Can Bucs Copy The Chiefs?
August 22nd, 2020
No, Joe is not talking about the shameful pandering nonsense the Chiefs made news for this week. Though winning would be a great way for the Bucs to copycat the Super Bowl champions.
Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians has already said on the record the Bucs will have two practices at the Den of Depression to simulate gameday situations. The team will do everything, including using the scoreboard and having coaches up in their boxes like a regular game so the season opener at New Orleans is pothole-free.
This is because, Arians added, there are no preseason games. (That’s the only good thing in Joe’s eyes to come from this pandemic. Preseason NFL games are a pandemic all of their own.)
The Chiefs, too, are holding practices at Arrowhead Stadium and today had an underwear football practice where they allowed some 2,000 fans to watch — socially distant, of course, reports Adam Teicher of BSPN. And they are planning for 5,000 at a stadium practice next week, per TheAthletic.com.
Might the Bucs do the same?
The Bucs, like the rest of the NFL, are not allowing fans at training camp practices held at team facilities. That’s part of the NFL/NFLPA protocols in dealing with the virus and keeping coaches and players safe and healthy.
We still do not know if the Bucs will have fans at games this season. Nearly every day Joe learns of an NFL team announcing no fans for at least the first couple of home games. The Belicheats and the Seahawks being two recent teams.
How about letting 2,000 or so into the Den of Depression to watch a fake preseason game — spaced out socially distant, of course? Bucs fans are beyond hungry to see park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring Bucs quarterback Tom Brady and foot-rubbing tight end Rob Gronkowski wearing Bucs gear and a helmet.
Though no one has told Joe this, it’s a good bet that fans at Bucs games is not so much the Bucs’ call, rather, it is that of city and county officials in Tampa and Hillsborough County.
August 22nd, 2020 at 6:19 pm
No …
August 22nd, 2020 at 6:26 pm
I would agree, Joe, that fans at Bucs games will be a city, county and probably a State decision. I wonder when the cutoff date for making a decision will be? The Jaguars announced long ago their plans to have fans at their stadium. Duval County (Jacksonville) has been running at about 100-150 new cases per day for the past week while Hillsborough has been 200-300 of late. Pinellas has been at 100-110 for the past week. Overall, Florida has cut its number down from 6,000+ to 4,000+. Dade County is still driving the Florida numbers at 1,100+ per week.
August 22nd, 2020 at 6:36 pm
Time to stop living scared IMO. This sh!t ain’t going away anytime soon so just move on and bring life back to normal.
I live at the West entrance to Yellowstone National Park and for the 7 years I have lived here I have noticed one thing. Chinese visitors were wearing masks from the day I moved here because their air quality sucks so bad. This is some of the cleanest air you can possibly breath on this Earth.
NOW We have to wear masks!
I am sick of it!
August 22nd, 2020 at 7:01 pm
Like everyone used to say “ if you don’t like it , don’t watch it “ don’t participate if you don’t want to ! For those who do , have a blast ! Workers at Wal-Mart blah blah blah …. hospitals , restaurants , you name it …. it is a free country !
August 22nd, 2020 at 7:07 pm
SB
You are absolutely right.
Life as we knew it needs to resume ASAP…. cause living scared ain’t living.
August 22nd, 2020 at 7:31 pm
Get real people. This is serious. Mask up and shut up.
August 22nd, 2020 at 7:45 pm
I’m sure Bojim doesn’t drive a vehicle, because of a fear of getting in an accident.
August 22nd, 2020 at 8:54 pm
Let the teams decide!!!!!!!!! But if more than 5 players test positive during the season, then the whole team Forfeits the season!!!!!!!!! Last team left gets the trophy!!!!!!!!!!!!
go bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 22nd, 2020 at 9:35 pm
They could cover seats in a stadium just like they cover urinals and sinks in public bathrooms to enforce the social distancing.
Wash your hands, wear a mask , watch some football…
August 22nd, 2020 at 10:21 pm
Tonight should have been us vs Jacksonville on CBS…
Instead I did another fantasy draft since there’s nothing else to do.
August 22nd, 2020 at 11:25 pm
Joe I gotta question your logic here:
Without at least 2 preseason games (I agree that 4 is too many), how exactly do you separate the underwear football stars from the real NFL players?
August 22nd, 2020 at 11:50 pm
People say, “Just mask up.” Like they’re smart for following blindly. Sorry, smoke vape particles measure at 500-900 micrometers while Coronavirus particles measure in at approximately 60-140 micrometers. Vape particles escape easily from all masks. Don’t believe me? Try it. Any mask that allows any exhalation will not work. It’s called critical thinking, folks. And it quit happening when they said ANY MASK WILL DO and you believed them. If Joe lets me publish this GIF below, you can see for yourself.
August 23rd, 2020 at 12:19 am
SB Says:
August 22nd, 2020 at 6:36 pm
Time to stop living scared IMO. This sh!t ain’t going away anytime soon so just move on and bring life back to normal.
I live at the West entrance to Yellowstone National Park and for the 7 years I have lived here I have noticed one thing. Chinese visitors were wearing masks from the day I moved here because their air quality sucks so bad. This is some of the cleanest air you can possibly breath on this Earth.
NOW We have to wear masks!
I am sick of it!
SB
As soon as I can get it together and ride my bike up there, I’d like to buy you a beer
August 23rd, 2020 at 12:22 am
That’s what practice is for. Every movement on the field during practices are recorded.
After this year (hopefully), teams will return to scrimmages with other teams. Arians, and he is not the only one, has repeatedly said he and his coaches get more from those scrimmages as far as evals than they do in preseason games.
As Joe has been typing for years, Belicheat said simply a couple of weeks ago about no preseason games, “Colleges don’t need them.”
August 23rd, 2020 at 12:29 am
Joe Says:
August 23rd, 2020 at 12:22 am
Without at least 2 preseason games (I agree that 4 is too many), how exactly do you separate the underwear football stars from the real NFL players?
That’s what practice is for. Every movement on the field during practices are recorded.
After this year (hopefully), teams will return to scrimmages with other teams. Arians, and he is not the only one, has repeatedly said he and his coaches get more from those scrimmages as far as evals than they do in preseason games.
As Joe has been typing for years, Belicheat said simply a couple of weeks ago about no preseason games, “Colleges don’t need them.”
I look at preseason as scrimmage games.
Sure, televise them, but don’t charge for admission, it’s practice!
August 23rd, 2020 at 1:26 am
What about the Super Bowl?
August 23rd, 2020 at 9:52 am
Naw, keep the fans away. Let’s not run and hide but if it came down to not a single germ on the field from a fan, and that let’s the Bucs play their schedule out, that’s best. Don’t forget, Kansas City isn’t exactly crawling with COVID like here.
August 23rd, 2020 at 10:57 am
That’s a fair point on scrimmages with other teams. It didn’t really occur to me since it seems like that’s something this team has only done a few times over the years.
That said- it’s still different IMO. How many underwear football stars have gone up in smoke once they were actually in a game (even preseason)? Still not sure if scrimmages are the same, though I guess that also depends on the teams / coaches running them…
August 23rd, 2020 at 11:10 am
Good point Roy. As weird and lame as it will be- I’d rather have a full season with no fans, than a partial season that gets canceled just so few stadiums can fill up 25% of their seats for a few games.