Posted on 11/25/2020 12:57:05 PM PST by Red Badger
The NFL canceled the Thanksgiving night game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens after a series of positive COVID-19 tests.
The postponement of the game, which will now be played on Sunday, was announced Wednesday afternoon. The decision, according to ESPN, came after seven different Ravens players tested positive for the coronavirus in the past three days: running backs Mark Ingram and J.K. Dobbins, quarterback Trace McSorley, center Matt Skura, guard Patrick Mekari, defensive end Calais Campbell, and outside linebacker Pernell McPhee. None of them will be eligible to play in Sunday's game.
"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 NFL said in a statement.
A number of Steelers players expressed their displeasure at the league's decision.
Steelers receiver Chase Claypool tweeted, “What a joke,” and tight end Eric Ebron commented, “I’m not gonna lie [NFL] THIS IS BULLSHIT."
The two other games that are scheduled for Thanksgiving, the Houston Texans against the Detroit Lions and the Washington Football Team against the Dallas Cowboys, will go on as scheduled.
The NFL has canceled or moved 13 games this season for coronavirus-related seasons. The Steelers had their schedule rearranged earlier this season when the Tennessee Titans had a handful of positive tests.
JuJu Smith-Schuster, another receiver for the Steelers, tweeted, “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.”
So the Pittsburgh Kneelers- Baltimore Cop-shooters game is cancelled?
😂😂😂😂 eat shit, NFL!
They need to cancel pro sports for a few years until the vaccines are online and cases disappear. People’s lives are at stake. All these millionaire athletes care about is money.
They couldn’t sell the advertising for the premo rates. Moving to Sunday is less embarrassing.
I never cared.
This is just schadenfreude, for me.
:D
Or did they get wind of all primetime programming being interrupted for some reason? wink, wink, nudge, nudge!
F the Negro Football League. Go woke, go broke.
It’s pretty funny. The last couple seasons Breitbart has been showing how many empty seats there were in stadiums. Now? All the seats are empty.... convenient cover for a sport that has lost so much of their fan base as to make them a certainty for bankruptcy in the future.
No business can continue after losing 1/3 of their base, let alone 1/2 or 2/3 like the NBA.
Once you lose a client, it’s extremely unlikely that you ever get them back in business. Especially when it’s a betrayal of TRUST.
Funny, I live an hour from Pittsburgh. The Steelers are currently undefeated, yet I see barely any Steelers decor in peoples’ yards. Typically people have all sorts of things out - flags, banners, yard signs, etc. no one cares about the NFL anymore. Apparently not even Steeler fans, in a winning season.
This is for all intents and purposes an exhibition season.
Made me want to get a dog for myself. And I did.
That’ll help retain NFL fans. LOL
Weak, very weak.
Rule #1
If Trump supporters like it, Covid/Kneelers kill it
What American Patriot would be watching anyway?
Lol! No one is watching anyway!!!!!
Well, I hear you. But, officially anyway, the Redskins have retired the Redskins name, and officially said their name for this season is the “Washington Football Team”, not “Washington Redskins”.
Supposedly they are planning an official new nickname for the 2021 season.
I haven’t watched a game all season, not even a highlight. Heck, I couldn’t even tell you what the wins/losses are for my former favorite team.
I thought it would be difficult to walk away, it would be something I terribly missed.
Turns out, the farther away I get from the NFL, the more I REALLY DO have more important things to do with my time!!!
"Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD."
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