Outbreak not over for Titans
Another Titans player, fullback Khari Blasingame, and another staff member have tested positive for the coronavirus, while the rest of the NFL returned no new positives Sunday, The Associated Press reported.
The Titans’ outbreak is now at 20 cases, with 18 positive tests returned since Tuesday with the addition of Blasingame to the COVID-19/Reserve listMonday.
The results from around the rest of the league come as the NFL postponed the Patriots’ road game against the Chiefs to Monday night. Patriots starting quarterback Cam Newton and Chiefs practice squad quarterback Jordan Ta’amu were both added to the COVID-19 reserve list Saturday.
Newton wrote Sunday on Instagram that he’ll use his time off from football to “get healthy and self reflect on the other amazing things that I should be grateful for.”
The negative test results Sunday include Saints fullback Michael Burton, who falsely tested positive Saturday. The Saints learned of the positive test after leaving New Orleans for Sunday’s scheduled game against the Lions in Detroit and ran another series of tests on players and staff overnight.
The Saints beat the Lions 35-29.
The Vikings, who lost to the Titans a week ago, topped the Texans 31-23 in Houston.
On Monday, the league will hold a conference call with all 32 teams to reinforce the necessity of following protocols — including updates made this week after the outbreak involving the Titans — provide updates on testing and contact tracing and to share best practices.
Sunday marked the sixth straight day that at least one member of the Titans organization has had a positive test result return. The Titans had hoped to get back into their building Monday or Tuesday, but they must go consecutive days without a single positive result before that can happen.
Wednesday now is the earliest they can get back in their facility.