, especially since my initial inquiries are returning that he is symptomatic.
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Raiders should face serious punishment for latest COVID-19 issues
October 23, 2020, 9:26 AM EDT
Two weeks ago, the NFL huffed and puffed and ultimately didn’t blow the Tennessee Titans’ house down. With the Raiders potentially derailing their Week Seven game and possibly sparking what would be the eighteenth week of the 2020 season, the NFL should blow the Raiders’ house down.
For all the tough training-camp talk from coach Jon Gruden regarding the importance of beating COVID-19, the Raiders repeatedly have had their asses kicked when it comes to protocol compliance, from Gruden failing to properly wear a mask on multiple occasions (in Week Three at New England he was sporting what best can be described as a loin cloth over his mouth) to allowing an unauthorized person into their locker room to the ridiculously stupid decision of multiple players to attend a mask-free indoor event that violated local regulations to the latest news, as reported by the league’s in-house media operation (i.e., by the league itself) that offensive lineman Trent Brown wasn’t wearing his contact tracing device and the team’s offensive linemen gathered without masks.
Although the league (wisely) opted to show flexibility and understanding with the Titans given that plenty of teams were struggling to achieve full COVID-19 protocol compliance, the Raiders at this point have had fair warning. It’s time to make an example out of someone in order to ensure that everyone does what they’re supposed to do.
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As egregious as the Titans were in overtly defying multiple simple and extremely clear rules..............in multiple incidents, this approach of potentially making the Raiders the lone example is egregious in itself.
October 23, 2020, 9:26 AM EDT
Two weeks ago, the NFL huffed and puffed and ultimately didn’t blow the Tennessee Titans’ house down. With the Raiders potentially derailing their Week Seven game and possibly sparking what would be the eighteenth week of the 2020 season, the NFL should blow the Raiders’ house down.
For all the tough training-camp talk from coach Jon Gruden regarding the importance of beating COVID-19, the Raiders repeatedly have had their asses kicked when it comes to protocol compliance, from Gruden failing to properly wear a mask on multiple occasions (in Week Three at New England he was sporting what best can be described as a loin cloth over his mouth) to allowing an unauthorized person into their locker room to the ridiculously stupid decision of multiple players to attend a mask-free indoor event that violated local regulations to the latest news, as reported by the league’s in-house media operation (i.e., by the league itself) that offensive lineman Trent Brown wasn’t wearing his contact tracing device and the team’s offensive linemen gathered without masks.
Although the league (wisely) opted to show flexibility and understanding with the Titans given that plenty of teams were struggling to achieve full COVID-19 protocol compliance, the Raiders at this point have had fair warning. It’s time to make an example out of someone in order to ensure that everyone does what they’re supposed to do.
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As egregious as the Titans were in overtly defying multiple simple and extremely clear rules..............in multiple incidents, this approach of potentially making the Raiders the lone example is egregious in itself.
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Titans are expected to be fined $350K for COVID-19 violations
Posted by Josh Alper on October 25, 2020, 7:22 AM EDT
Word last week was that the Titans would be fined for violating COVID-19 protocols while avoiding other penalties and now there’s a sense of how much the organization will be fined.
NFL Media reports that the team is expected to be fined $350,000 for their violations. Those violations include a failure to wear masks at the team facility as directed and players holding workouts outside the facility after it was closed due to positive tests.
No individuals are expected to be disciplined. The league has threatened lost draft picks or game forfeits for violations, but those punishments have not been handed down.
The Raiders may be the next team in line for punishment for failure to follow protocols. Right tackle Trent Brown tested positive last week and was found to not be wearing his contact tracking device at the facility as mandated by the league. The Raiders have already been fined for head coach Jon Gruden not wearing a mask on the sideline and for a violation of locker room protocol.
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HA! IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
Posted by Josh Alper on October 25, 2020, 7:22 AM EDT
Word last week was that the Titans would be fined for violating COVID-19 protocols while avoiding other penalties and now there’s a sense of how much the organization will be fined.
NFL Media reports that the team is expected to be fined $350,000 for their violations. Those violations include a failure to wear masks at the team facility as directed and players holding workouts outside the facility after it was closed due to positive tests.
No individuals are expected to be disciplined. The league has threatened lost draft picks or game forfeits for violations, but those punishments have not been handed down.
The Raiders may be the next team in line for punishment for failure to follow protocols. Right tackle Trent Brown tested positive last week and was found to not be wearing his contact tracking device at the facility as mandated by the league. The Raiders have already been fined for head coach Jon Gruden not wearing a mask on the sideline and for a violation of locker room protocol.
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HA! IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
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The Giant's left guard Will Hernandez has tested positive. Other Olinemen have been sent home as contact tracing is ensued.
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I have had a significant concern about not only the ineffectiveness of the NFL's daily testing protocol, but also of the consequence of this approach. The nasal mucous membrane is normally covered with a moist gelly-like substance called mucus............it is well-established that both serve in tandem to protect as barriers to invasion of infectious agents, both bacterial and viral. Daily nasal swabbing, even superficial swabbing as the NFL is supposedly doing would result in wiping away the mucoid layer...........and certainly daily rubbing of the mucosal lining of the nasal cavity would irritate, inflame (which is already a compromise of the barrier lining) and eventually full breakdown the mucosal lining itself..............inviting gross invasion of infectious agents, in this case the COVID-19 virus. Knowing the facts of this set of events, it would follow that the longer the season goes on and the greater number of daily insults to the nasal mucosa, the greater the cases of invasive COVID-19 will be seen in the NFL.
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Late last night, the Chargers received notice that one of their players tested positive for COVID-19. He has be quarantined and contact tracing process was initiated with some of the close contacts already identified.
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NFL'S EMMANUEL SANDERS SCARED FOR LIFE AFTER COVID DIAGNOSIS... 'Lord, Please'
10/29/2020 9:27 AM PT
"Every night I go to sleep I'm like, 'Lord, please, let me like wake up in the morning feeling good.'"
That's Saints star Emmanuel Sanders admitting he's scared to death of his COVID-19 diagnosis ... saying he's extremely worried his condition could deteriorate at any moment.
"Like, I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night and like, can’t breathe," Sanders said on the "17 Weeks" podcast this week. "And like, sh*t just goes south, right?"
"That’s like my biggest fear in watching that sh*t, it intensifies my fears, right?"
Sanders tested positive for coronavirus last Thursday ... and says he's been experiencing some pretty bad symptoms ever since, including fever, body aches and "loopy feelings."
The 33-year-old says his wife also came down with the illness ... explaining she, too, is feeling the effects.
"Like, it feels like we’re glitchy," the NFL receiver said. "Like when I’m walking it feels like if my wife was to talk to me, it feels like I’m skipping a beat every now and then."
"It's like the weirdest sh*t ever."
The Saints placed Sanders on the reserve/COVID-19 list and he missed last week's win over the Panthers. He's already been ruled out of this week's game against the Bears.
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His symptoms didn't appear significant at first, registering a 97.9-degree fever on Thursday. But on Friday, his temperature reached 102 degrees.
This is a statement he has made:
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"Every night I go to sleep I'm like, 'Lord, please, let me like wake up in the morning feeling good.'"
That's Saints star Emmanuel Sanders admitting he's scared to death of his COVID-19 diagnosis ... saying he's extremely worried his condition could deteriorate at any moment.
"Like, I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night and like, can’t breathe," Sanders said on the "17 Weeks" podcast this week. "And like, sh*t just goes south, right?"
"That’s like my biggest fear in watching that sh*t, it intensifies my fears, right?"
Sanders tested positive for coronavirus last Thursday ... and says he's been experiencing some pretty bad symptoms ever since, including fever, body aches and "loopy feelings."
The 33-year-old says his wife also came down with the illness ... explaining she, too, is feeling the effects.
"Like, it feels like we’re glitchy," the NFL receiver said. "Like when I’m walking it feels like if my wife was to talk to me, it feels like I’m skipping a beat every now and then."
"It's like the weirdest sh*t ever."
The Saints placed Sanders on the reserve/COVID-19 list and he missed last week's win over the Panthers. He's already been ruled out of this week's game against the Bears.
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His symptoms didn't appear significant at first, registering a 97.9-degree fever on Thursday. But on Friday, his temperature reached 102 degrees.
This is a statement he has made:
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All Chargers players ended up being sent home with practicing. Decision for subsequent practices will be made based on the results of the next round of testing.
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A Broncos player has been reported early this morning as having tested positive. He an 2 other players identified as close contacts have been quarantined.
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Vikings S George Iloka suffered a ruptured ACL during practice last Wednesday..................ACL #29.
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For the second time this week, a Vikings player has been sidelined as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
In results received this morning a Vikings linebacker tested positive, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Vikings rookie cornerback Cameron Dantzler was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday. It’s unknown whether Dantzler actually tested positive or whether he was placed on the list because of close contact with someone who was infected.
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In results received this morning a Vikings linebacker tested positive, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Vikings rookie cornerback Cameron Dantzler was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday. It’s unknown whether Dantzler actually tested positive or whether he was placed on the list because of close contact with someone who was infected.
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The NFL is now encouraging players to wear masks while they are on the sidelines.
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Broncos OG Graham Glasgow was who tested positive.
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The unnamed LB is Todd Davis.
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The Chargers did not have a positive COVID-19 test today, but identified as a close contact, they still placed offensive tackle Trey Pipkins on the COVID-19 reserve list.