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NFL Postpones Pittsburgh-Tennessee Game Due To Nine Positive COVID-19 Tests
Dade Hayes Finance EditorCOVID-19 has made its first dent in the young NFL season, with Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans postponed after nine positive coronavirus tests of Titans players and staffers.The game, scheduled for 1PM on Sunday, is expected to be played on Monday or Tuesday.In the days following Tennessee’s win last weekend over the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis, four Titans players and five non-players with the team tested positive for COVID-19. No players or staffers with the Vikings have tested positive.Titans coach Mike Vrabel said Wednesday that some of the players who tested positive were experiencing flu-like symptoms, according to a report by ESPN.