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fsif
Jul 18, 2003

SKULL.GIF posted:

MLB may shut down as early as Monday.

I used to think the NFL would drat the torpedoes and force at least one or two weeks but there's a whole month left until they open and I can't see the situation getting any better between now and then lol.

Hard to imagine they can make it through a whole season, but I think as long as they are able to avoid an entire team from getting sick in training camp, they'll force their way to at least try to start.

Of course, keeping teams healthy through training camp could end up being a pretty steep ask.

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fsif
Jul 18, 2003


It really sucks we'll likely be deprived of a proper season. Just so wacky seeing this, Brady in TB, Cam in NE, and Flacco in NY.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

https://twitter.com/bytimgraham/status/1289599456522862592?s=21

This is an angle I hadn't considered before. Teams that are out of contention are going to have even less reason to play than usual.

Assuming the season isn't shuttered before October, we're just going to have like a host of teams either filled with players opting out or with those disinclined to take social distancing measures as seriously.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Very much considering this purchase.

https://twitter.com/MaseDenver/status/1291411940770635776?s=20

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Kalli posted:

So who's making the GDT for the HoF preseason game tonight fellas?

I love the preseason. I can't believe we have already missed all of the stories about the shape of the players relative to other points of their lives.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

At first I didn't mind Washington Football Team, but seeing it in tweets and statements is really weird

Maybe time machine observations have become sort of trite in the current era, but think of how goddamn batty this season would look to us a year ago.

No fans, Washington football team, Brady/Gronk on the Bucs, Cam in New England on a vet minimum, Rivers in Indy, Garrett in New York, Nuk in Arizona, Tannehill and Bridgewater are unquestioned starters while Dalton, Mariota, and Winston are no hopers, and Matt Schaub is still on a roster.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Bring back Witten but have him also do play-by-play.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Samadhi posted:

The best QB at boning is obviously Eli Manning

Like having sex with a big, dumb, mentally challenged slab of beef. Slap his rear end and tell him what to do an he'll leave a trail of drool all the way to the objective

Just a spherical breast magnet.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Same.

https://twitter.com/Sheena_Marie3/status/1295746723869073411?s=20

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

https://twitter.com/MatthewFairburn/status/1296434579767787522?s=20

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Yeah what exactly is the rationale behind tighter reporting restrictions for beat writers this season?

Best I understand it, the teams had some leverage to bar reporters from covering the teams at all because of Covid, so they instead wielded said leverage to reach a "compromise" where reporters can still attend practices but can't report on anything but the most superficial details. Which, you know, now means getting the drawback of an increased chance of Covid exposure for the teams, but without any tangible benefit of meaningful reporting.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Belichick's greatest contribution to the sport is his steady pipeline of anthropomorphized pot roasts to coaching vacancies.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Phobeste posted:

The Barnwell+Mays pairing was so god drat perfect and while I'm happy for both of them that it propelled their individual careers I really wish we could get them together again

Yeah.

And Mays's departure pretty much sticks a fork in my sporadic Ringer NFL Podcast listening. Kevin Clark is okay but not anyone I would ever seek out to listen to on his own. Goodbye forever, Danny Heifetz.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Let em have it, Skip.

https://twitter.com/realskipbayless/status/1298768666012524544?s=21

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Ballage isn't great, but they're going to need someone to spell Frank Gore.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Coughlin and Marrone really put on a masterclass of squandering an opportunity.

https://twitter.com/evansilva/status/1300024269640998913?s=21

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

That team probably wins the Super Bowl if they have someone better than Bortles as QB.

They were a blown call away from making it to the Super Bowl WITH Bortles.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

How lovely a player is Fournette? His stats from last year look okay.

fsif
Jul 18, 2003

This was such a cool moment and it's a shame that this version of Fournette never lasted.

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fsif
Jul 18, 2003

sharknado slashfic posted:

I felt that way about the NBA and MLB to be fair, and they've gotten along mostly ok. Of course the NBA has the bubble and MLB doesn't have tackling and large piles of men (generally).

Yeah, between the lack of new positives during training camp and the MLB weathering their storms, I'm about as optimistic of the state of the season as I have been.

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