# NFL 2021: Week Sixteen Candles **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [December 23, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543 "2021-12-23T16:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543/41 "2021-12-28T03:35:57Z")
It took all of 3 drives to turn off tonight’s game. Ugly, boring football. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543/42 "2021-12-28T03:39:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Aer any of these players that “test positive” actually getting sick? Coverage never seems to say. The teams aren’t allowed to say; part of the agreement between the league and the NFLPA on the COVID protocol states that while teams can (and, I think, _must_) publicly disclose which players are on the COVID reserve list, they can’t say any more than that. If an individual player wants to go public with what’s up with himself, that’s personal prerogative. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543/43 "2021-12-28T04:04:13Z")
Now I am in love with the “waddle” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543/44 "2021-12-28T04:56:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The teams aren’t allowed to say; part of the agreement between the league and the NFLPA on the COVID protocol states that while teams can (and, I think, _must_ ) publicly disclose which players are on the COVID reserve list, they can’t say any more than that. BTW, to build on this, here is a quote from the Packers’ official web site, as part of an article about them placing four players on the list today (note that the “Rodgers” mentioned in the article thumbnail is reserve WR Amari Rodgers, and _not_ Aaron Rodgers): > [@](#): > > Per agreed-upon NFL-NFLPA policy, clubs are not permitted to comment on a player’s medical status other than referring to roster status. Being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list is for a player who either tests positive for COVID-19 or who has been in close contact with an infected person or persons. > **[Packers place four on reserve/COVID-19 list](https://www.packers.com/news/packers-place-four-on-reserve-covid-19-list-2021)** > > Braden, Galeai, Rodgers and Summers added to reserve/COVID-19 list ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543/45 "2021-12-28T05:42:17Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Aer any of these players that “test positive” actually getting sick? Coverage never seems to say. There are a few that have been hospitalized where that information has gotten out. Here’s [one](https://www.nfl.com/news/mike-zimmer-vaccinated-vikings-player-in-er-after-contracting-covid-19) from Minnesota in November of this year. The name of the player wasn’t released but it was sussed out pretty quickly. And [a Jags player](https://www.yahoo.com/now/nfl-ryquell-armstead-jaguars-covid-hospitalizations-222212695.html) was admitted to the hospital twice in 2020. To be fair in this case, nobody confirmed it was COVID, but there aren’t many common respiratory illnesses over the last couple years that would do this to an otherwise healthy young person. It’s been more common for college players on top tier teams to have announced hospitalizations, most likely because there’s just no way to keep that many tens of thousands of mouths shut in the absence of money. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543/46 "2021-12-28T06:35:34Z")
The Dolphins have just become the first team in NFL history to have a 7-game winning streak and 7-game losing streak in the same season. They are also poised to potentially become the first team to ever start 1-7 and yet still make the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543/47 "2021-12-29T07:08:44Z")
Unvaccinated Carson “Personal Choice” Wentz has tested positive for Covid. With his luck with injuries, I don’t think he’ll pass for Sunday. Might change the betting odds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-sixteen-candles/956543.md?page=2)