Urban Meyer, Bill Belichick & why NFL coaches have no choice but to lie about cutting players due to vaccine status
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🗓️ 1 September 2021
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Summary
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer did an amazing thing Tuesday. Something he almost never does. He told the truth. Meyer revealed that cutting players due to their vaccination status against COVID-19 was, "certainly in consideration."
Meanwhile, all the way up the eastern seaboard, Cam Newton was released from New England the same day. One can't help but wonder if his vaccination status played into the team's decision to part ways, especially after COVID protocols kept him away from his squad for five days last week.
Charles Robinson is joined by Yahoo's Dan Wetzel to talk about the NFL's tenuous situation as teams finalized their 53-man rosters this week. Are coaches taking vaccine status into consideration? Absolutely. Are they being forced to lie about it? You bet.
Charles & Dan also discuss the New Orleans Saints being forced away from their home state for the month of September due to Hurricane Ida, the latest on potential Deshaun Watson trade suitors, the Bishop Sycamore debacle and more.
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| 1:04.4 | Bill Bella checked probably isn't telling the whole truth and that's what's keeping him safe. |
| 1:10.5 | This is the NFL's coaching and evaluation reality when it comes to the COVID vaccination. |
| 1:16.3 | Lying is the safe space, honesty, not so much. It's a place where Urban Meyer can come out and |
| 1:23.2 | admit that the Jacksonville Jaguars used vaccination status as a factor in roster cuts, |
| 1:29.0 | which we all know is true because Meyer initially admitted to it, but it's also a place where |
| 1:33.8 | Belichet can insist that the same vaccination status had no impact whatsoever on the New England |
| 1:39.6 | Patriots' surprising decision to cut Cam Newton. This is all a foolish game and here's the thing, |
| 1:45.9 | the policy is helping no one, most especially the players who it's supposed to protect. |
| 1:51.8 | Oh, in theory, it's supposed to be a good hard fought win for the union, which is doing its |
| 1:57.6 | duty by standing up and saying that in a collectively bargain work environment, the league has no right |
| 2:03.1 | to cut players over their vaccination status. That's great PR, but it's also toothless, |
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