Sunday’s game between the Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars will go on as scheduled despite a positive COVID-19 test within the Jaguars team.
The Lions are still traveling to Jacksonville on Saturday even after a Jaguars practice squad player tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. The Jaguars are working remotely on Saturday and have no plans to postpone the catfight on Sunday.
Because the Lions have already had a bye week, rescheduling the game at such a late juncture would be very difficult.
Jacksonville released a statement on Saturday morning explaining the entire situation and indicating it’s game on in Duval on Sunday.
Statement from the @Jaguars (1 of 4):
Last night, we received results from our daily PCR testing that an individual on our practice squad tested positive for COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/9aHvx6elpj
— Tad Dickman (@TDickman89) October 17, 2020
The game was originally set to be played in England at the home of soccer club Tottenham, but with international travel stopped the game was reset to Jacksonville over the summer.
