Good morning! What a year this past week has been. COVID-19 is putting a damper on the home stretch of 2021 and sports leagues are feeling the strain.
More on how an increased number of positive cases and the threat of the omicron variant is affecting the NBA, NFL and, potentially, the College Football Playoff in today’s newsletter.
San Francisco 49ers (8-6) vs. Tennessee Titans (9-5)
8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network
The Titans are losers of three of their last four games with the sole win in that stretch coming against Jacksonville. The 49ers, meanwhile, have won six of their last eight games to catapult into a playoff spot after a 2-4 start.