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It’ll be “Wednesday Night Football” for the NFL this week … the league has officially found a new date for the Steelers vs. Ravens game, this after Baltimore players reportedly scoffed at a Tuesday matchup.
As we previously reported, the game was all set to go down on Thanksgiving night … but it got pushed to Monday due to positive COVID tests.
The coronavirus cases, though, didn’t slow down over the weekend … with Baltimore being forced to place over 15 players — including reigning MVP Lamar Jackson — on the COVID/reserve list.
So, the NFL tried to reschedule the game for Tuesday night to allow the Ravens’ cases to subside … but Baltimore players were reportedly PISSED over that idea.
Seems several Ravens players felt Tuesday was still too soon because they would be playing a key division game without their best players.
According to Pro Football Talk, the Ravens were so upset the game wasn’t pushed even further, they were considering a “wildcat strike” … which is when people in a union strike without the support of the union. In this case, the union would be the NFL Players Association.
In the end, the NFL — pending no more positive cases between the two teams — decided to move the game to Wednesday night.
Unclear if the unhappy Ravens players are satisfied with the new date or if a possible strike is still on the table.
We’ll see …