ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (AP) – Vic Fangio doesn’t need to hear how the Denver Broncos are absorbed by the NFL after their game in New England was postponed for the time being on Sunday after the Patriots tested the fourth positive with coronavirus.
“Yes, we’re competing like hell on Sunday to fight, but in the end we’re all in this together,” Fangio said. “It doesn’t matter who’s to blame or who has had the positive test. We all have to deal with that. “
Fangio said he trusted the NFL’s handling of virus outbreaks in New England and Nashville because the league goes hand in hand with players’ agreement on COVID-19 security measures.
“In a way, I’m pleased to see some of those things happen because you see who the whining ones are. and I can’t cope with adversity,” Fangio said in a memorable take on a video convention called Sunday. “And I’m doing everything I can to make sure the Denver Broncos don’t fall into any of the categories. “
Fangio’s phraseology has already caught the eye, as he did last summer when the 61-year-old white head coach was criticized for being deaf after suggesting that discrimination and racism were not a challenge in the NFL. He later apologized that he only meant that such diseases did not penetrate the NFL locker room or his playgrounds.
On Sunday, Fangio didn’t call anyone by name. But many of his players turned to social media to sign their grievances, first when the Patriots game was postponed from one day to Monday and Sunday when it was postponed until next Sunday.
“All this practice of the week is not ideal for a no-ota, an injury in one of the greatest seasons of all time,” Shelby Harris tweeted the defensive finale on Sunday, 72 hours after posting this catch: “Why are we punished when we haven’t?something bad The legs are going to say goodbye next week and we’re stuck in a short week betting dolphins to make sense.
“Mann, we’re not even doing anything,” supporter Bradley Chubb tweeted Sunday, and the offensive part Melvin Gordon replied, “That’s not what we’ve been educating at all and they’ve been canceled from our game. “
Fangio said he understood that of his players.
“But my message to them and the others is that this bothered us, however, I may have come back seamlessly to where we had the positive tests and the Patriots were upset about it,” Fangio suggested.
“So I’m glad the positive checks didn’t take place in our building. But I can’t imagine that at some point we can have positive control or two and be the cause of an out-of-position game on the road. “
The most recent postponement of the Broncos game in New England (2-2) also forced the NFL to move the game from Denver to Miami from next weekend to November 22. The Broncos (1-3) were due to receive the Chargers that week, and that game moved until November 1, which originally said goodbye to Denver.
As a result, the Broncos will have had a 17-day break between games and will have no extra breaks throughout the season. The Patriots wouldn’t be so embarrassed, just having to return their week off with their game opposite Denver’s.
After meeting with his team on Sunday morning, Fangio sent his players back until Wednesday, when he will also think again of Quarterback Drew Lock’s clients returning from a sprained right shoulder.
Despite the slowdowns, Fangio said he still believes the NFL will play the season and crown a champion in the pandemic, as the NHL and NBA and MLB have done.
“What makes us more difficult compared to baseball is that we can’t play doubles and we can’t play a nine-inning game and a seven-inning game,” Fangio said, “but we’re going to make it. “