NFL Moves Ravens-Steelers Thanksgiving Game to Sunday

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Decision comes after several Ravens players test positive for coronavirus

Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Juju Smith-Schuster catches pass during September ESPN 'Monday Night Football' telecast
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The NFL has moved its Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers Thanksgiving night game to Sunday after several Ravens players tested positive for COVID-19.

The league said the game -- one of three NFL games scheduled for Nov. 26 -- will be played Sunday afternoon “out of an abundance of caution” after seven Ravens players -- including running backs Mark Ingram and J.K. Dobbins -- tested positive for coronavirus, according to ESPN.com.

The game is the 13th of the 2020 NFL season that has been postponed or moved due to coronavirus-related issues, said ESPN.

The two other Thanksgiving day games -- Houston Texans-Detroit Lions and Washington Team-Dallas Cowboys -- will be played as scheduled.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

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