Following the Monday Night Football game on November 15th between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers, the NFL is through 10 weeks of their 18-week season. As we passed the halfway point of the season and get close to the home stretch, it is becoming clearer by the week to see which teams are clear contenders for the Super Bowl and which teams will be jockeying for draft position come December.
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How can we know for sure that a person is actually vaccinated when there is easy accessibility to fake vaccine cards, heavy rules and social norms about the privacy of medical records, and a large stigma around the identifier “unvaccinated”, giving people ample motivation to lie. These questions entered the sports world recently when it was found out that Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been lying about his vaccine status for the entire season, and was caught after he tested positive for Covid-19.
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On the field, the Raiders have not only met expectations but exceeded them. They are 5-2 heading into a Week 9 date with the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium following their Week 8 bye… However, the Raiders’ on field success has been overshadowed as they have been in the headlines plenty through the first half of the season, but for off-field controversy.
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It was a great game with the Raiders defeating the Ravens 33-27 in overtime, and it was the Raiders first home game in Las Vegas with the stadium in full capacity due to the COVID pandemic. However, one of the main headlines following the game was not just the game itself but also about a new broadcast that ESPN debuted.
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On September 10th, the Dallas Cowboys announced that offensive tackle La’el Collins had been suspended five games following their Opening Night loss to the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The National Football League (NFL) stated that Collins had violated the league’s substance abuse policy which prohibits players from taking specific performance enhancing or recreational drugs unless it has an approved therapeutic use.
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When the 2021 NFL season kicked off Thursday, September 9th in Tampa Bay, things seemed a lot more normal than they did during the 2020 season. Raymond James Stadium, home of the Buccaneers, was at full capacity marking the first time an NFL game had been played in front of a full crowd since the Chiefs defeated the 49ers in the Super Bowl back in February 2020.
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Daniel Snyder, who has owned a part of the Washington Football Team since 1999, officially bought out the minority owners of the franchise this week. He now owns 80.95% of the team, giving him significant control of the direction of the franchise.
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Free agency opened up this past week for the National Football League, and this was marked with a flurry of deals as soon as the free agency period official began as per the league calendar. Even with teams suffering the financial impacts of a pandemic, some were willing to spend right away with the hope of improving their squad in the upcoming season.
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The NFL season has been underway for six weeks now: Here is a brief rundown of what you may have missed.
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It was a matter of when, not if, the COVID-19 global pandemic would impact the NFL world.
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