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Steelers Players React to Postponement of Thanksgiving Game vs. Ravens

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The Pittsburgh Steelers were scheduled to host the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field on Thursday night.
Julio Aguilar/Getty Images JuJu Smith-Schuster of the Pittsburgh Steelers during warmups before the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on November 22,2020. For the second time this season the Pittsburgh Steelers have had a game postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak on an opposing team. On Wednesday the NFL announced that the Ravens-Steelers game scheduled for Thanksgiving night has been moved to Sunday as the Ravens deal with what appears to be a growing cluster of COVID-19 cases among players and staffers. “This decision was made out of an abundance of caution to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches and game day personnel and in consultation with medical experts,” the league said in its statement. But Steelers players aren’t pleased at having a second game postponed within the span of two months, the first postponement coming in October after a COVID-19 outbreak among Tennessee Titans players, coaches and staffers. Making matters worse, it was later determined that Titans players held a workout during their outbreak, and the Titans were subsequently fined for COVID-19 protocol violations. “First the NFL takes away our bye week because another team can’t get their COVID situation together, now they take away our Thanksgiving primetime game for the same reason. Smh,” tweeted Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. Steelers tight end Eric Ebron was even more outspoken, and also mentioned being displeased about losing the opportunity to play on a national holiday—in primetime.

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