Coronavirus (sports edition) thread

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

So much for the Dallas Cowboys’ hopes of finally being at full strength for Thursday’s season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

On the same day that left guard Connor Williams returned to practice after being activated off the NFL’s COVID-19 list, coach Mike McCarthy announced that Pro Bowl right guard Zack Martin will miss the Buccaneers game after testing positive for COVID-19.

Martin is fully vaccinated but the NFL return-to-play protocols make it impossible for him to be cleared before Thursday.

A fully vaccinated player can return to play in five days if he does not have symptoms following two negative tests separated by 24 hours. An unvaccinated player faces at least a 10-day quarantine.

“He’s frustrated obviously,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “But, hey, this is the world we live in right now.”

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports...#storylink=cpy

Im not doing a Nelson "ha ha" here bc I think we will miss random guys at random times this season as well.

Absolutely no doubt about it, we will have guys miss games due to COVID and/or the protocols.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Absolutely no doubt about it, we will have guys miss games due to COVID and/or the protocols.

Wise words from SD here.

Thanks Montez.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by mooby

Wise words from SD here.



Thanks Montez.

The blame game is so lame. Every team has had Covid outs, Dallas had half their coaching staff out at one point and they were a highly valued team. Until this last week we were one of the least affected teams.

This is just the world we live in right now.

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[mooby]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

The blame game is so lame. Every team has had Covid outs, Dallas had half their coaching staff out at one point and they were a highly valued team. Until this last week we were one of the least affected teams.

This is just the world we live in right now.

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The excuse game is so lame, Sweat will pump cocktails all day for any edge that isn't illegal but he won't take a shot that billions of people the world over have just to guarantee he doesn't have to miss two games? Weak.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by mooby

The excuse game is so lame, Sweat will pump cocktails all day for any edge that isn't illegal but he won't take a shot that billions of people the world over have just to guarantee he doesn't have to miss two games? Weak.

I am not excusing Sweat, but I am not blaming him for the spread because we don't know that. Any player can carry and spread it, the vaccine mitigates its effects and that's a good thing. The NFL has a two tiered structure which in my opinion is unjustified. It made sense when the vaccine was hoped to be a limiter, but it isn't so why separate rules for the two groups.

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[Chief X_Phackter]

Absolutely no doubt about it, we will have guys miss games due to COVID and/or the protocols.

Originally Posted by mooby

Wise words from SD here.

Thanks Montez.

I wouldn't say that's exactly Nostradamus-like. It was pretty inevitable for all teams.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I wouldn't say that's exactly Nostradamus-like. It was pretty inevitable for all teams.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I wouldn't say that's exactly Nostradamus-like. It was pretty inevitable for all teams.

I'm just giving kudos to an accurate prediction - not saying he predicted something against the odds.

It's classic Redskins - we waste half the season playing mediocre football, get our shit together for a month and then when we're in the thick of the playoff fight we lose half our d-line to the covid list. Really only one conclusion I can draw.

Fuck Dan Snyder.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by mooby

I'm just giving kudos to an accurate prediction - not saying he predicted something against the odds.

It's classic Redskins - we waste half the season playing mediocre football, get our shit together for a month and then when we're in the thick of the playoff fight we lose half our d-line to the covid list. Really only one conclusion I can draw.

Fuck Dan Snyder.

I'll always be in that boat...

It is frustrating now doubt.

With Montez though, I don't think there was any guarantee he was going to play against the Cowboys, just coming off a broken jaw and not having practiced at all in over a month. He may or may not be available this weekend, but again he hasn't been on the practice field yet - to my knowledge.

There's an uptick in cases all over the planet though, so this isn't something that is isolated to WFT. Every team has been hit, some harder than others. Contrary to what some want to believe, this is just our world right now.

[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

There's an uptick in cases all over the planet though, so this isn't something that is isolated to WFT. Every team has been hit, some harder than others. Contrary to what some want to believe, this is just our world right now.

Yeah, 25 active players and 11 on PS alone, never mind staff having contracted it. Blaming any one player isn't constructive (how do we know he didn't contract it from, say, a staffer?), and blaming their vax status for contracting it is missing the point; vax helps at least prevent the worst effects setting in, and to some extent slowing the spreading of the virus, so its a good thing. But while it may stop you being a carrier/infected, that's not guaranteed. Everyone one should consider everyone else and get vaxxed, but I don't like the idea of forcing vaccination.

https://www.nfl.com/news/36-players-...ashington-staf