The Pittsburgh Steelers already had their schedule affected by the COVID-19 pandemic when they had their Week 4 contest against the Tennessee Titans moved to Week 7. A Titans outbreak was responsible for that adjustment.
On Wednesday, another Steelers game was moved, this time due to a Baltimore Ravens COVID-19 outbreak: the Thanksgiving night matchup will now be played on Sunday, November 29.
Of course it’s the right call from a health perspective, but it seems like a second postponement has very much rubbed the Steelers the wrong way.
Players including JuJu Smith-Schuster, Eric Ebron, Chase Claypool and Devlin Hodges tweeted after the news broke:
First the NFL takes away our bye week because another team can’t get their Covid situation together, now they take away our Thanksgiving primetime game for the same reason. Smh.
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) November 25, 2020
Maaaaaannnnnnnnnn that’s some BS
— Devlin Hodges (@DevlinHodges10) November 25, 2020
What a joke….
— Chase Claypool (@ChaseClaypool) November 25, 2020
OK, #Steelers players are not happy. In messages on Twitter and to me. This is the second time this season their schedule has been altered very close to the supposed-to-be game day.
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) November 25, 2020
