On Friday morning, it appeared the Indianapolis Colts might be in threat of missing their Week 6 video game against the Cincinnati Bengals, with the team rapidly shutting down practice facilities following four favorable COVID-19 tests inside the company. Simply hours later on, nevertheless, the group has actually revealed that all four test samples were re-examined and considered incorrect positives. After assessment with the NFL and the leagues primary medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, the Colts will reopen their complex Friday afternoon, resume normal preparations for Sundays video game and prepare to host the Bengals as arranged.
” All is well,” team owner Jim Irsay tweeted Friday. “Colts-Bengals, 1 p.m. Sunday!”
The Colts had started working remotely earlier in the day after the preliminary announcement of positive tests, with concerns rapidly occurring about the feasibility of their video game against the Bengals occurring on Sunday. Those wrongly positive cases marked the very first time the group had come across a COVID-related concern because July, according to NFL Networks Tom Pelissero. Its uncertain what caused the false positives, with ProFootballTalk speculating that several mistakes within the exact same batch of COVID tests speak with either “incompetence” in the testing procedure or outright “sabotage.”.
The NFL, of course, has currently altered nearly a dozen teams regular-season schedules thanks to COVID-induced delays, with the Tennessee Titans fresh off an unusual Tuesday night video game because of repeated postponements. The league has not, nevertheless, captivated the concept of a full-time “bubble” while combating favorable cases around the league, rather opting to attend to COVID outbreaks on a case-by-case basis.
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