There's a mini-COVID outbreak going on with the Baltimore Ravens, which is of extra concern with the team scheduled to play Pittsburgh in the night game on Thanksgiving. Running back J.K. Dobbins has tested positive and been ruled out; that's the big one. So far.
Here's the latest from Ravens beat reporter Jeff Zrebiec. At least 10 positive tests since Sunday night. Dobbins, who the team featured (finally!) in its last game, is the most noteworthy one. Mark Ingram is the bigger name to the casual NFL fan, but fantasy teams know that Ingram's absence is a plus in keeping anyone from accidentally putting him into a lineup and thinking he'll have a good game.
Should be Gus Edwards (pictured) as the starter and Justice Hill the No. 2; that's your backfield against the Steelers.
The question is how many more positives might emerge, and what other Ravens might be affected.
It's unlikely the game will be postponed. The NFL proved unwilling to do that with Packers-49ers recently, cheerily willing to send out a San Francisco JV team to get smoked. They'll no doubt do the same with the Ravens, rather than cancelling a Thanksgiving game in primetime. Not gonna happen.
But those hoping to use key Ravens especially need to be prepared for more positive test in the next day or two. And those with Steelers can at least be mindful of the slim possibility -- which again, I'm not expecting -- of the game being pushed back.
--Andy Richardson