Patriots: After the NFL postponed the game against the Chiefs, huge problems loomed

Kansas City, Missouri-January 20: James White #28 of the New England Patriots vs. Kendall Rich of the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half of the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas on January 20, 2019 Le #23 races Missouri City. (Photo by Jamie Squier/Getty Images)
The first three weeks of the football game provide NFL fans with what can only be called a “pro sports resort.” In the MLB, NHL and NBA after the playoffs, the NFL resumed the season as usual, crowded with spectators in the stands (most of the time).
However, everything started to go bad this week. Nearly twelve members of the Tennessee Titans signed COVID-19 contracts, and the league awkwardly moved the Steelers-Titans duel to Week 7, replacing the Steelers’ goodbye, making the schedule for both teams embarrassing.
Now, Cam Newton has tested positive for COVID-19, which will retire him in the next two weeks. In a short period of time, Sunday’s Chiefs/Pats game was originally planned to continue as planned, but after some consideration and additional positive tests on Chiefs, the NFL decided to postpone the game.
The NFL said in a statement that as “both teams tested positive for COVID-19,” the scheduled Sunday game between the Patriots and the Chiefs will be played on Monday or Tuesday.
The update is going on minute by minute, but at this moment, it is most likely the game on Tuesday. Of course, this depends on curbing the spread of COVID without infecting other players. Then, in the case of playing the game, the two teams had a difficult situation.
For the Patriots, the best team in the league will be hosted by Brian Hoyer or Jarrett Steidham of the New England offensive team. Whether Steidham will beat Hoyle as the starter is anyone’s guess, but one thing is for sure: it will be very difficult for Patters to go to Kansas City and defeat them with backups.
The Chiefs are happy to participate in a New England team without Newton, but they have their own problems to worry about. They will play for three teams in the next 9 days, which may be the first game in NFL history. The Patriots’ game will be 10/5, then the Raiders 10/11, and then the Bills’ tough road showdown on 10/14.
The physical exertion of three games in 9 days is unbearable enough, but the idea of ​​guiding and preparing for these games in such a short time is equally unimaginable.
However, if more players/staff members test positive and cannot participate in the game this week, the NFL will go all out for the rest of the season. The Patriots’ goodbye is week 6, and the Chiefs’s is week 10. This is not helpful for mobile games.
Since the Steelers and the Ravens shared their goodbye week, they can reschedule the game time of “Titans”, so it is possible to change the Steelers-Ravens mid-season game without affecting other teams. Chiefs and Beats do not have similar luxury goods.
Brian Hoyer is expected to become the Patriots and start QB against the Chiefs (@RapSheet + @MikeGarafolo) https://t.co/5anwts2XpW pic.twitter.com/VMYfX7xdnf
Now, if the last postponed NFL game is finally ended in some way due to COVID, then this will be an inconvenient anomaly that can be solved in one way or another. However, dark clouds are looming for the rest of the season.
In a well-arranged league like the NFL, major changes will take place in the next 13 weeks, and there will be more delayed games, and will definitely risk entering week 17 without completing all the games. The hindsight is 20/20 (ha! understand?), but many fans regret that the NFL did not make adjustments for the general goodbye week at the end of the season.
The Chief Patriot is rescheduling. If they can’t play on Monday or Tuesday, then it is conceivable that this might affect the #Raiders’Week Week competition in Kansas City. pic.twitter.com/ZFrCJ2oSTf
This does not even take into account the fact that many teams may lose their star players within a period of time. The general isolation period for people with COVID is two weeks, but there is always the possibility that they will become seriously ill after contracting the virus, or it may stay in their system for a longer time. Fortunately, the Patriots’ goodbye is only three weeks away, which gives Newton more cushion.
We cannot blame the spread of the NFL virus itself, especially considering that the entire league has undergone a month of active testing. However, this shows how brave the NFL is in their preparations for COVID, and not even a plan has been delayed.
We accuse this will be the last delay in 2020, but because there are more than 13 weeks to play football, people are very worried about how Goodell and the league will achieve this goal.
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Post time: Oct-17-2020
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