How Pats-Chiefs postponement impacts NFL Week Four schedule initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Boston

The Week Four NFL schedule has been thrown one other curveball.

Following the information that the New England Patriots’ Week Four recreation in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will probably be rescheduled to Monday or Tuesday, the NFL introduced that the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears, initially scheduled to play at 1 p.m. ET, will transfer into the 4:25 p.m. ET time slot.

Here is a take a look at the complete Week Four schedule, which takes under consideration the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week Four recreation being rescheduled to Oct. 25:

Week Four Schedule Change: The @Colts at @ChicagoBears recreation will transfer from 1:00 PM ET to 4:25 PM ET on CBS: pic.twitter.com/uBKjVtdWw6

— NFL Soccer Operations (@NFLFootballOps) October 3, 2020

Not less than one member of each the Patriots and the Chiefs has examined constructive for COVID-19, which led to their recreation being postponed. Reviews recommend that New England quarterback Cam Newton and Kansas Metropolis follow squad QB Jordan Ta’amu have examined constructive.

The Titans have had as much as 16 members of their group obtain constructive COVID-19 checks since their Week Three recreation in opposition to the Vikings.

Patriots-Chiefs was scheduled for 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday as a marquee matchup between Newton and Patrick Mahomes, who has guided Kansas Metropolis to a 3-Zero begin.

Now, it is doable they might play on Monday night time alongside the Packers-Falcons matchup or have Tuesday night time to themselves. New England hosts the Denver Broncos at 4:25 p.m. the next week, so the group would not should journey on a brief week if it is in a position to play Monday or Tuesday.