data-mm-id=”_7ehzedhuk”>The NFL, in its infinite wisdom, allowed the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs to play a football game on Monday night after Cam Newton's positive COVID test. Which was certainly a risk, but apparently one the league was perfectly fine taking. Allow the very smart Bill Barnwell to explain:The NFL playing this Patriots-Chiefs game tonight is a strategic gamble, not a decision based on safety. From today’s #ESPNDaily, with @billbarnwell: https://t.co/TVYn0wx8Va pic.twitter.com/KVbkNC07wS— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) October 5, 2020Well, wouldn't you know it? The Patriots had two additional players test positive this morning, one of them All-Everything cornerback Stephon Gilmore. Two Tennessee Titans have also come back positive, all but en…