NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The New England Patriots and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs returned all destructive outcomes, permitting their sport rescheduled for Monday night time to be performed, and the Tennessee Titans have their first day away from constructive ends in per week, an individual aware of the state of affairs advised The Related Press.

The NFL postponed the Patriots’ sport at Kansas Metropolis (3-0) from Sunday after New England quarterback Cam Newton and Chiefs observe squad quarterback Jordan Ta’amu have been added to the COVID-19 reserve listing Saturday.

The Patriots (2-1) wrote on social media Monday morning, ”Recreation day.”

Now in quarantine, Newton wrote Sunday on Instagram that he’ll use his day off from soccer to ”get wholesome and self replicate on the opposite superb issues that I ought to be thankful for.”

The Titans’ outbreak reached 20 circumstances Sunday with the workforce’s sixth straight day of not less than one constructive with 18 returned since Tuesday. However Tennessee had no positives again Monday morning. The particular person spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity Monday as a result of neither the NFL nor the Titans introduced the newest outcomes.

Tennessee will want continued destructive outcomes to host Buffalo (4-0) on Sunday, and Wednesday is the earliest the Titans can get again inside their facility so long as the franchise has back-to-back days of destructive check outcomes.

Titans linebacker Will Compton wrote on Twitter, ”No constructive checks. Victory Monday.”

COVID-19 considerations are affecting not less than one different workforce.

Coach Ron Rivera confirmed Washington canceled a multiplayer exercise scheduled for Monday due to virus considerations. The Athletic and NFL Community reported that concern stemmed from one participant, however the complete exercise was known as off.

”We simply wished to ensure and get it proper, so we did that,” Rivera stated. ”And I apologize. We as a corporation apologize to these gamers we introduced out. This was a authentic tryout. We’re always shaking the underside of our roster, the underside of our observe squad to see if we are able to discover gamers. Sadly, we needed to flip some guys away and we really do apologize to them.”

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Minnesota, which misplaced to Tennessee per week in the past, beat Houston 31-23 on Sunday following new protocols for groups uncovered to a COVID-19 outbreak.

The destructive check outcomes Sunday embrace New Orleans Saints fullback Michael Burton, who falsely examined constructive on Saturday. The Saints discovered of the constructive check after leaving New Orleans for Sunday’s scheduled sport in Detroit and ran one other collection of checks on gamers and employees in a single day.

The Saints beat the Lions 35-29 in Detroit.

Tennessee’s outbreak seems to have began Sept. 24 when the workforce positioned cornerback Greg Mabin from its observe squad on the reserve/COVID-19 listing. Then exterior linebacker coach Shane Bowen’s check outcome got here again constructive Sept. 26, and he didn’t journey with the Titans to Minnesota.

Then eight positives come again Sept. 29 when the NFL advised the Titans to shut their facility.

That was the primary of six straight days of constructive outcomes placing key gamers on the reserve/COVID-19 listing – defensive linemen DaQuan Jones and Jeffery Simmons, large receiver Adam Humphries, lengthy snapper Beau Brinkley, cornerback Kristian Fulton and outdoors linebacker Kamalei Correa. Fullback Khari Blasingame might be added to that listing at the moment after being the final participant to check constructive.

After the NFL postponed the Titans’ sport set for Sunday in opposition to Pittsburgh, the league rescheduled the sport a day later for Week 7 on Oct. 25 throughout Tennessee’s bye. The league additionally moved Baltimore’s bye to Week 7, so the Ravens now can play Pittsburgh on Nov. 1.

Officers from the NFL and its gamers’ union met with the Titans on Friday reviewing the state of affairs across the workforce’s outbreak.

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AP Sports activities Writers Brett Martel and Stephen Whyno contributed to this report.

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