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NFL betting lines in season of COVID-19 are moving targets

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Trevor Konitzer is the kind of guy whose cellphone is constantly buzzing with updates on NFL players: who's hurt, who's playing, what breaking news affects one team or another.

He saw a betting line on last week's Saints-Broncos game open at New Orleans giving up 6.5 points.

And then 2020 struck — again — in a way that's been creating havoc with the NFL's schedules, rosters and, most importantly to some, betting lines.

A coronavirus outbreak involving the Denver Broncos saw three of the team's quarterbacks deemed high-risk close contacts for having been mask-less around QB Jeff Driskel before he tested positive, making them ineligible to play in the upcoming game against the Saints.