Two extra members of the Tennessee Titans, one participant and one workers member, have examined optimistic for COVID-19, based on ESPN’s Adam Schefter. That brings the overall variety of optimistic Titans’ assessments to 18, Together with these, 18 Titans gamers and workers have examined optimistic, and the Titans have had new positives on daily basis for the previous six days.

Schefter additionally reported that the NFL and NFL Gamers Affiliation are investigating whether or not the Titans violated the NFL and NFLPA’s joint COVID-19 protocols, which may have presumably led to their present outbreak.

Titans beneath investigation

In keeping with Schefter, NFL and NFLPA officers arrived in Tennessee on Friday to conduct an investigation and requested the Titans to show over a number of movies of crew actions to allow them to decide the foundation of the outbreak. One supply informed ESPN that the NFL and NFLPA don’t consider the protocols are a failure, and that the outbreak is a results of the Titans not following the protocols.

Not surprisingly, the Titans don’t share that opinion. Schefter reported that crew believes they’ve adopted the principles and been compliant with protocols reminiscent of masks sporting. In actual fact, based on Schefter, the Titans consider that they’ve executed a greater job of following the protocols than different NFL groups.

The Titans are reportedly being investigated by the NFL for violating COVID-19 protocols. (Picture by Stephen Maturen/Getty Photographs)

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Nonetheless, an NFL supply informed ESPN that they consider the outbreak started with the coaches and unfold when some people didn’t report signs and put on masks, which is required. It’s additionally potential that not less than one coach may have didn’t report that he’d been round somebody who examined optimistic for COVID-19, which can also be a violation of the protocols.

If the Titans are discovered to haven’t correctly adopted the COVID-19 protocols, it’s potential that they might be disciplined with fines and even the lack of draft picks.

Titans’ Week 5 recreation in jeopardy

The Titans’ outbreak this week led to the postponement of their Week four recreation towards the Pittsburgh Steelers, however with Sunday marking the sixth straight day of optimistic assessments, it’s potential that one more Titans recreation might be affected.

Schefter reported that the Titans’ Week 5 matchup towards the Buffalo Payments, which is to be performed on Oct. 11, is in jeopardy of being postponed. The Titans want a number of days with zero optimistic assessments earlier than they’ll reopen their facility, and even with a full week earlier than dealing with Buffalo they’re already slicing it shut.

As of now, the earliest they’ll reopen their facility is Wednesday — and that’s provided that Sunday’s optimistic assessments are the final ones. If extra Titans gamers or workers take a look at optimistic on Monday or Tuesday, they wouldn’t have the ability to reopen their facility till Thursday or Friday, making it extraordinarily tough to tug off a Sunday recreation with acceptable prep time.

The Titans-Steelers recreation that was alleged to be performed throughout Week four has been rescheduled for Oct. 25.

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