Will There Even Be an NFL Season?

interesting stuff here. Believe it or not, it will give yinz something to occupy down time with.


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I was sorry to see that Tom Dempsey, the record setting kicker for the Saints, died of the virus earlier today. Dempsey had dementia and was in a nursing home in New Orleans when an outbreak of the Chinese virus hit the nursing home and poor Tom caught it and died.
I was in eighth grade in 1970 when Dempsey kicked his record setting 63 yard FG to beat the Lions. I remember our gym teacher the next week had all of us boys line-up on the football field 63 yards away from the goal post to show us how long of a kick that was. As a 13 year old it looked like the goal posts were about a mile away.

 

Sad to hear.
Tom was born to kick field goals.

 

I'm sorry @Blast Furnace, but I have to ask. You let the Pied Piper of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) spew his idiotic rhetoric "repeatedly" while directly taking this, and other threads, down the political rabbit hole, and when someone tries to smooth it over with a little common sense......"THATS" when you decide it's walking a fine line? Maybe you jumped in at the last minute and weren't aware that the tin-foil-hat wearing nimrod spews his moronic bull**** quite frequently but your timing was a bit off.

 

Dempsey was a pretty cool story in NFL history. I remember my dad hated that he could kick with that "illegal shoe". I always thought is was kinda cool that he found a way to excel!

 

I get that and I appreciate the work you guys do.......that being said, the timing was a bit off.

Saying TDS is a non-sense term isn't reeling it back either TDS is very real, just go listen to the coverage of the up-coming election

 

Fair enough. It just looked like it was slanted the other way. My apologies.

 

Nah. Obama's countless goofs weren't because he's black.

 

apparently I hit a nerve and upset the poor little child. Boohoo

 

You "are" a nerve! But the world needs ditch-diggers too.

 

I know this is a little sick, but I’m thinking of putting this on my Christmas cards. It’s looks festive and colorful. Maybe photoshop some garland or ivy into it.

 

It’s so cute that you try labeling people you’ve never met. It must be that trump delusion syndrome kicking into overdrive.

 

Ask nicely

 

Thanks man! I thought I was being diplomatic about the subject. It’s clear a lot of people have done a lot of things wrong but at the same time there are very few people alive that have lived through anything like this and had any idea how bad it could get. I don’t think it’s a time to point fingers and I certainly don’t think it’s time for someone’s political bias to act as a catalyst to assign blame. Mistakes were made in preparation and in response. It’s impossible to have all the answers for something like this. The only bright side will be if we learn from most of them....

 

That’s a vast improvement. I will ponder your request for a bit.

 

I was trying to think of a best case scenario for getting a regular season in. If by September we have instant or quick testing results that both determine if you have the virus now or already had it and recovered, the NFL could allow each team to test each player about an hour before the game. I`m sure that would be no problem if we had that testing available. As far as fans go, they too (and the people who work there) would need the same testing before being allowed into the stadium. I don`t know if it is possible to test a full stadium worth, seems unlikely. Best case those who had proof they already recovered from the virus would have some certificate issued by their doctor could enter immediately. Don`t know how those who never had the virus would be worked with. There would not only have to be instant testing, but very low cost. A fan who never had the virus would have to be able to self check before going to the stadium so they don`t take the chance of failing the test at the stadium and get turned away.

So best case is players are protected and can play safely in front of sparse crowds IMO.

 

I see Colbert is pushing for three extra rounds to the draft.

Makes a fair amount of sense to me.

 

Since it was his idea....do we get 3 1sts