Flu bug
 

This is after the first week of the preseason in a new single player league.
Looks like somebody needs to disinfect the patriots locker room.


Rosevelt Colvin, SLB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 1 week.

Lonie Paxton, C - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 1 week.

Johnathan Sullivan, NT - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 1 week.

Eugene Wilson, LCB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 1 week.

Vince Wilfork, NT - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 1 week.

Jerald Gowin, RG - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 1 week.

Gary Richard, WLB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 1 week.

Don Davis, WILB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Tom Brady, QB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Jarvis Green, RDE - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Tully Banta-Cain, SLB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Dan Koppen, C - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Steve Neal, RG - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Asante Samuel, RCB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Ty Warren, LDE - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Gene Mruczkowski, LG - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Ellis Hobbs, RCB - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Wesley Britt, LT - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Dave Thomas, TE - Influenza, Questionable, full strength in about 2 weeks.

Bah, complain when it's one of the Super Bowl teams (which happened twice in my 15-year office league).

that is not a bug

I think he means like... influenza is a bug. Not that the game has a bug.

correct. i just thought it was funny that that many people got sick at the same time.

Can this be avoided by having one player who has a "bad cold" and listed as probable to sit for the week or will it not matter?

I don't imagine so. The cold and flu viruses are completely different viruses and one doesn't cause or mutate into the other.

I had to chuckle when claret was discussing this. I actually agree with him that anyone who has the flu - for real - can not play to any kind of standard. Anyone who has had real flu knows what I'm saying.

I had flu over Christmas, 2nd time in my life. I'm not in NFL shape, but I am in very good shape. A walk to the bathroom was an ordeal where my chief was not disgracing myself, and I staggered into the wall more than once. Getting there and back was a really big deal. Facing a healthy, opponent of equal ability on a football field? Pretty laughable really.

I totally agree.

Back when I had a real job, I used to see colleagues sitting there sniffling complaining that they had flu.

They always seemed offended when I said 'shut the fuck up, you've got a cold'.

There are different kinds of flu; some much more debilitating than others. One strain could make you bedridden, another only slightly tired.

The non-athlete also does not have an IV in their arm at regular intervals like a pro athlete would prior to and during the game, which provides them the hydration and energy to perform.