The fourth game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans was postponed due to the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak.
The NFL has announced that the game will be played on Monday or Tuesday.
ESPN’s Dianna Russini was the first to report that the NFL is “considering all the features to reschedule” the game and that Monday night a possible option, depending on the results of the Titans’ controls.
Three players and five members tested positive for COVID-19 in a series of effects that returned Tuesday. The Titans and Minnesota Vikings, opponents of Tennessee’s third week, finished operations due to the outbreak.
Tuesday’s verification race showed a positive result for a Titans player, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network
This is the first primary review the NFL faced in the normal season related to COVID-19. The pre-season and the first 3 weeks of the regular season went largely uninseasoned, with Atlanta Falcons corner AJ Terrell as the only player in the reserve/COVID-19 in the first 3 weeks of the season.
Chances are, an epidemic safe point would occur during the season. The NFL has about 2,000 players, along with many coaches and other team staff. Even with strict protocols, workers are necessarily allowed to live their daily lives in general. outdoors of football.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said positive tests “were not unexpected” and that the league accepts that some players and likely contract COVID-19 as the season progresses.
The way the NFL handles things in the long run will be attractive because there are apparent competitive advantages. The Titans were allowed to organize the team’s activities on the user until at least Saturday, while the Steelers were allowed to move on with things normally.
“We don’t have many definitive answers about the long-term forecast,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin told reporters. “We were given the mandate to prepare as if the match were to be played and played on time. our mentality . . . . We’ll take it day in and day out.
“We have blatantly said this procedure that 2020 is going through to have its challenges. You have to be light. Be prepared to adapt and have a tough plan. We are in a position to go through this. We perceive the uncertainty, but we do have a point of professionalism and a specific concentration despite that. “
Steelers and Titans entered this week 3-0, so the final results of their game can have implications for the 2020 playoffs.
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