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Friday, November 15
The NFL affected by COVID-19: more than 200 infections in two weeks
The NFL has reported in the last two weeks 213 Covid positive players – 19, almost the 10 percent of the total of elements of the league according to the report of this Tuesday of his channel NFL Network.
On Monday they reported 42 cases, five more than at the beginning of last week, a new record for a day of testing, but the number of infections has escalated to more than two hundred.
A total of 47 players were placed on the Reserve / COVID- 19 list today, all as a result of a positive test. That’s the most ever for a single day that the NFL has ever had.
Notable names include Travis Kelce, Joey Bosa and Jared Goff.
– Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 20, 2021
According the NFL two-thirds of those 213 players are asymptomatic , while the rest have presented mild symptoms.
The increase in infections has already caused the rescheduling of three games of the week 15 of the NFL. The first was the Los Angeles Raiders against the Cleveland Browns, which on Saturday 18 changed to Monday 20 from December.
The other two, which would be played on Sunday 19, will be held this Tuesday between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Football Team against the Philadelphia Eagles.
In the teams that play this Tuesday, Philadelphia will not be able to count on its starting guard Landon Dickerson, nor its alternate Andre Dillard. Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey off the COVID list – 18 and has a free hand to play with his team.
Among the stellar players that this week entered the list of positives is Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce ; Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa; Bills receiver Evin Ksiezarczyk and Lions quarterback Jared Goff.
New England will lose to receiver Kendrick Bourne for the next game , linebackers Harvey Langi and Cameron McGrone, as well as defensive end Ronnie Perkins.
The squad with the most positive tests are the Browns with 23, including his starting quarterback Baker Mayfield and backup Case Keenum, receiver Jarvis Landry, cornerback Jadeveon Clowney, safety John Johnson and coach Kevin Stefanski.
Cleveland is followed by the Rams with 20 cases, then Washington appears with 14 and the Bears, 11.
According to new NFL protocols, which went into effect Monday, vaccinated and asymptomatic players may return to play in less than 10 days.
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