The NFL has witnessed two games now be postponed due to concerns surrounding COVID-19, leading them to decipher their best course of action moving forward.
According to a report from ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio, the league is open to sheltering teams in hotels for the rest of the season.
On Saturday morning, news broke of Cam Newton testing positive for COVID-19 for the New England Patriots. Besides Newton, Jordan Ta'amu of the Kansas City Chiefs also produced a positive test, prompting the NFL to postpone the game between the Patriots and Chiefs to a later date.
Of course, this isn't the first COVID-19 situation the NFL had to deal with throughout this week. Following their contest against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 3, the Tennessee Titans had multiple players and staff members test positive.
Similar to the Patriots and Chiefs game, the league pushed the game back, with the idea of playing the game on Monday or Tuesday. However, Tennessee has continued to have players and coaches test positive as the week has progressed.
In light of that, the NFL moved the game between the Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers to Week 7. And with the Patriots and Chiefs now dealing with COVID-19 issues, it begs the question of whether or not the league needs to make changes to how the season is conducted.
When the NFL and NFLPA discussed possible avenues for the regular season, the league shared the idea of possibly having teams remain in hotels throughout the season to limit contact with COVID-19. On the other hand, the NFLPA wasn't fond of the idea of keeping players cooped up in hotels for the entire year.
While the NFL is still open to the idea, it remains to be seen if the NFLPA has since changed their mind.
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