The Cincinnati Bengals were one of the first five teams to place a player on the NFL’s new COVID-19 reserve list.
According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Bengals placed Kendall Futrell on the list. In another report, Pelissero clarified that players will get placed on the list “either after testing positive or being quarantined close contact with an infected person.”
Futrell, an undrafted free agent out of East Carolina, is an intriguing edge defender who looks like one of the more interesting, high-upside names the Bengals signed after the draft.
This likely won’t be the last instance of the Bengals utilizing this list in the near future. Veterans report to camp early next week after rookies did so last week. They’ll undergo the same schedule of coronavirus testing as the first-year players.
The new list is one of many wrinkles to the summer process alongside items like a new approach to the practice squad.
