Through three weeks of the regular season, the NFL’s plan to play games amid the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be working.
Then reality struck.
An outbreak consumed the Tennessee Titans. Cam Newton hit the COVID-19/reserve list. Games were postponed. Schedules were overhauled.
Since then, the new normal of the NFL season has set in with the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons the latest franchises forced to shutter their facilities because of COVID-19 cases.