It took 6 percent of NFL players testing positive for COVID-19 in one week for the league to move off its previously implacable position that it wouldn't postpone games as a result of the pandemic.This week was one of the league's worst, with a ma sive outbreak and multiple teams placing 10 or more players on their respectiveCOVID reserve lists. With bye weeks done, every team is scheduled to play every week for the remainder of the season, including teams with rampant COVID. Those teams will have little time to recover from their i sues.MORE: On Friday, the NFL postponed three games Raiders at Browns, Seahawks at Rams and Washington at Eagles one day after announcing new COVID protocols.The protocols were met with criticism, most notably from
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Brownsquarterback Baker Mayfield, but the scorn for the postponements was more leaguewide, given their wide-reaching nature.Notably, Raiders and Eagles players took to Twitter to air their grievances. Las Vegas and Philadelphia are among the teams with the fewest players on the COVID reserve list, while Cleveland and Washington have the most.MORE:Raiders owner Mark Davis highlighted how his team is fully vaccinated and will now be playing on back-to-back short weeks. Beyond that, he took i sue with the fact thatlast year,several Raiders offensive linemenmi sed time with COVID but the league didn't postpone any of the team's games,while it is postponing a
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game this year after an opponent's outbreak.Just spoke with owner Mark Davis on game being moved back to Monday: Heath and safety is No. 1, but it's a competitive disadvantage to the . Maybe the should fly to Las Vegas. Paul Gutierrez (@PGutierrezESPN) A similar situation arose last year when the Broncos were down all their regular quarterbacks and had to use wide receiver Kendall Hinton at the position. The league didn't postpone thatgame, either, and the Broncos lost 31-3to the Saints.Free-agent defensive back Tre Boston, who has no stake in any of these games, reminded everyone of that.If Denver had to use a WR last year at QB, then The Browns gotta figure a way out too! Or Forfeit! Just like yall scared all these players and coaches if they didnt have a Vax they would lose money, be cut or cost your team to forfeit games. Look at em now! Re-scheduling smh Tre Boston (@TreBos10) MORE: Two players who are being directly impacted Raiders linebacker K.J. Wright and cornerback Casey Hayward took the NFL Players A sociation to task for its part in this decision and its overall handling of the protocols.I pay my player dues just to get lied to and the rules bent! If it was the other way around I swear we would be playing tomorrow KJ (@KJ_WRIGHT34) Im sure the president playing for the Browns didnt have any effect on these negotiations Casey Hayward (@show_case29) Eagles Pro Bowl defensive back Darius Slay noted that the complaints are coming not because he and other players are scared or trying to duck competition, but because their respective teams were and doing what was asked when others weren't.Lets get this straight we not complaining cause we scared!!! Its way bigger than that peoples WE WAR READY!!! Darius Slay (@bigplay24slay) Slay's teammateRodney McLeod posted a similar sentiment.So we have to suffer, and compromise our schedule because of another teams mistake. Make it make sense! Smh Rodney McLeod (@Rodney_McLeod4) It remains to be seen whether anything might change going forward and whether the NFL
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and NFLPA can reach a consensus on protocols that satisfy everyone.
