Tennessee’s game against the Steelers has been rescheduled for Oct. 25.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL has rescheduled the Pittsburgh-Tennessee game postponed from Sunday to Oct.25 in Week 7, and the Steelers now will play Baltimore on Nov.1 as a result of the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak. The league announced the scheduling changes Friday, hours after the Titans’ outbreak expanded by two more players to a total of 14 within the past week. Week 8 had been the bye week for both Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Officials from the NFL and the players’ union also were in Nashville on Friday, meeting with the Titans and reviewing the way the team is handling the matter. The NFL and the players’ union also agreed to continue daily testing, including bye weeks, for the foreseeable future in a decision shared with teams Friday. Coach Mike Vrabel has said he’s very confident that the Titans have followed the league protocols precisely and that nobody was to blame for this outbreak during a pandemic. “We continue to follow protocol from the NFL that was set forth, and that continues to change and adapt and adjust,” Vrabel said Thursday. “Whatever the NFL tells us that we’re required to do and we’re supposed to do as positive tests come in, that’s what we’ll do.
