fantasy impact of coronavirus

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Completely outside the box thought--possibility the league shuts down both the Titans and Vikings this week and has the Steelers play at the Texans? I know very highly unlikely, but it's an interesting thought!

Unfortunately, The steelers just played the texans... like this past Sunday. While it may make sense from a "lets play football" standpoint. It doesn't make sense from a scheduling standpoint.

[murphysxm]

Completely outside the box thought--possibility the league shuts down both the Titans and Vikings this week and has the Steelers play at the Texans? I know very highly unlikely, but it's an interesting thought!

Unfortunately, The steelers just played the texans... like this past Sunday. While it may make sense from a "lets play football" standpoint. It doesn't make sense from a scheduling standpoint.

agreed, plus Houston would have a legit complaint about having the most difficult 4 game streatch of non play off games I think I have ever seen

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CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora reports the league notified the Titans, Steelers, Vikings, and Texans that it may be forced to reschedule both contests for Week 4.
The league reportedly told the Steelers to proceed with game preparations against the Titans, which were forced to shut down its facilities until Saturday following eight new positive tests among the organization. Minnesota's facitilites, which provided 0 positive tests as of Tuesday afternoon, were also evacuated until further notice. The NFL is still discussing plans for postponement which include pushing both games to Monday/Tuesday night or rescheduling bye weeks to assist with games in Weeks 7 and 8. All ideas are on the table.

Well the good news is that the Vikings have 0 positive tests so far. We may have a couple teams on bye this week or some Tuesday night games because who doens't need more nights of football

[jjleurquin]

Completely outside the box thought--possibility the league shuts down both the Titans and Vikings this week and has the Steelers play at the Texans? I know very highly unlikely, but it's an interesting thought!

This seems to me like possibly the best option in all honesty. I'd be surprised if either TEN or MIN plays this week, so that's an imperfect but still reasonable solution.

They aren't going to have them play each other 2 weeks in a row.

[OhCruelestRanter]

Has anybody mentioned the possibility that the game goes as scheduled and Tennessee/Minnesota either plays the guys with negative tests only, or they forfeit? Seems unfair to Pittsburgh and Houston to force them to play their Week 5 games on short rest because Tennessee and Minnesota had positive tests.

[FantasyFreak]

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So they would expect the Titans to play with no practice or access to their facility all week? LOL. Ah, the NFL.

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So they would expect the Titans to play with no practice or access to their facility all week? LOL. Ah, the NFL.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reports the NFL "wants and intends" to play Titans/Steelers as scheduled on Sunday, but that moving to Monday evening will be a possibility.
Per Schefter, this would "allow for additional testing and contact tracing to occur." It would also enable the Titans, who are not allowed back in their facility until Saturday, to get in a day of practice. Frankly, this seems like a no-brainer even if the Titans' outbreak is capped at its current three players. This will be a continually-evolving situation all week.

Latest update. Potentially play Monday. Lets the Titan's have one practice/walk through.

Seems like the best solution imo.

[Forza_Azzurri]

The NFL should have had 1-2 league wide bye weeks so they would have the flexibility to cancel & reschedule games.

[FantasyFreak]

The NFL should have had 1-2 league wide bye weeks so they would have the flexibility to cancel & reschedule games.

Don't think they wanted to extend the schedule further. Would leave more time for spread.

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The NFL should have had 1-2 league wide bye weeks so they would have the flexibility to cancel & reschedule games.

And miss out on football for a week no thanks that 1/19th of their revenue for the season

[millworkguy]

9 titans tested positive, 4 of which are player's. Both titans and Vikings facilities shut down till Saturday

[FantasyFreak]

9 titans tested positive, 4 of which are player's. Both titans and Vikings facilities shut down till Saturday

Where are you seeing the Vikings shut down until Saturday?

[CGW]

Vikings are only shut down today, unless there has been news broken in the past hour.

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Titans placed DE DaQuan Jones, TE Tommy Hudson, and LS Beau Brinkley on the COVID-19 list.
These three players and five other Titans staff members have tested positive. The team will stay away from facilities until at least Saturday, but they need to pass COVID-19 testing before attempting to play on Sunday. The NFL is prepared to delay the Titans vs. Steelers game to Monday if another day is needed. Because the Vikings played the Titans last Sunday, they too will be away from facilities until testing clears them. It's the first major scare in the NFL.


Well if they didn't spread it, it looks like minimal direct impact on fantasy

[millworkguy]

A 1st titan, lb coach s bowan tested positive on Saturday, making 9 titans, with the 8 on Monday. All 8 of those titans tested negative on Saturday, but positive Monday

Vikings are shut down indefinitely, as the average incubation time is 5-7 days, with a longest time exceeding 14 days. The way covid builds (its viral load) means that someone could test negative 12 straight days (while isolating) and test positive on the 13th.