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Getty Images The bad news, for the Titans and the Patriots, has been reported widely this morning. The good news is that, for now, other teams with recent positive results have not had more of them. According to the NFL, no other teams had a positive test arising from PCR samples collected on...

Getty Images The Broncos and Patriots won’t be playing on Monday night in New England after all. The Broncos-Patriots game has been postponed in the wake of another Patriots positive COVID-19 test, the NFL announced. It’s unclear precisely how the schedule will unfold, but Broncos-Patriots...

Getty Images The NFL Players Association had a regularly-scheduled meeting of its board of player representatives recently, and among other things the members of union leadership discussed the possibility of a home-market bubble for the balance of the season. “It’s come up here and there,” a...

Getty Images If you wondered why the NFL went forward with the Week Four game between the Patriots and Chiefs only three days after New England quarterback Cam Newton tested positive for COVID-19, you’re not alone. Patriots defensive back Jason McCourty expressed uncertainty on Saturday as to...

Getty Images Broncos running back Philip Lindsay suffered turf toe in the first half of Denver’s Week One game against the Titans. He’ll return on Monday against the Patriots to a backfield that includes Melvin Gordon. Could both be on the field at the same time? “I would hope to be able to...

Getty Images The league’s protocols can be a little convoluted and confusing when it comes to the moment the window opens for a COVID-positive player to return to action. The typically evasive nature of coach Bill Belichick when asked simple questions about the subject makes it even more...

Getty Images On Friday, Broncos head coach Vic Fangio said it was still up in the air as to who would start at quarterback against the Patriots on Monday night. That did not change on Saturday. The Broncos listed Drew Lock as questionable to play after he missed the last two games with a right...

Getty Images The Patriots held their only practice of the week on Saturday and safety Devin McCourty was the only player on the active roster who wasn’t on the field in some capacity. McCourty’s absence was not related to his health, however. The Patriots listed him as missing practice for...

Getty Images The Patriots should be on the practice field on Saturday morning. According to multiple reports, the team’s latest round of COVID-19 testing produced no positive results. The team said on Friday that they planned for a 10:30 a.m. ET practice on Saturday as long as that was the...

Getty Images The NFL moved this week’s game between the Broncos and Patriots to Monday night as a result of positive COVID-19 tests in New England and Broncos head coach Vic Fangio said on Friday that the team has “to be able to adjust, adapt, improvise and be ready to play the game on Monday...

Getty Images The Patriots had no positive COVID-19 tests on Friday and a repeat on Saturday should allow them on the practice field for the first time this week. The team announced that they plan to practice at 10:30 a.m. ET on Saturday and hold a walkthrough on Sunday. They are set to play...

Getty Images The Patriots got good news on COVID-19 testing today. All of the tests conducted on Patriots players yesterday came back negative, according to multiple reports. Out of an abundance of caution, the Patriots will continue to work only remotely, rather than report to the team...

Getty Images The protocols issued by the league in July prohibit players from interacting with less than six feet between them after games. The revised protocols reiterate that restriction. The original memo, issued on July 8, and the revised memo, issued on October 6, contain the same...

Getty Images For the second time this season, ESPN will put its top college football broadcast team on an NFL game. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call Monday night’s Broncos-Patriots game, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported and PFT has confirmed. The game, which was...

Getty Images In the weeks and months preceding the 2020 season, the NFL created the impression that the reaction to players testing positive for COVID-19 would be to utter the mantra, “Next man up.” With the games now being played and issues arising (including an outbreak in Tennessee), the...

Getty Images On Wednesday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore had dinner with Patriots quarterback Cam Newton on Friday night, after a nasal swab that ultimately tested positive for COVID-19 had been collected from Newton. On Thursday, Patriots coach Bill...

Getty Images NFL teams and coaches continue to wrestle with the question of whether outbreaks have resulted (and/or will result) from flaws in the league’s protocols or failures of execution. Although the evidence trickling out from 345 Park Avenue regarding the Tennessee situation points to a...

Getty Images For the second consecutive week, the NFL will have two Monday Night Football games, delaying the Patriots by a day because of COVID-19. The Broncos-Patriots game currently on the schedule for a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff on Sunday in New England will actually be played on Monday night...

Getty Images The NFL made the schedule changes for this week official. Two games were affected by COVID-19 concerns, prompting the NFL to back up separate games involving the Patriots and Titans. The Broncos at Patriots game will move to Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN. It sets up a...

Getty Images The Patriots got good news on the COVID-19 situation today. New England had no new positive tests today, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. That comes a day after cornerback Stephon Gilmore tested positive, and five days after quarterback Cam Newton tested positive. Although...