With NFL teams opening up training camps, returning players have been given tests for COVID-19 as they return, leading to some players being placed on the COVID-19 reserve list. For some players that is due to a positive test, for others it is due to potential exposure whether from a family member or otherwise.
The biggest name to be placed on this list was announced Saturday, as the Detroit Lions placed quarterback Matthew Stafford on the COVID-19 reserve list:
Stafford is listed as a Reserve/COVID-19 player, and not as a Reserve/Opt-Out player. This means that the quarterback has not chosen to forgo the season, but has been placed on the list for either a positive test or a potential exposure.
Stafford is an interesting case to watch. He and his wife Kelly have a newborn child at home, and Kelly underwent surgery last year for acoustic neuroma, a slow-growing tumor on the main nerve leading from the inner ear to the brain. Everyone here at Touchdown Wire wishes the Stafford family good health and nothing but the best going forward.
