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ITT we will make a list of players who are opting out of the 2020 season because of COVID-19.

Please limit commmentary and just post players - feel free to make new threads to discuss anything surprising. Might be helpfu to indicate if they have an exception for being high risk or not. I will attempt to update this post but I'm a busy guy and might not get to it.

EDIT: list growing much faster than I expected. Hopefully someone who is getting paid to do this keeps this list updated.


So far:

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, KC, G - not high risk
De'Anthony Thomas, BAL WR not high risk
Danny Vitale, NE, RB not high risk
Chance Warmack, Sea, not high risk
Najee Toran, NE, C/G not high risk
Caleb Brantley, Was, DL, HIGH RISK
Maurice Canary, DAL, CB

This is going to be a very short list.

spider321 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:30 pm This is going to be a very short list.

They will likely have that decision made for them at some point, so depending on how you look at it, it could be a very long list.

spider321 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:30 pm This is going to be a very short list.

Chance Warmack, DeAnthony Thomas, Dan Vitale & Caleb Brantley apparently joined him today. I don’t think there will be a lot of big names, but you’ll get a few.

Duvernay-Tardif is a notable one, especially with questions about KC's offensive line. They replaced him with Osemele

Once a lot of end-of-roster guys, or even those competing for spots in camp, increasingly realize that playing = getting infected. "The players, they're all going to get sick," to quote Bruce Arians earlier today.

Just like the MLB, NFL reached agreements that lay out large-scale infections being an inevitable, and in their mind acceptable, cost to the season.

Najee toran g/c NEP

Blueboy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:25 pm Once a lot of end-of-roster guys, or even those competing for spots in camp, increasingly realize that playing = getting infected. "The players, they're all going to get sick," to quote Bruce Arians earlier today.

Just like the MLB, NFL reached agreements that lay out large-scale infections being an inevitable, and in their mind acceptable, cost to the season.

Plus if they opt out now, they are guaranteed 150, 000, I believe.

FantasyFreak wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:26 pm

Blueboy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:25 pm Once a lot of end-of-roster guys, or even those competing for spots in camp, increasingly realize that playing = getting infected. "The players, they're all going to get sick," to quote Bruce Arians earlier today.

Just like the MLB, NFL reached agreements that lay out large-scale infections being an inevitable, and in their mind acceptable, cost to the season.

Plus if they opt out now, they are guaranteed 150, 000, I believe.

I think it's an advance on their salary, as the contract tolls to next season. If it's a medical reason, they get 350,000 and the contract doesn't toll.

Marcus Cannon right tackle NEP

millworkguy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:53 am

FantasyFreak wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:26 pm

Blueboy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:25 pm Once a lot of end-of-roster guys, or even those competing for spots in camp, increasingly realize that playing = getting infected. "The players, they're all going to get sick," to quote Bruce Arians earlier today.

Just like the MLB, NFL reached agreements that lay out large-scale infections being an inevitable, and in their mind acceptable, cost to the season.

Plus if they opt out now, they are guaranteed 150, 000, I believe.

I think it's an advance on their salary, as the contract tolls to next season. If it's a medical reason, they get 350,000 and the contract doesn't toll.

The contract tolls either way, but the $350K guys get a year credited towards qualifying for retirement/pension, the $150K players do not.

Dont'a hightower lb nep - due to newborn child / mother with diabetes

Brandon Bolden- rb nep

Lots of Patriots. I wonder if that’s just because they got their cuts done ahead of a lot of teams and we’ll be seeing a lot more of these or if the Pats are just lucky.

ericanadian wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:04 am Lots of Patriots. I wonder if that’s just because they got their cuts done ahead of a lot of teams and we’ll be seeing a lot more of these or if the Pats are just lucky.

As bad as it is to say, I can't help but wonder if there is some BB strategy here given the QB in next years draft.

TimeWillTell wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:13 am

ericanadian wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:04 am Lots of Patriots. I wonder if that’s just because they got their cuts done ahead of a lot of teams and we’ll be seeing a lot more of these or if the Pats are just lucky.

As bad as it is to say, I can't help but wonder if there is some BB strategy here given the QB in next years draft.

Doubtful. Belichick will never coach or put his team in a high likelihood to lose games. He's just not wired that way.