It’s been another winter of discontent for Gang Green, so it’s not surprising that Santa Claus gifted them another setback. Robert Saleh, the Jets’ rookie head coach, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Saleh is one of four NFL head coaches to test positive for COVID this season, along with […]
Tag: NFL COVID-19
Kansas City Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill Out with COVID
In case you were wondering, cheetahs can’t outrun COVID. Speedster Tyreek “Cheetah” Hill is the latest member of the Kansas City Chiefs to head to the reserve/COVID-19 list. Patrick Mahomes loves throwing the ball to Hill, who’s ranked second in the NFL with 102 catches. He’s fourth overall in receiving […]
NFL Moves Games to Monday and Tuesday Due to COVID-19 Outbreaks
Tuesday Night Football returns! Week 15 of the NFL season initially had two Saturday games on the slate, but one of them — the Las Vegas Raiders at the Cleveland Browns — has been moved to Monday night due to the Browns’ ongoing battle with a COVID-19 outbreak. The NFL […]
LA Rams Send RB Darrell Henderson to the Reserve/COVID-19 List
The Los Angeles Rams will rely on Sony Michel to handle the main workload at running back in Week 14 after they placed starting RB Darrell Henderson on the reserve COVID-19 list on Saturday. The Rams (8-4) head to Arizona (10-2) to play the Cardinals on Monday Night Football. The […]
LA Chargers Send Mike Williams, Chris Harris to COVID Reserve List
The Los Angeles Chargers are attempting to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in their locker room. After putting Keenan Allen on the COVID-19 reserve list earlier in the week, the Chargers added wide receiver Mike Williams and cornerback Chris Harris, Jr to the list on Wednesday. Williams caught 55 passes for […]
Dallas Cowboys WR Amari Cooper Tests Positive for COVID-19, Out 2 Games
Amari Cooper, standout wide receiver from the Dallas Cowboys, tested positive for COVID-19 and he’ll miss the next two games, which includes the Cowboys’ annual game on Thanksgiving next Thursday. The Cowboys placed Cooper on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday. Cooper will not suit up in Week 11 against the […]
Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger Tests Positive for COVID
On the eve of their Week 10 matchup against the winless Detroit Lions, the Pittsburgh Steelers discovered the quarterback Ben Roethlisberger tested positive for COVID-19. Roethlisberger took a licking this season, but despite playing through multiple maladies this season including a torn pectoral muscle and a nagging shoulder injury. However, […]
Nick Chubb Tests Positive for COVID, Cleveland Browns Down to 1 RB
The Cleveland Browns are struggling to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in their locker room, which has decimated their running backs after starter Nick Chubb and backups Demetric Felton and John Kelly tested positive. Before contracting COVID, Chubb led the Browns with 721 yards on 6.0 yards per carry, helping him […]
New Orleans Saints Facing COVID Outbreak Among Coaching Staff
The New Orleans Saints are trying to contain a COVID-19 outbreak after eight people, including coaches and players, tested positive. The outbreak began among their coaching staff after six assistant offensive coaches tested positive. One unidentified player and a nutritionist are also among the positives, according to a report from […]
Nine Titans Test Positive for COVID, Including Ryan Tannehill, Mike Vrabel
The unpredictable era of COVID-19 in the NFL continues with the regular season only two weeks away. The Tennessee Titans are in the middle of an outbreak after nine members of the team and coaching staff tested positive this week, including starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill and head coach Mike Vrabel. […]
Cleveland Gets Safety and Linebackers Back, Loses Starting Corners Before Sunday’s Kickoff vs. Pittsburgh
Cleveland’s COVID-19 rollercoaster continues to confound and surprise all the way up to the team’s wild-card game kickoff at 8:15 pm ET Sunday at Heinz Field. Over the past 24 hours, the Browns—which will be without head coach Kevin Stefanski who tested positive Tuesday, along with a host of his […]
The Browns Need an NFL Playoff Bubble Most Yet Want Nothing to do with One
On Sunday, the Cleveland Browns will play their first playoff game since Blue Crush was in the theaters, and they’ll do it with special teams coordinator Mike Priefer roaming the sidelines instead of head coach Kevin Stefanski. Stefanski, along with defensive backs coach Jeff Howard and tight ends coach Drew […]
Playing Through a Pandemic: Team-by-Team Breakdown of the NFL’s (Not So) Regular Season
After 256 games, numerous fines, dozens of quarantines, practice facility closures, hospitalizations, decimated coaching staffs, COVID lists, and one game delayed three times in a week, the NFL’s chaotic pandemic-infused regular season is over. Here’s a look at how each team fared in the time of COVID-19. Arizona Cardinals Despite […]
Bettors’ Eyes on Panthers as Saints’ Entire Running Backs Corps Out for Regular Season Finale
The 11-4 New Orleans Saints are heading into their regular-season finale looking to overtake the Green Bay Packers for the NFC title and secure a first-round bye plus home-field advantage through the playoffs. There’s only one problem: They have no running backs. Saturday, four-time Pro Bowl running back Alvin Kamara […]
Anyone Free to Coach the Lions Saturday?
The Detroit Lions announced Thursday evening that interim head coach Darrell Bevell will sit out the game at home vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saturday due to a positive Covid-19 test. Bevell is the first NFL head coach to miss a game this season. He joins the teams’ four other […]
NBA Joins NFL in Decision to Wait Their Turn for COVID-19 Vaccine
The NBA gave its franchises and individuals a warning Christmas Eve that nobody in the league could cut in line for the first round of COVID-19 vaccines. In a memo released Thursday afternoon, the league made official their position on the FDA-approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which started to be […]
Line Inches in Chiefs’ Favor As Dolphins Without Three Starting Running Backs Sunday
The Miami Dolphins (8-4) will enter their biggest test of the regular season at home vs. the Chiefs (11-1) without the services of running back Myles Gaskin. Gaskin was placed on the NFL’s reserve/COVID-19 list late Saturday, leaving Miami with few options in their decimated backfield. Gaskin will rest along […]
Ravens Players Wanted to Cancel vs. Pittsburgh, League Will Make Them Go Again vs. Dallas
The 2020 NFL season may be best remembered not for the action on the field, but for broken pandemic protocols, teams forced to play while sick and with limited personnel, teams forced out of their home facilities, and attempts to figure a way to make something so abnormal seem normal […]
Line Goes Bananas as Broncos Scramble to Find a Quarterback, Any Quarterback
The Denver Broncos confirmed Saturday night that they were out of quarterbacks and yet, the show goes on vs. the Saints on Sunday as the COVID-era NFL reached its most farcical, and perhaps dangerous, stage in Week 12. It started when backup QB Jeff Driskel tested positive for COVID-19 on […]
49ers Locked Out of Their Facility is Latest of Team’s Troubles in Santa Clara
It has been a mighty descent for the San Francisco 49ers since their disappointing show in Super Bowl LIV, which found them on the losing end (31-20) to the Kansas City Chiefs. The NFC West’s last-place team has been bedeviled this season by injuries, messy COVID-19 protocols, and now, is […]