Prioritization

Here's the situation, the options, and my recommendation. The slip is already priced in, so the risk now is drift.

Asked My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?

A slipped week usually means scope crept and nobody wrote it a ticket.

Asked My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?

First question: what problem was the date solving? If a customer was promised it, tell them today, plainly, with the new date.