Thread: Citing COVID-19 concerns, Broncos players will skip voluntary in-person OTAs

Originally Posted by Jeudy10Hamler13

Some people have had reactions and died.

You hear about that girl that ate a Reese's and died?

Originally Posted by Davii

You hear about that girl that ate a Reese's and died?

When was this?

Ya'll talking about practice.

Originally Posted by Jeudy10Hamler13

Some people have had reactions and died.

You're currently more likely to get struck by lightning than to die from any adverse reaction to a covid vaccine.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

You're currently more likely to get struck by lightning than to die from any adverse reaction to a covid vaccine.

Yeah well you tell that to the folks who lost somebody that way..... oh well couldn’t be the odds

Originally Posted by Jeudy10Hamler13

Yeah well you tell that to the folks who lost somebody that way..... oh well couldn’t be the odds

Point being, the odds are way higher of even a young and healthy person catching and dying from covid than dying from the vaccine. 550k+ Americans have died from covid from 31 million cases. About 1/56. 74 people have died after getting the vaccine out of 80 million who have been fully vaccinated. About 1/1 million .You tell me which odds you'd rather take.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

You're currently more likely to get struck by lightning than to die from any adverse reaction to a covid vaccine.

Originally Posted by Jaded

You feeling autistic yet?

I don't think players should be afraid of the vaccine personally but I don't believe in mandating vaccine's that aren't fully FDA approved. Life is about choices for a reason. It should be made available and personally I think people should be given a choice of which one they want as well. However if a business mandates it. Its a choice then to either get vaccinated or don't play......

As for death by vaccine, that crap is media driven BS

Originally Posted by Elevation inc

I don't think players should be afraid of the vaccine personally but I don't believe in mandating vaccine's that aren't fully FDA approved. Life is about choices for a reason. It should be made available and personally I think people should be given a choice of which one they want as well. However if a business mandates it. Its a choice then to either get vaccinated or don't play......

As for death by vaccine, that crap is media driven BS

From what I've read, the NFL won't mandate it but they'll strongly incentivize it. Players who get it will be able to go about the facility and interact with people with no restrictions, while people who don't will still have to mask and distance and stuff. I'd imagine the thought of doing all those restrictions for another year will be motivation enough for most players to get it.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

From what I've read, the NFL won't mandate it but they'll strongly incentivize it. Players who get it will be able to go about the facility and interact with people with no restrictions, while people who don't will still have to mask and distance and stuff. I'd imagine the thought of doing all those restrictions for another year will be motivation enough for most players to get it.

That’s what the government should’ve done to incentivize the vaccine in the first place. Set a goal that says once x% of the population is vaccinated we’ll lose the masks and open back up fully. Even if it’s a conservatively high number, it’s something that might get those on the fence about getting it but hate wearing masks and not doing what they want, to suck it up and get the vaccine.

klis is reporting that drew lock was one of about 20 players who showed up today, so that's good. . .

Originally Posted by dogfish

klis is reporting that drew lock was one of about 20 players who showed up today, so that's good. . .

I would imagine everyone with a workout bonus was there.

Originally Posted by Davii

I would imagine everyone with a workout bonus was there.

That's pretty much what it is. I think Lock's bonus is around 70k on a rookie contract. No way was he skipping out.

While nearly every player was present in virtual meetings Monday, many veterans are boycotting in-person workouts. Lock, Risner, Rypien among those who showed up.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Drew Lock told 9NEWS over the weekend he has been “radio silent this offseason” and was determined to “let my actions do the talking.”

By showing up Monday for the first day of team conditioning workouts at UCHealth Training Center, Lock’s actions said he’s going to do all he can to remain the Broncos’ starting quarterback. With his young career already at a crossroads, Lock is not about to miss a team-organized offseason program for a second consecutive year, no matter that many of his teammates are boycotting the in-person portion of the offseason program.

9NEWS photographers observed Lock, his backup QB Brett Rypien and about 20 other players show up at the Broncos’ UCHealth Training Center on Monday for virus testing, weight training and conditioning workouts. Considering the Broncos players as a group put out a statement last week stating they would not attend in-person offseason workouts, it was a decent turnout.

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