If Ravens-Steelers is played on Wednesday, it will be the first NFL game to take place on a Wednesday since the 2012 season-opener.
Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Quarterback Robert Griffin III of the Baltimore Ravens takes a hit from outside linebacker Bud Dupree of the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 29,2019. The second half of the home-and-home series between the Baltimore Ravens (6-4) and Pittsburgh Steelers (10-0) has now been postponed three times… and counting. A game that looked like one of the premier matchups of the 2020 season—originally set to take place in primetime, on Thanksgiving night—had to be moved to this past Sunday afternoon in the wake of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Ravens. As Baltimore’s outbreak worsened—and a handful of new COVID-19 cases emerged in Pittsburgh—the game was postponed to Tuesday night. Now Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that the game has been moved to Wednesday, with the kickoff scheduled for 3:40 p.m. ET, according to Ravens broadcaster Gerry Sandusky. The NFL hasn’t yet relayed specific reasons for postponing the game a third time. The fact that the Ravens have had nine straight days with at least one positive test (per Jamison Hensley of The Athletic) is no doubt at the top of the list. But Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk says that “a new fear” emerged on Tuesday: that the Ravens would refuse to play unless the game was moved yet again.
