Patriots' Stephen Gilmore tests positive after chiefs game

SoulfishHawk":oit6q0ox said:

And that pic of him and Mahomes after the game. I'd be extremely nervous right now if I was a Chiefs fan.

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SoulfishHawk":4w0s50uq said:

And that pic of him and Mahomes after the game. I'd be extremely nervous right now if I was a Chiefs fan.

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Sgt. Largent":t4yqm5wb said:

One thing I haven't seen any of the talking heads or sports media channels discuss is the outbreaks are possibly going to become more and more frequent in the 2nd half of the season.

If some players are already having a hard time following covid protocols? Then what's going to happen in late November and December when half the teams are clearly out of the playoff race?

No one can tell me players on those teams aren't going to be even more careless.

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SantaClaraHawk":2grgjadm said:

Sgt. Largent":2grgjadm said:

One thing I haven't seen any of the talking heads or sports media channels discuss is the outbreaks are possibly going to become more and more frequent in the 2nd half of the season.

If some players are already having a hard time following covid protocols? Then what's going to happen in late November and December when half the teams are clearly out of the playoff race?

No one can tell me players on those teams aren't going to be even more careless.

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Only a few ways to avoid this:

1) Bubble them all leaguewide--either now or for the playoffs;
2) Mandate that stricken teams forfeit after a number of true positives;
3) Add a week 18 for makeup games for teams that have to do that, and flush the Pro Bowl.

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Sgt. Largent":q8ldb4b5 said:

SantaClaraHawk":q8ldb4b5 said:

Sgt. Largent":q8ldb4b5 said:

One thing I haven't seen any of the talking heads or sports media channels discuss is the outbreaks are possibly going to become more and more frequent in the 2nd half of the season.

If some players are already having a hard time following covid protocols? Then what's going to happen in late November and December when half the teams are clearly out of the playoff race?

No one can tell me players on those teams aren't going to be even more careless.

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Only a few ways to avoid this:

1) Bubble them all leaguewide--either now or for the playoffs;
2) Mandate that stricken teams forfeit after a number of true positives;
3) Add a week 18 for makeup games for teams that have to do that, and flush the Pro Bowl.

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Maybe these would work, but IMO the only sure way to stop it would be to withhold game checks for any player and/or team that continues to violate the covid protocols.

And IMO it has to be individual players, because if one team has to forfeit, that affects the other team(s) they were playing, and everyone loses their game checks.

Either way, the ONLY way to really send the message is for these guys to miss game checks.

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Threedee":36hbe5uq said:

At this rate, the Patriots roster will consist entirely of walk-ons, and Mark Wahlberg will be the team captain.

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Maulbert":1kq910jz said:

Threedee":1kq910jz said:

At this rate, the Patriots roster will consist entirely of walk-ons, and Mark Wahlberg will be the team captain.

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Shhh.... you'll give him an erection.

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The NFL has called off the Week Five game between the Broncos and Patriots after the Patriots had another positive COVID-19 test and the plans to reschedule it will impact a couple of other Broncos games.

New England has a bye in Week Six and the NFL’s plan is to move the Broncos-Patriots game to that date. The Broncos were scheduled to host the Dolphins and Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the plan is to now play that game in Week 11. The Broncos were originally scheduled to host the Chargers that week. Per Schefter, that game would now be played in Week Eight because that’s when Denver was set to have their bye week.

What’s unclear is what that would mean for the Jaguars-Chargers game set for Week Eight. The two teams do not have the same bye week. Tuesday’s game between the Titans and Bills is also not a sure thing to happen and there will be a lot more scheduling gymnastics to do if that game needs to move.

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