The Tennessee Titans are coming off an AFC Championship Game appearance last season and are 3-0 to start this year. However, they are also currently suffering an outbreak of COVID-19, there have been 23 positive tests in the organization since September 24. The NFL recently sent a league-wide memo indicating that the team was found in violation of league protocols earlier in the year and could possibly be punished by removing draft picks or forcing them to forfeit games.

On the daily Locked On Titans Podcast, host Tyler Rowland is joined by Joe Marino (Locked On Bills Podcast) to discuss the upcoming game with the Bills and how the Tennessee's most exciting start to a season in over a decade has already been cut short.

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Tyler Rowland: It's hard to call the Titans undefeated at this point, it seems like their first loss of the season has been to COVID-19. It's obviously a disappointing situation not only for the Titans but for the NFL in general, you had hoped to kind of avoid an outbreak like this that would drastically change the NFL season.

So the number one thought that I have is it's just disappointing from an overall perspective. The second thought that I have is obviously how this affects the Titans team. They are undefeated in the games that they've played, so off to a really good start a promising season trying to build on what the Titans were able to do last year and going to the AFC Championship game. Even though the Titans hadn't played their best, and I'm sure we're gonna get into some actual football conversation. Although the Titans hadn't played their best, still a very encouraging start to the season.

Overall in terms of COVID, it's just disappointing whether or not it comes out the Titans are at fault, or whether there's no blame to be placed what it doesn't matter. Either way, it's just a disappointing situation for Titans fans for the NFL in general. It's even more disappointing when you add to the fact that the Titans are kind of riding this momentum from last season and a Titans fan base that outside of last year and maybe the last few years, just haven't had a lot to be excited about. This has been the most exciting start for the Titans in over a decade. It's just disappointing that some outside force like COVID-19 is what has not only put the spotlight and the target on the Titans back but disrupted what was a pretty solid season to start.

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