Reviews: Patriots, Titans and Raiders all have optimistic COVID checks initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Washington

For the NFL, early returns of COVID-19 checks following Week four haven’t been good.

In response to a number of stories, 4 gamers from three totally different groups examined optimistic for coronavirus Tuesday.

The Titans, who had two consecutive days with no optimistic checks, needed to put their reopening on maintain after two extra gamers examined optimistic for COVID-19, per NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero.

Patriots cornerback and reigning Defensive Participant of the Yr Stephon Gilmore examined optimistic for coronavirus as effectively, per Pelissero.

The Patriots had their Week four recreation towards the Chiefs pushed again a day following quarterback Cam Newton’s optimistic take a look at final week. Gilmore was the one optimistic take a look at from New England’s spherical of outcomes on Tuesday.

Now the Raiders have joined the fray as a brand new workforce experiencing optimistic COVID-19 checks. In response to ESPN’s Dianna Russini, Las Vegas had one participant take a look at optimistic Tuesday.

This comes a couple of days after the NFL and NFLPA agreed upon stricter COVID-19 protocols, threatening groups and gamers with fines, lack of draft picks and doubtlessly forfeiting a contest if protocols are damaged.

Whether or not Week 5 video games can be impacted by these take a look at outcomes stays to be seen.