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Rumor has it if the college season is cancelled completely, NFL may change their schedule to include Saturday games.

 

Good move and definitely a logical move on their part that will also help owners recoup some losses with more tv revenue by spreading games out and having more nationally televised contests.

I’ve never really been a big college football guy...so this works in my favor.

 

I’ve never really been a big college football guy...so this works in my favor.


I like College Football BWW...........you get see Future NFLers

 

College football is the only time I get to see my Jets players when they're actually good because once we draft them they turn into tomatoes.

 

Lots of people like it. I root for Northwestern because it’s my Alma Mater but it’s just not my thing to get really into it.

 

There will be no fans this fall at FedEx Field.

The Washington Football Team announced today that it will not have fans in the stands during the 2020 season, although the team says it will re-evaluate if the situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic improves.

The Team said it had worked on a safety plan with local authorities but ultimately decided it just wasn’t feasible to have fans in the stands when the season kicks off with the Eagles coming to town on September 13.

The Team said it will reach out to ticket holders about credits or refunds.

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If they make a mistake and pick someone who plays good they rectify that problem by trading them.

 

Everson Griffin reportedly signing with Cowboys



One of the best remaining 2020 free agents has found a landing spot.

Defensive end Everson Griffen, who spent his entire 10-year career with the Vikings, has agreed to terms with the Cowboys, according to NFL Media.

Griffen beefs up a pass rush led by DeMarcus Lawrence and Aldon Smith. The move suggests that the Cowboys perhaps aren’t holding out hope that Randy Gregory will be reinstated.

He had 8.0 sacks in 2019, with 74.5 for his career. He had a career-high 13.0 sacks in 2017.

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NFL: Less than one percent of COVID-19 tests have been positive

The NFL and NFLPA have agreed to extend daily COVID-19 testing of players through September 5, but it isn’t because of the number of positive tests to this point in training camp.

The NFL sent a letter to teams on Wednesday announcing the agreement on continued testing. The initial agreement was for testing to move to every other day if the positive rate was below five percent, but the league said they have extended the daily testing despite a number far below that mark.

“Although the rate of positive tests for all player and Tier 1 and Tier 2 personnel across the league during this period is below one percent (and no individual club rate is greater than two percent) the parties, following consultation with their respective medical experts, have elected to continue to require daily testing of all players and Tier 1 and Tier 2 personnel until further notice,” the letter said.

The letter also notes that the trailers set up for testing players and team personnel have been used by others outside those groups. While that it is not prohibited, the letter says it is “strongly discouraged” and teams are asked to discontinue the practice.

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Saints announce no fans for season opener against Buccaneers

The 2020 NFL season will feature one of its first big matchups in its very first week, but fans will not be able to attend it due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The New Orleans Saints' Sept. 13 home opener against Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be played without fans in attendance, the team announced Wednesday.

"While we have put together a comprehensive plan that will allow us to safely host fans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, that plan has always been dependent on how effectively we, as a community and region, are battling Covid-19," Saints president Dennis Lauscha said in a statement released by the team. "We have given this situation as much time as possible to see the type of improvement necessary to welcome fans into the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, but unfortunately, medical experts indicate that trends are not improving rapidly enough for us to begin the season with fan attendance.

"As we have noted, while we are not allowing fans in the first home game, we remain cautiously optimistic that fans may be able to attend our September 27 game vs. Green Bay, but stress that fans need to remain flexible and adaptable in case we cannot. We are keenly aware of the outstanding home field advantage that our fans provide our team, and we are as eager as anyone to welcome them back."

Wednesday's news means Brady's first divisional battle against Saints quarterback and fellow future Hall of Famer Drew Brees will take place in a quiet Superdome, not the normally raucous environment that has made the venerated stadium a place to fear for visiting teams.

The Saints' announcement is far from the first of its kind. Recently, the Green Bay Packers announced their first two home games would be played without fans.

Wednesday's announcement from New Orleans comes with the backing of its mayor, LaToya Cantrell.

"The City of New Orleans and all of our fans are ready for football season and to cheer on our Saints, but the safety of fans, players, and the many employees of the team and Superdome must come first," Cantrell said in the same release. "We are beginning to trend back in the right direction, but we are not where we need to be yet. As I have said from the beginning of our response to this pandemic, our decisions will be guided by data, and until we get to where we need to be, we will have to support the Saints from the sidelines at home."


The message from the Saints and from the city was similar in its encouragement for fans to focus less on their inability to attend the home opener, and more on working together to fight the spread of COVID-19.

"We must do everything within our power to improve the current trends not just so that we can attend games together, but so that our kids can go back to school safely, so that commerce and our economy can reopen and so that generations of Saints fans can attend games together safely," Lauscha said. "We believe in fighting for our fans and all of the economic benefits for our city. We need our community to put all of its considerable determination into fighting this virus, and hopefully, we will be celebrating a season-long return of fans to our games."

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Report: George Kittle, 49ers nearing agreement on deal to become highest paid tight end



A new contract for San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle may not be done just yet, but it appears as though the wait won’t go on much longer.

According to the NFL Network, the 49ers and Kittle are nearing completion on a deal that will make Kittle the highest paid tight end in the league “by far.”

A report from SI.com earlier in the day indicated that a new deal for Kittle would be announced on Friday. Kittle himself seemingly took issue with that characterization on his Twitter account afterward stating “Y’all believe everything you read on the internet huh.” More reports followed that said that while a deal wasn’t yet done, it appeared as though progress toward an agreement was being made. Now it appears that progress had let to the final stages of negotiations.

Los Angeles Chargers tight end Hunter Henry is carrying the largest average salary for the position at $10.6 million for this year on the franchise tag. However, the four-year contract Austin Hooper signed with the Cleveland Browns this offseason worth $42 million is the benchmark multi-year deal for the position.

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I’m sorry, but neither Henry or Hooper are worth the highest contract for a TE. The league should write into their rule book t that any players that haven’t made first or second team all-pro shouldn’t be able to get paid in the top five for their position.

 

This just in...

George Kittle, 49ers agree to five-year, $75M extension

 

My favorite line is “Black sheep, black sheep have you got some wool?
Yea I do, my bag is full.

 

One thing I don’t understand is why teams are still signing record contracts but crying about the loss of income. If I own a company and am losing money wouldn’t I want to cut expenses not raise them? The owners are full of shit, they can more than afford to take this season and sweep it under the rug financial.

 

One . . . I don't recall any owner "crying about the loss of income".

Two . . . These guys didn't get to where they can afford to own an NFL franchise without keeping one fiscal eye on the future. They are fully aware that the "new normal" is temporary.

 

One . . . I don't recall any owner "crying about the loss of income".

Two . . . These guys didn't get to where they can afford to own an NFL franchise without keeping one fiscal eye on the future. They are fully aware that the "new normal" is temporary.


Yes just ask LA Rams owner Stan Kroenke Lyman.........the new Stadium he is building will be worth 5 Billion $.

The NFL has lent him money to build this Space Ship.....lol......Stan is going to really miss the loss from Fans.....BUT the guy is married to a very rich woman (7 B $)

What is the "New Normal" ???...........it is going to take the USA a long time to recover from this virus.....as cases are surging again.

I do not think we will get an NFL season/20........Maybe they will do a Bubble Zone ???........but if they Cancel season.......Yikes

 

Everson Griffen Agrees To One-Year Deal Worth Up To $6 Million

 

The Seattle Seahawks reportedly cut the undrafted rookie out of Oklahoma State this week after he was caught sneaking a woman into a hotel where the team was staying during training camp, the NFL Network reported on Thursday.


Sure. Throw you career away for a piece of ass. Dumb shit !!!!