‘“His quickness and his being able to get in and out of breaks, and a lot of people don’t know how smart he is on the football field,” said Poyer, who comes up against Beasley every day in practice and knows of what he speaks. “His ability to read leverages, to read coverages, his ability to find the soft spot in zones, the ability to catch the ball and not take explosive hits. I just say I’m happy as hell he’s on our team.”’
Archives for October 2020
NFL switches Bills-Titans game to Tuesday, Bills-Chiefs to following Sunday
‘If the Titans have any more tests, the game will be postponed to a later date, and the Bills-Chiefs would play in their originally-scheduled Thursday night slot.’
NFL moving Bills vs. Titans to Tuesday, plan contingent on negative Covid tests (report)
‘On Tuesday the Titans had all their Covid tests come back negative and hopes were that the team could return to its facility on Wednesday. But since then there have been three more positive Covid tests. The plan the league has devised is dependent on the Titans returning all negative tests. Should they return any negative tests then the game against Kansas City will be returned to Thursday night.’
Titans vs. Bills may be pushed to next week after more Tennessee players test positive for Covid Thursday (report)
‘The NFL seems to have several options when deciding on how to handle this situation. As reports said yesterday, since the Titans broke league protocols by gathering to practice offsite after the facility was shut down they could be hit with a forfeit. The other three options are to postpone the game, like what happened last week for their game vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, cancel the game, or move it.’
Bills, BillsMafia suffer due to Titans’ stupidity (opinion)
‘Instead the NFL decided to move the Bills-Titans game to Tuesday–barring any more positive tests in Tennessee–which essentially punishes Buffalo more than it does Tennessee.’
Friday’s Tennessee Coverage
Titans vs Bills moved to Tuesday at 6 p.m. (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans’ Tommy Hudson suspended for violating NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak: TE MyCole Pruitt, DB Breon Borders test positive as Bills game in jeopardy (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans were instructed by NFL not to gather prior to informal workout (Nashville Tennessean)
What if Titans can’t host Bills as scheduled Sunday? Here are possible scenarios (Nashville Tennessean)
Titans-Bills moved from Sunday to Tuesday night (Nashville Post)
Timeline of Titans’ COVID-19 complications (Nashville Post)
Source: Tennessee Titans informed of rules prior to players’ informal workouts (ESPN)
Sources: Tennessee Titans have another positive coronavirus test (ESPN)
NFL coronavirus tracker: Another Titans player tests positive Thursday, game vs. Bills in question (CBS Sports)
Why the League Is Upset With the Titans and Why Teams Are Mad at the League Office (SI)
Titans-Bills game moves to Tuesday barring no more positive COVID-19 tests (WKRN-TV)
MyCole Pruitt latest Titan to test positive for Covid-19 (WKRN-TV)
NFL evaluating options for Titans-Bills game after 2 more players test positive for COVID-19 (WKRN-TV)
How the Titans-Bills game could make NFL history (WKRN-TV)
Titans-Bills game moved to Tuesday following more positive COVID-19 cases (WTVF-TV)
Titans versus Bills game moved to Tuesday evening (WSMV-TV)
Additional Titans player tests positive for COVID-19 (WSMV-TV)
Titans-Bills Rescheduled for Tuesday at Nissan Stadium (TennesseeTitans.com)
Titans Add Two More Players to Reserve/COVID-19 List (TennesseeTitans.com)
Titans’ game against Bills delayed to Tuesday amid COVID-19 outbreak
‘If the game is played Tuesday, it would be only the second contest since 1946 to be played on that day of the week. The Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles played a Tuesday game in December 2010 after a blizzard forced postponement of their previous date.’
AP Source: Bills-Titans, Broncos-Patriots Rescheduled By NFL
‘The NFL also is rescheduling Sunday’s Broncos-Patriots game from Sunday to Monday night after New England had a smaller outbreak of COVID-19, the person said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the league and teams had not officially announced the changes.’
Bills Hope To Play Titans Pitting Pair Of Undefeated Teams
‘The Bills have won three straight in this series by a margin of nine points.’
Tennessee Titans-Buffalo Bills moved from Sunday to Tuesday
‘Tennessee must register no new positive tests for the next three days for its facility to open Sunday at the earliest.’
Titans’ Week 5 game postponed to Tuesday night, sparking Week 6 schedule change for Bills, per report
‘As a result of the postponement, the Bills will also have their Week 6 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, tentatively pushed back to Sunday, Oct. 18. If the Titans were to develop more positive COVID tests, however, the Bills’ Week 6 game would revert to Thursday night and proceed as scheduled, per Schefter. (It’s unclear what would happen to the Bills’ Week 5 game against the Titans, in that scenario, though the NFL has publicly touted forfeiture as a possible penalty for COVID protocol violations, for which Tennessee is currently being investigated.)’
Brett Favre reveals his thoughts on who the ‘new Tom Brady’ is going to be in the NFL
‘Now, that doesn’t mean that Favre is predicting that Allen is going to win six Super Bowls over the course of his career, the Hall of Famer is just saying that he feels like Josh Allen could end up dominating the AFC East like Brady once did.’
Report: Titans-Bills Game to Take Place Tuesday Assuming No Additional Positive Tests
‘In a corresponding scheduling adjustment, if the Week 5 Bills-Titans game is played this Tuesday, then the Week 6 Bills-Chiefs game originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15 will be played on Sunday, Oct. 18.’
When will Bills vs. Titans be played? More Tennessee positive COVID-19 tests postpone Week 5 game
‘The Bills are tentatively scheduled to face the Titans on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. ET in Nashville. The league used a qualifier in announcing the new date, however: “Should the Buffalo-Tennessee game be played on Tuesday night … ,” a sign that testing needs to go well the next few days for the game to go on.’
Another positive COVID-19 test for Titans player throws game vs. Bills into further doubt
‘Should the Bills be handed their bye this week, their next game will be a crucial “Thursday Night Football” showdown with a Chiefs team that would be playing its third game in 11 days. The defending Super Bowl champions played the Patriots on Monday, a day later than planned because of positive COVID-19 tests for both teams.’