UPDATE, 9:30 a.m. | The NFL announced on Twitter that details on a new date and time for the Broncos-Patriots game will be announced shortly. Both teams will have a bye week.
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2020
UPDATE, 8:15 a.m. | ESPN's Adam Schefter is now reporting that the Broncos-Patriots game is being moved to next Sunday.
Broncos-Patriots game is being moved to next Sunday, sources tell ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2020
Broncos were supposed to play Miami; that won’t happen. That game is being rescheduled.
ORIGINAL STORY | The New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans have each reported one new positive COVID-19 test Sunday morning, according to ESPN.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the results on Twitter and noted both their buildings are now shut down while further testing is conducted.
There is no word on the positive test from the Patriots, but the positive test from the Titans is reportedly a coach.
And now the Titans have shut down their facility again after a coach tested positive.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2020
Patriots’ one positive test this morning now makes it four positive tests over the past eight days. The game vs Denver already had been pushed from Sunday to Monday night, and it now is in question. https://t.co/9ev4woeO4B
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2020
According to Schefter, this is the fourth positive test for the New England Patriots over the past eight days.
Schefter reports there is more testing this morning in New England, but that the NFL still plans to play Monday's Broncos-Patriots game.
NFL still plans to play Monday’s Broncos-Patriots game, source tells ESPN. There is further testing this morning in New England, it takes a few hours to get back those results, but as of now the league expects to have more answers later today, with the game played Monday.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2020
The Tennessee Titans were scheduled to play the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday, which would have pushed the Bills vs. Chiefs game from Thursday to Sunday. There is no word as of right now on if and when those games will be played.
The Patriots played the Kansas City Chiefs last Monday, after their game was rescheduled from Sunday due to positive tests from Chiefs practice squad quarterback Jordan Ta'amu and New England Patriots' QB Cam Newton.
