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Steelers-Titans game has been postponed. Here are two rescheduling options.

There’s one fewer game on the NFL schedule this weekend.

Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, there were two more positive tests on the Titans team, so the league is rescheduling Tennessee’s game against the Steelers.

On Thursday morning, the NFL made it official:

The game had been scheduled to kickoff at noon. But after the first positive COVID tests earlier this week, there was talk of moving the game to Monday or Tuesday.

So what happens next? Pittsburgh’s bye is in Week 8 and Tennessee’s is in Week 7, so it won’t be as easy as moving the game to a mutual day off.

The NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero tweeted: “One option the NFL is considering is rearranging the schedule in coming weeks and turning this week into, in essence, the Titans’ bye week. That also would cause a ripple effect for the Steelers and other teams. Lot of moving parts.”

There are at least a couple of options for the NFL.

Paul Kuharsky, who writes about the Titans, suggested making this weekend the bye week and having the Baltimore Ravens move one of their games.

ESPN’s Bill Barnwell offered a suggestion that could help this weekend and going forward if any other teams run into similar COVID-19 troubles.