re: Patriots vs. Broncos game moved again to next Sunday

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Broncos game against the Dolphins next week will be moved back to accommodate.

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This is where I start having an issue. The Dolphins and Broncos are doing everything right and have zero positive tests, but their game has to get pushed back even when there is no shared bye week to move it to. How can you reschedule that game when the Broncos will now have their bye this week? The answer is it won't be. It will be cancelled because they are not playoff contenders and the Patriots are.

The Patriots knew Cam Newton had dinner with Gilmore while he was positive, and yet put Gilmore on a plane with the rest of the team and played him against KC before enough time had passed to know if he had caught it. If it were a backup he would have never made the trip. But the Patriots were not going to sit their best player, and they knew the NFL would not punish them for being irresponsible.

The NFL had the virus under control the first 3 weeks until teams started realizing the NFL would accommodate them no matter how poorly they controlled the virus. So now you have a free for all where teams are not going to sit or isolate star players unless they absolutely have to due to a positive test. And players are not going to take distancing seriously anymore.