‘Even before the announcement, common sense suggested Sunday would be a stretch. The Titans added two more players to the NFL’s reserve/Covid-19 list Thursday, bringing their total to 13 players and 23 staff members who have tested positive. Tight end MyCole Pruitt and practice-squad defensive back Breon Borders were the latest additions to the list.’
Archives for October 9, 2020
X’s and O’s: Bills pass protectors off to fast start, but challenges loom
‘The Bills rank No. 7 in the NFL in “Pass Block Win Rate,” according to ESPN and the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, which measures the percentage of time the linemen sustain their blocks for 2.5 seconds or longer.’
Tre’Davious White, Andre Roberts sidelined at Bills practice
‘The team’s injury report is a lengthy one, with a couple of particularly troublesome entries. All-Pro cornerback Tre’Davious White missed practice for a second consecutive day Thursday with a back injury. Pro Bowl return man Andre Roberts also missed a second day with an ankle injury. Roberts leads the NFL in punt-return average at 15.5 yards.’
How often are Bills using three or four wide receivers? More than any other team
‘The breakdown is 69.6% using three wides (or 11 personnel) and 22.9% using four wides (or 10 personnel).’
Cole Beasley has become dynamic slot receiver Bills knew he could be
‘“His quickness and his being able to get in and out of breaks, and a lot of people don’t know how smart he is on the football field,” said Poyer, who comes up against Beasley every day in practice and knows of what he speaks. “His ability to read leverages, to read coverages, his ability to find the soft spot in zones, the ability to catch the ball and not take explosive hits. I just say I’m happy as hell he’s on our team.”’
NFL switches Bills-Titans game to Tuesday, Bills-Chiefs to following Sunday
‘If the Titans have any more tests, the game will be postponed to a later date, and the Bills-Chiefs would play in their originally-scheduled Thursday night slot.’
NFL moving Bills vs. Titans to Tuesday, plan contingent on negative Covid tests (report)
‘On Tuesday the Titans had all their Covid tests come back negative and hopes were that the team could return to its facility on Wednesday. But since then there have been three more positive Covid tests. The plan the league has devised is dependent on the Titans returning all negative tests. Should they return any negative tests then the game against Kansas City will be returned to Thursday night.’
Titans vs. Bills may be pushed to next week after more Tennessee players test positive for Covid Thursday (report)
‘The NFL seems to have several options when deciding on how to handle this situation. As reports said yesterday, since the Titans broke league protocols by gathering to practice offsite after the facility was shut down they could be hit with a forfeit. The other three options are to postpone the game, like what happened last week for their game vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, cancel the game, or move it.’
Bills, BillsMafia suffer due to Titans’ stupidity (opinion)
‘Instead the NFL decided to move the Bills-Titans game to Tuesday–barring any more positive tests in Tennessee–which essentially punishes Buffalo more than it does Tennessee.’
Friday’s Tennessee Coverage
Titans vs Bills moved to Tuesday at 6 p.m. (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans’ Tommy Hudson suspended for violating NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak: TE MyCole Pruitt, DB Breon Borders test positive as Bills game in jeopardy (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans were instructed by NFL not to gather prior to informal workout (Nashville Tennessean)
What if Titans can’t host Bills as scheduled Sunday? Here are possible scenarios (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans-Bills moved from Sunday to Tuesday night (Nashville Post)
Timeline of Titans’ COVID-19 complications (Nashville Post)
Source: Tennessee Titans informed of rules prior to players’ informal workouts (ESPN)
Sources: Tennessee Titans have another positive coronavirus test (ESPN)
NFL coronavirus tracker: Another Titans player tests positive Thursday, game vs. Bills in question (CBS Sports)
Why the League Is Upset With the Titans and Why Teams Are Mad at the League Office (SI)
Titans-Bills game moves to Tuesday barring no more positive COVID-19 tests (WKRN-TV)
MyCole Pruitt latest Titan to test positive for Covid-19 (WKRN-TV)
NFL evaluating options for Titans-Bills game after 2 more players test positive for COVID-19 (WKRN-TV)
How the Titans-Bills game could make NFL history (WKRN-TV)
Titans-Bills game moved to Tuesday following more positive COVID-19 cases (WTVF-TV)
Titans versus Bills game moved to Tuesday evening (WSMV-TV)
Additional Titans player tests positive for COVID-19 (WSMV-TV)
Titans-Bills Rescheduled for Tuesday at Nissan Stadium (TennesseeTitans.com)
Titans Add Two More Players to Reserve/COVID-19 List (TennesseeTitans.com)
Titans’ game against Bills delayed to Tuesday amid COVID-19 outbreak
‘If the game is played Tuesday, it would be only the second contest since 1946 to be played on that day of the week. The Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles played a Tuesday game in December 2010 after a blizzard forced postponement of their previous date.’
AP Source: Bills-Titans, Broncos-Patriots Rescheduled By NFL
‘The NFL also is rescheduling Sunday’s Broncos-Patriots game from Sunday to Monday night after New England had a smaller outbreak of COVID-19, the person said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the league and teams had not officially announced the changes.’
Bills Hope To Play Titans Pitting Pair Of Undefeated Teams
‘The Bills have won three straight in this series by a margin of nine points.’
Tennessee Titans-Buffalo Bills moved from Sunday to Tuesday
‘Tennessee must register no new positive tests for the next three days for its facility to open Sunday at the earliest.’
Titans’ Week 5 game postponed to Tuesday night, sparking Week 6 schedule change for Bills, per report
‘As a result of the postponement, the Bills will also have their Week 6 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, tentatively pushed back to Sunday, Oct. 18. If the Titans were to develop more positive COVID tests, however, the Bills’ Week 6 game would revert to Thursday night and proceed as scheduled, per Schefter. (It’s unclear what would happen to the Bills’ Week 5 game against the Titans, in that scenario, though the NFL has publicly touted forfeiture as a possible penalty for COVID protocol violations, for which Tennessee is currently being investigated.)’
Brett Favre reveals his thoughts on who the ‘new Tom Brady’ is going to be in the NFL
‘Now, that doesn’t mean that Favre is predicting that Allen is going to win six Super Bowls over the course of his career, the Hall of Famer is just saying that he feels like Josh Allen could end up dominating the AFC East like Brady once did.’
Report: Titans-Bills Game to Take Place Tuesday Assuming No Additional Positive Tests
‘In a corresponding scheduling adjustment, if the Week 5 Bills-Titans game is played this Tuesday, then the Week 6 Bills-Chiefs game originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15 will be played on Sunday, Oct. 18.’
When will Bills vs. Titans be played? More Tennessee positive COVID-19 tests postpone Week 5 game
‘The Bills are tentatively scheduled to face the Titans on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. ET in Nashville. The league used a qualifier in announcing the new date, however: “Should the Buffalo-Tennessee game be played on Tuesday night … ,” a sign that testing needs to go well the next few days for the game to go on.’
Another positive COVID-19 test for Titans player throws game vs. Bills into further doubt
‘Should the Bills be handed their bye this week, their next game will be a crucial “Thursday Night Football” showdown with a Chiefs team that would be playing its third game in 11 days. The defending Super Bowl champions played the Patriots on Monday, a day later than planned because of positive COVID-19 tests for both teams.’
NFL Moves Bills-Titans Game To Tuesday In Wake Of Covid-19 Outbreak
‘That means Buffalo will face another schedule change. Their game against the Kansas City Chiefs will be bumped from Thursday to next weekend (date to be announced), and that’s if the Titans game actually takes place on Tuesday. More testing in the Titans camp will be needed before the game on Tuesday is confirmed. The disadvantage is the Bills will have two days’ less rest than the Chiefs when they meet for what should be perhaps the biggest game of the season.’
Report: Bills-Titans game moved to Tuesday
‘As long as there are no more new positive COVID-19 cases in Tennessee over the next few days, the game will go on as scheduled on Tuesday. It would be the first NFL game played on a Tuesday since 2010 when the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Minnesota Vikings in a game that was delayed due to a blizzard.’
Report: Titans have more positive COVID-19 test results
‘The Titans cannot reopen their facility until after they have two days of no positive results.’
White, Roberts miss second straight day of practice
‘Wide receiver John Brown returned to the field after missing Wednesday with a calf injury, but appeared to possibly re-aggravate it during a rep. Brown was listed as limited on Thursday.’
Report: Bills and Titans moved to Tuesday for now, game with Chiefs moved too
‘According to Adam Schefter, the Titans and Bills game, scheduled for Sunday, is being moved to Tuesday evening as long as there are no more positive tests with Tennessee. As a result, the Bills and Chiefs game is being switched from next Thursday to Sunday but goes back to Thursday if there’s more positive tests in Tennessee.’
Another Tennessee Titans player has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Sunday’s Bills-Titans game
‘This comes one day after more Titans players tested positive for COVID-19, putting Sunday’s game in jeopardy.’
Report: Bills-Titans game moved to Tuesday due to Tennessee COVID-19 outbreak
‘Now the Bills-Chiefs game originally scheduled for Thursday night football in Orchard Park will be moved to the following Sunday, October 18th also according to ESPN.’
2 more positive tests come from Titans; players told of option to move games, reports say
‘At least one person who tested positive is a player. The other positive result came from an inconclusive test from the previous day, a source tells Pelissero.’
Mitch Morse believes the NFL will put player safety first when it comes to Bills-Titans game
‘“I go home to my little gal every night, you definitely think about it. You’d be lying if you didn’t so it’s an ever evolving situation,” Morse said.’
Bills OL Cody Ford: “I would rather be healthy than be rich”
‘“As a team we’re gonna practice every day like we’re expected to play on Sunday. We’re not gonna worry too much about what’s going on outside. Obviously there are concerns with everybody, obviously this is something we expected to go through before the season started, not necessarily to this extent but we knew adversity was going to hit,” Bills offensive lineman Cody Ford said.’
Bills Injury Report: October 8th
‘Cornerback Tre’Davious White did not practice for the second day in a row on Thursday with a back injury. Cornerback Levi Wallace was placed on the Injured Reserve list with an ankle injury. Wide receiver Cole Beasley was limited on Wednesday but returned to full practice on Thursday.’
Report: Bills-Titans game being moved to Tuesday evening
‘ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted Thursday night that the game scheduled for Sunday “is being moved to Tuesday at 6 p.m. as long as there are no more positive tests with Tennessee, per sources.”‘
NFL Spokesperson on Bills-Titans game on Sunday: ‘No change in the game’s status’
‘Brian McCarthy, a NFL Spokesperson, tells Channel 2 Sports Director Adam Benigni that, as of Monday afternoon, “There’s been no change in the game’s status as we continue to monitor the situation.”‘
Bills players do not want Titans game moved
‘”We haven’t heard anything about the actual game day on Sunday. Its Thursday and we travel on early Saturday so we kind of need to know what’s going on. It’s a difficult situation but then again its 2020 expect the unexpected this year.”’
Report: Bills game being postponed to Tuesday night
‘The postponement will impact next week’s game as well. The Bills were set to play the Chiefs on Thursday night football, but that game is being moved to Sunday. That change will only happen if the Bills-Titans game gets played on Tuesday and does not have to be canceled or further postponed.’
More Titans positive for coronavirus; Bills in dark on plan for Sunday
‘That means the Tennessee practice facility will be closed at least through Saturday. It also makes a Bills game in Nashville Sunday seem practically impossible.’
Titans put Bills and NFL schedule into disarray
‘If the Titans are found to be in clear violation of protocols, the NFL could make them forfeit the game and give the Bills a win without playing. But then there is a compensation issue that no player is going to want to accept.’
The Bills want to play Sunday, but “it takes two to tango”
‘”The league will figure it out and we’ll move forward,” shrugged the Bills quarterback. “Whether we’re playing or not playing this is a team that’s been flexible and able to adjust.”‘
Diggs understands that ‘everyone’s doing the best they can’
‘”Things are going to happen,” added Diggs. “This isn’t just a league-wide disaster, the world going through this as well.”‘
Hyde and Bills have “no idea what’s going on”
‘”We have guys that have buddies in Tennessee and we’re talking to them and it’s just crazy.”‘
Report: Titans-Bills game moves to Tuesday after uptick in COVID-19 cases
‘As of now, the game against the Buffalo Bills is still on as long as there are no more positive tests.’