The Tennessee Titans are reportedly dealing with a full-blown coronavirus outbreak.
According to Adam Schefter, the outbreak is “official” and a total of 16 members of the organizations have coronavirus. Eight players have the virus and eight staffers have it. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
The Titans already had their game against the Steelers postponed, and there’s now a very real chance more games could be postponed.
Outbreak now official: Three more Titans’ players tested positive today in Tennessee, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 3, 2020
In all, 16 members of the Titans’ organization now have tested positive in the past week: eight Titans’ players and eight other members of the organization. https://t.co/vqQg64R4yG
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 3, 2020
With this weekend’s Steelers-Titans game rescheduled, there now will be increased questions about the viability of next weekend’s Titans-Bills game. https://t.co/akuyfg6qCu
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 3, 2020
This is by far and away the worst coronavirus situation the NFL has faced since games started, and it sounds bad.
Obviously, it’s important to stay calm, but this is a bad situation. It’s that simple.
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One game for the Titans has already been postponed, and now it sounds like their upcoming game against the Titans is at serious risk of not happening.
Honestly, I’m not even sure how this situation could get much worse. There’s no chance the Titans are back on the field in the coming days.
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We’ll see what the NFL does to remedy the crisis the Titans are facing, but things aren’t looking positive.