Following the breaking of more COVID-19 news around the NFL, the Week 4 matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears appears to be moving back a bit.
Though the game was initially scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff, it will reportedly now be a part of the late-afternoon slate of games, per Jay Glazer of Fox Sports. This will replace the game that was supposed to be the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, but that game is postponed due to Cam Newton testing positive for COVID-19.
Colts and Bears now being told their game will move to the late window that was supposed to be Patriots-Chiefs @@NFLONFOX
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) October 3, 2020
The original game was supposed to be at 4:25 p.m. ET for the Chiefs and Patriots, but now that will be the Colts and Bears, two teams looking to continue their winning ways.
#Colts–#Bears moving to 4:25p tomorrow, as @JayGlazer tweeted
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 3, 2020
While the first three weeks of the season didn’t represent much trouble for the league, but the Titans have a team outbreak going on and the Patriots could be down their starting quarterback this week.
Hopefully, this can get contained before too much happens at once. For now, the Colts will be playing a little later on Sunday.