Possible Situation | Could The Dallas Cowboys at Rams be postponed due to AIR Quality / Concerns?

Fans have been waiting months for their first glimpse of the 2020 Dallas Cowboys, but as 2020 has shown us, the world does not revolve around sports. The global pandemic shut down sports for months, cancelled the NFL’s offseason program and wiped out the entire exhibition season. Somehow, though, the league was able to make it to opening week and kicked things off with the Kansas City Chiefs defending their title for the first time on Thursday night. Now, a very specific threat to the lives and safety of those in the state of California threatens the premiere Sunday game, as the Cowboys are scheduled to christen the Los Angeles Rams’ new multibillion building, SoFi Stadium. The wild fires that have ravaged the state and caused air quality issues could impact the season opener for both teams. The NFL prohibits teams from playing or practicing if the air quality index shows sustained levels above 200. At their training facility in Thousand Oaks, the Rams practiced all week, and coach Sean McVay said Friday, “That shouldn’t be an issue for us (Sunday).” But Rams COO Kevin Demoff said Friday and Saturday morning that he is in touch with the NFL and local officials about the smoky air. Demoff said that if the Rams-Cowboys game couldn’t be played as scheduled at 5:20 p.m. Sunday, postponing it to Monday or Tuesday would be a better option than moving it to another location. That would be the NFL’s call. K.D. DRUMMOND https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/