The NFL typically dominates the TV schedule in households around the United States with games spread throughout the day, and watching football before and after Thanksgiving feasts has become tradition for many families.
However, this year things will look a little bit different.
NFL face masksFor starters, players will now be required to wear face coverings on the sideline during games. Coaches who call plays, who were previously permitted to wear a face shield in lieu of a face covering, will also now be required to wear a mask or double-layered gaiter -- details the NFL provided teams in a memo distributed on Monday and obtained by CNN Sports from a league source.
And don't expect any post-game embraces either. Players and team personnel will now be only be permitted to "briefly" interact with the opposing team while wearing masks before "promptly" returning to their locker rooms.
The Baltimore Ravens announced on Monday that multiple members of the organization tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday night and that all team activities will take place virtually. Those members have immediately begun to self-quarantine, and the team has started the contact tracing process.
NFL face coverings online saleLosing what would typically be the post-feast game would leave a large void for many households. More importantly, it shows we still have a long way to go before we're out of this pandemic.
The average for new cases broke 170,000 over the past seven days for the first time since the pandemic started, and there have been nearly 1.2 million new cases in the past week, marking a new high for a seven-day total. November has been one of the worst months of the pandemic, with 3.1 million new cases being reported in the country, which is the highest of any month.
And it's not just impacting adults.
