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NFL's high vax rate 'unique' model for nation
Although NFL medical officer Allen Sills acknowledged that "COVID zero" is not an attainable goal, he told ESPN's Kevin Seifert the league's high COVID-19 vaccination rates could model a way out for the country.
The NFL's high COVID-19 vaccination rate provides a "unique opportunity" to model a way out of the ongoing pandemic for the entire country, NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said Wednesday in an interview with ESPN.
"We know we are going to have positive cases this season," Sills said a day before the league is scheduled to open its 2021 regular season. "I don't think 'COVID zero' is an attainable goal, and we all need to understand that. What we think we can do is keep our team environments as safe as possible, avoid widespread outbreaks and, with vaccinations in place, convert this into a seasonal illness as opposed to a devastating pandemic."
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Broncos win on the opening weekend with Teddy fucking Bridgewater at QB
We're top of the Division! Playoffs baby!
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Stafford already showing his class. Huge throw for a Rams TD.
This whole Stafford situation is fascinating.
A former number 1 overall pick with elite physical skills who isn't a bust but has just been stuck in a garbage franchise his entire career.
Now he's paired with an elite offensive head coach and a 'win now' roster. Whilst he has a lot of 'tread on the tyres' he's not old for a QB (only 33). It's put up or shut up time for Stafford in the next few seasons. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that Stafford ends up in the Hall of Fame if he really crushes these next few years.
On the other side of things Dalton is dead man walking - just a matter of time until Justin Fields takes over.
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@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21:
just a matter of time until Justin Fields takes over
this is still a huge sore point
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Couple of Week 1 surprises (as there always are)
Buffalo losing to the Steelers. Bills won nearly every single stat line as well.
The Titans getting smoked by the Cards
The Texans winning, even if it was only over the Jags.
The Chiefs had to do it the hard way to beat the Browns
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Interesting stat
"In the midst of today's thrilling victory, Patrick Mahomes broke the NFL records for passing yards (14,489) and passing touchdowns (117) through a player's first 50 career starts.
The crazy part? This was start No. 47. The dude is rewriting the record books in front of our eyes."
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Other interesting stats from the weekend
That's the first regular season game Trevor Lawrence has lost. He never lost in the regular season through both high school and college
Jameis Winston had the lowest yards for a 5 touch down game since records started being kept
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Eagles beatdown of the Falcons, and the Bengals win over the Vikings were a surprise for me.
Hot damn the NFC West deserves to have all 4 teams qualify for the playoffs.
One thing I'm enjoying about the lockdown 4 levels is that I can watch the games on NFL game pass.
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@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21:
Nothing goes together like the 49ers and injuries
Starting running back out 8 weeks with a knee injury
Starting cornerback gone for the season with an ACL injury.
Both players are injury prone so if you play with fire you might get burnt
Not good to be weakened in this division
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A packed new stadium for the NV Raiders vs the Ravens. I didn't think the population in Vegas could fill the stadium? I suppose there are fans flying in to make a weekend for it? Google says the population is 650000. First ever game with fans allowed as well, so probably easy to fill
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@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21:
@canefan with population in US cities you have to look at the wider metro area.
The metro population of Vegas is 2.3 million.
Oh wow. So plenty then. And as I said, I am sure there will be bay area or LA Raiders fans who would jump at the chance to spend a weekend in Vegas, especially with so few home games per season
