And all of this is happening at a time when the Saints need to be completely focused on final preparation for a video game that starts in less than 13 hours– and getting adequate sleep before the game begins.
Per a source with knowledge of the scenario, the Saints discovered late Saturday night that fullback Michael Burton evaluated positive for COVID-19.
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Presently, the Saints are awaiting screening for the seven gamers, consisting of re-testing of Burton.
While its possible that Burtons positive is a false positive, the league and the Saints have actually begun additional screening of players who were in close proximity to Burton. The leagues contact tracing determined three players. Four other players not identified by means of bracelets used by the players were sitting near Burton on the aircraft, consisting of running back Alvin Kamara.
The Saints got an unexpected surprise after they showed up in Detroit on Saturday night.
Based on the precedent produced Saturday in combination with the Patriots-Chiefs game, the Saints-Lions game need to be held off, at a minimum for a day or more, in order to permit additional testing to take place (unless its rapidly determined that Burton produced a false positive). Otherwise, Saints gamers might (in theory) spread out the virus to other Saints players and eventually to Lions gamers during the video game on Sunday.
