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Post by TEM on Apr 28, 2020 8:26:42 GMT -5
The NFL usually begins its regular season the weekend following Labor Day, which means this season’s openers would have fallen on Sept. 10 with the regular season ending Jan. 3.
Schedule-makers are in the process of designing several versions of the 2020 slate, some of which include a Super Bowl on Feb. 28, the regular season starting as late as Thursday, Oct. 15 and a season without bye weeks or a Pro Bowl, according to Sports Business Daily.
It marks a striking, but also unsurprising about-face in the league’s thinking since the end of March, when NFL executive vice president and general counsel Jeff Pash said he was “planning on having a full season,” and “in the same way” as previous years. Since then commissioner Roger Goodell has said the league is prepared to make changes as the coronavirus pandemic has left many professional leagues around the world, including the NFL, with uncertain futures.
The schedules are expected to be released early next month and include the standard 16-game, 17-week slate but will allow for flexibility, if necessary.
One version would delay the season’s start by up to five weeks while pushing back the Super Bowl, currently scheduled for Feb. 7, 2021 in Tampa, by as many as three weeks.
Two weeks of early-season games could be moved to the back of the season, while a third week would feature two opponents with the same bye weeks. That would eliminate each team’s one bye week.
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Post by Morehead State on Apr 28, 2020 8:29:48 GMT -5
Maybe John Mara got my letter......
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Post by Morehead State on Apr 28, 2020 8:35:01 GMT -5
Maybe John Mara got my letter...... ..................settle down , nothing was said about Montana . I read between the lines. |
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Post by TEM on Apr 28, 2020 8:41:01 GMT -5
A SB on the 28th of February. That would only leave 10 day to apply Franchise tags and 16 days to find FAs to sign . It leaves the playoff teams at a some what of disadvantage. Their coaching staffs would have to be concentrating on winning and not FA evaluations. It would be an interesting 3 weeks.
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Post by Morehead State on Apr 28, 2020 8:44:54 GMT -5
A SB on the 28th of February. That would only leave 10 day to apply Franchise tags and 16 days to find FAs to sign . It leaves the playoff teams at a some what of disadvantage. Their coaching staffs would have to be concentrating on winning and not FA evaluations. It would be an interesting 3 weeks. Jeez...who cares? They have to do whatever they can to have a season.
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Post by TEM on Apr 28, 2020 8:48:57 GMT -5
A SB on the 28th of February. That would only leave 10 day to apply Franchise tags and 16 days to find FAs to sign . It leaves the playoff teams at a some what of disadvantage. Their coaching staffs would have to be concentrating on winning and not FA evaluations. It would be an interesting 3 weeks. Jeez...who cares? They have to do whatever they can to have a season.
I was just pointing that out. |
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Post by Eagles R. Guano on Apr 28, 2020 19:46:58 GMT -5
A SB on the 28th of February. That would only leave 10 day to apply Franchise tags and 16 days to find FAs to sign . It leaves the playoff teams at a some what of disadvantage. Their coaching staffs would have to be concentrating on winning and not FA evaluations. It would be an interesting 3 weeks. Jeez...who cares? They have to do whatever they can to have a season.
I'm sure that if they can push back the SB then certain aspects of the season can be pushed back, if not most, including the time frame on FA's and franchising players. |
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Post by jimmieray on Apr 29, 2020 6:50:28 GMT -5
Jeez...who cares? They have to do whatever they can to have a season.
I was just pointing that out. On the bright side, it will make it a lot harder for our team to be already eliminated by October, once again. |
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Post by TEM on Apr 29, 2020 6:54:04 GMT -5
I was just pointing that out. On the bright side, it will make it a lot harder for our team to be already eliminated by October, once again. It would not only affect the FA period. It would make hiring a coach or a GM more taxing. IMO: I do not think that is going to be an issue. I think everyone gets a pass this year. |
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Post by jimmieray on Apr 29, 2020 7:00:16 GMT -5
On the bright side, it will make it a lot harder for our team to be already eliminated by October, once again. It would not only affect the FA period. It would make hiring a coach or a GM more taxing. IMO: I do not think that is going to be an issue. I think everyone gets a pass this year. Well, hopefully we won't have worry about those things. And I think with all the new coaches, players, positions to learn (groan), schemes to learn... our team might actually benefit the most, out of the whole league. |
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Post by TEM on Apr 29, 2020 7:02:56 GMT -5
It would not only affect the FA period. It would make hiring a coach or a GM more taxing. IMO: I do not think that is going to be an issue. I think everyone gets a pass this year. Well, hopefully we won't have worry about those things. And I think with all the new coaches, players, positions to learn (groan), schemes to learn... our team might actually benefit the most, out of the whole league. I think most teams are on an equal playing ground . New staff or New QB. |
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Post by jimmieray on Apr 29, 2020 7:09:33 GMT -5
Well, hopefully we won't have worry about those things. And I think with all the new coaches, players, positions to learn (groan), schemes to learn... our team might actually benefit the most, out of the whole league. I think most teams are on an equal playing ground . New staff or New QB. Yeah, quite a few vet QBs switched teams, too. But consider our new HC, and that promotion from what he was. |
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Post by TEM on Apr 29, 2020 7:16:31 GMT -5
I think most teams are on an equal playing ground . New staff or New QB. Yeah, quite a few vet QBs switched teams, too. But consider our new HC, and that promotion from what he was. No one claiming there was going to switch turned on and all of a sudden we were going to be this stellar team. Not that it can't happen. I would think 7-9 8-8 9-7 would be a start in the right direction. Anything more would be a great season for Dave and Joe. |
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Post by myronguyton on May 8, 2020 11:35:21 GMT -5
Is it just me, or does the NFL seem to be operating in an alternate universe? I mean,it's good that they're acknowledging that there could be some issues in starting the season on time, but do they really think that if they cant play games in mid september that there will be a significantly better chance of playing them in mid october? Given everything we do know, what exactly do they expect to happen over the course of a month that will allow them to pack 80,000 people into stadiums on sundays?
Not to be a downer, but I find it highly unlikely that we see football in 2020. There are only two ways the nfl will be able to have a season.
1. A development in treatment that essentially negates any danger the virus poses to the general public.
2. Constant testing for every organization and games played without fans in attendance.
Im hoping we get the first scenario in time, but if not, its highly unlikely that a miracle development comes through between september 10 and mid october.
Does anyone really even want to see option 2? Im not sure I do. Home crowds/noise are a major element to the nfl product. Strip it away and the product crumbles. Games with no fans would be a sad sight I'd rather not see, though Im sure I'd still watch the Giants.
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