Multiple Cowboys and Texans tested positive for COVID-19

Multiple players on both the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans have tested positive for COVID-19, according to NFL Insider Ian Rapoport.

It does not sound like any of the players who tested positive were in their team facilities, or that either team was ignoring the proper health protocols.

Several #Cowboys players & several #Texans players have tested positive for COVID-19 recently, sources tell me & @TomPelissero. None of the players are believed to have been in their team facilities. The teams followed proper health protocols.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 15, 2020

Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is among the players known to have tested positive, with his agent confirming his diagnosis to Rapoport.

#Cowboys star RB Ezekiel Elliott is one of the players who has tested positive for the Coronavirus, his agent Rocky Arceneaux confirmed to me. Arceneaux said Elliott is feeling good.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 15, 2020

Elliott was very unhappy his results were made public, citing HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) which prevents healthcare workers from making a patient’s information public.

HIPAA ??

— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) June 15, 2020

The league is currently planning to start reopening some team facilities this month, allowing coaches and other front office personnel into the practice facilities.

Players are not expected to report until training camp begins, which for the Seahawks will be July 29.

If there are more reports of players getting COVID-19, it’s entirely possible the beginning of training camp gets delayed, which could even push back the start of the regular season in September.