Say bye-bye to the Steelers' bye.
The NFL announced Friday afternoon that this weekend's postponed game against the Titans will now be played Oct. 25 in Nashville, Tenn., pushing back by a week the Steelers' game against the archrival Ravens in Baltimore to Nov. 1. Both kickoffs will be at 1:02 p.m. Eastern.
The Steelers and Titans will both use the ongoing week as their bye week, per the league, while the Ravens will bump theirs up from Week 8 to Week 7.
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Neither the Steelers nor the Titans are practicing this week, so no comment is expected from either.
John Harbaugh, the Ravens' coach, spoke after his team's practice Friday in Owings Mills, Md., of accepting the decision.
"It's something where we all have to be flexible," Harbaugh said. "This is the year for that. Man, this is the year for flexibility. ... I understand the league has everyone's best interests at heart, and you just do what you have to do."
It remains to be seen what more must happen to accommodate the Titans. ESPN reported Friday morning that two more Tennessee players tested positive for coronavirus, raising the number to six players and seven staffers. There's no word yet on when the Titans will be allowed to return to their practice facility.
The NFL and NFL Players Association are conducting a joint investigation as to what went wrong with the Titans.
