All 12 NFL games Sunday will be played as scheduled after the latest round of daily coronavirus testing of players, coaches and team staff members, according to a person familiar with the league’s planning.
The go-ahead for Sunday’s games came after the NFL experienced increased coronavirus issues in recent days. The Ravens-Steelers game was postponed twice and now is scheduled for Tuesday night. All the Denver Broncos’ quarterbacks were ruled ineligible for their game Sunday against the New Orleans Saints through one positive test and three quarantines. The San Francisco 49ers might be forced to relocate because of newly imposed county restrictions.
But the NFL still hopes to make it through this Week 12 without, still, having lost any games to cancellation this season and without, thus far, having to add a Week 18 to the regular season. The game in Pittsburgh remains, at this point, scheduled for Tuesday night even with ongoing coronavirus issues for both the Ravens and Steelers. It would be the second Tuesday game of this season after the NFL had one Tuesday game over a span of 74 years.