Dez Bryant was just minutes away from facing his old team, the Dallas Cowboys, on Tuesday night when he says he was called in from warmups to take a COVID-19 test.
He then said he failed that test and was scratched from the Ravens roster.
Ouch.
The Ravens, of course, have been hit hard by COVID-19 the past few weeks. It was why last week’s game with the Steelers was pushed back three times and it’s why tonight’s game with the Cowboys was pushed back from last Thursday.
Bryant has worked so hard to come back to the NFL and while he would have loved to have faced his old team, here’s hoping the best for his health.
Here’s his tweet, with a bad word in it so run for the hills if you don’t like those things:
Tell me why they pull me from warming up so I can go get tested… my shit come back positive… I tested positive for Covid WTF
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) December 9, 2020
Shortly after that he tweeted that he wants to be done for the season:
Yea I’m going to go ahead and call it a quit for the rest of the season… I can’t deal with this
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) December 9, 2020
That he was warming up with COVID doesn’t seem like the safest thing for the NFL and a Ravens team that has been dealing with this for weeks.
Here’s the news of the Ravens scratching him from the lineup:
Dez Bryant has now been officially scratched, an announcement in the press box says due to an "illness."
He says he tested positive for COVID-19 just a few moments ago. Right now, things are operating as normal at M&T Bank Stadium.
— Andrew Gillis (@Andrew_Gillis70) December 9, 2020
COVID-19 has ruined a lot of things in 2020. Now, a revenge game between Dez Bryant and the #Cowboys.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 9, 2020
That’s a bummer.
