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Getty Images The Patriots will work remotely for the second straight day on Thursday and head coach Bill Belichick said he doesn’t know if they will be back to in-person work on Friday. Belichick said on a conference call that those are “medical decisions” rather than football ones and that...

Getty Images Every year, the NFL stages a Monday night doubleheader on the first weekend of the season. This year, the pandemic necessitated what could be the first of several unplanned Monday night doubleheaders. I strongly prefer watching one game at a time, so I generally like the idea of...

Getty Images The NFL’s top doctor says there’s no way to wipe out COVID-19 in the league until it’s wiped out in America. In a statement from the NFL and NFL Players Association regarding the recent uptick in positive tests around the league, NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills said...

Getty Images The Patriots called off Wednesday’s practice and held team meetings remotely after cornerback Stephon Gilmore‘s positive COVID-19 test. The schedule will remain the same on Thursday. The team said players and coaches will continue to work from home and that there are no plans for...

Getty Images Sunday’s game between the Broncos and Patriots is set to go on as scheduled Sunday despite the Patriots moving to virtual work after cornerback Stephon Gilmore‘s positive COVID-19 test, so the Broncos held a practice Wednesday and released an injury report showing participation...

Getty Images The NFL’s approach to the pandemic currently goes something like this: It’s inevitable players, coaches, and others will get it; it’s up the teams to keep it from spreading. That approach apparently won’t be changing. The Washington Post reports that the league currently is giving...

Getty Images Much was made in July about the ban on post-game jersey swaps and then, eventually, a sponsorship-opportunity workaround. The document preventing players from lingering on the field to remove their jerseys, sign them, and trade them with a player on the other team has another...

Getty Images Wednesday morning’s news of Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore‘s positive test for COVID-19 comes several days after we learned quarterback Cam Newton had tested positive for the coronavirus. Gilmore may not have been terribly surprised to learn that he had tested positive. PFT...

Getty Images News of Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore‘s positive test for COVID-19 on Wednesday came after quarterback Cam Newton and practice squad defensive tackle Bill Murray landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. That likely has many thinking about last week’s run of positive tests in...

Getty Images A second star player on the Patriots has tested positive for COVID-19. Stephon Gilmore, the Patriots cornerback who is the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has tested positive, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. That test comes less than a week after starting...

Getty Images The Patriots have placed a second player on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Practice squad defensive tackle Bill Murray has been placed on the list, according to Field Yates of ESPN. Murray follows Cam Newton, who was placed on the list after a positive COVID-19 test last week...

Getty Images Given the news that Patriots practice-squad defensive tackle Bill Murray has landed on the team’s COVID-19 reserve list, the obvious question was this: Was he on the plane to and from Kansas City with roughly 20 who had close contact with Cam Newton, or was he on the other plane...

Getty Images Former NFL running back Danny Woodhead qualified for the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship set to be held at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. Woodhead and partner Michael Wilhelm combined to shoot a 2-under par 69 at Firethorn Golf Club in Omaha, Neb. on Monday to...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Cam Newton may end up missing only one game after testing positive for COVID-19. Newton has been asymptomatic, according to multiple reports. That means if he tests negative for COVID-19 twice, and those two tests are at least 24 hours apart, league rules...

Getty Images The Broncos don’t have to issue an injury report on Tuesday, but they are holding a practice as they start working their way back from several days off after a Thursday night win over the Jets in Week Four. Quarterback Drew Lock was not one of the players taking part. Mike Klis of...

Getty Images The Patriots started Brian Hoyer in Kansas City on Monday night, but pulled him for Jarrett Stidham after he lost a fumble on a sack in Broncos territory in the second half. It was not the first time that Hoyer held the ball too long and cost the Patriots a chance at points in the...

Getty Images Maybe the play would have made a difference. Maybe not. No one will ever know, though, after referee Tony Corrente shut down a play that resulted in Shilique Calhoun catching a ball that Patrick Mahomes lost (or threw). The turnover never happened as Corrente ruled the Chiefs...

Getty Images Patriots running back James White was back on the field Monday night, but something was clearly missing. Returning to the team after the death of his father in a car accident, White became emotional when he talked about his memories, including the way Tyrone White would send texts...

Getty Images Every member of the Patriots had to make some adjustments over the last few days because of quarterback Cam Newton‘s positive COVID-19 test. Safety Devin McCourty said it was “nerve-racking” to go through retesting after finding out about Newton’s test while noting that being in...

Getty Images The Chiefs are 4-0 for the fourth straight season and the last three of those seasons have come with Patrick Mahomes running the offense. Mahomes has put up some eye-popping numbers in those games, but that was not the case on Monday night against the Patriots. New England’s...