The coronavirus has actually found its method to yet another NFL team.
A New Orleans Saints player checked favorable for COVID-19, according to ProFootballTalks Mike Florio.
The Saints are now reportedly waiting for test results for 6 other players who remained in close proximity to the gamer on a team flight to Detroit.
The Saints are presently set up to play the Detroit Lions on the road on Sunday, but a favorable coronavirus test will likely force another scheduling modify for a league that is dealing with the truths of playing a season during a pandemic today
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For a while, it appeared like the NFL was, versus all odds, pulling it off. The league reached completion of Week 3 without any known coronavirus infections during the season among the numerous gamers on its 32 groups.
And after that Week 4 started.
First, the Tennessee Titans and Minnesota Vikings needed to close down their centers after several members of the Titans evaluated positive following their Week 3 game. 16 members of the Titans in total have evaluated favorable, though the Vikings appear to have actually avoided infection.
The Titans video game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4 was ultimately held off to Week 7.
Days later, positive tests on both the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, including Patriots quarterback Cam Newton, required the NFL to postpone another video game to a minimum of Monday or Tuesday. No other Patriots players have supposedly tested favorable, so that game may at least avoid a multi-week delay.
Whatever the NFL does to handle todays Saints-Lions game, it will be the third time today it has actually needed to hurry into action following a coronavirus infection. And there is definitely no warranty that this is going to be the last COVID-19 episode of a season that is unexpectedly looking rather vulnerable.
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