Matthew Stafford Removed From Reserve/Covid-19 List
The sheer complexity of the upcoming NFL season amidst a pandemic has been further highlighted by the Matthew Stafford situation.
The Detroit Lions quarterback was placed on the reserve/Covid-19 list on Saturday after testing positive for the virus. However, he was removed from the list on Tuesday after it was confirmed that it was a false positive.
Negative tests on Tuesday and Wednesday have given Matthew Stafford the all clear to rejoin his teammates.
“To be clear, Matthew does NOT have COVID-19 and never has had COVID-19 and the test in question was a false-positive,” the Lions said in a statement.Â
“Also, all of Matthew’s family have been tested and everyone is negative.”
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Matthew Stafford is the first starting quarterback to be placed on the Covid list, and the Lions will be grateful that this happened in the offseason. A false positive before a game could put them at a needless disadvantage, or result in the cancelation of the game entirely.Â
Overall he is the eight Detroit Lions player to be placed on the reserve/Covid-19 list. There are five players remaining on the list; they are T.J. Hockenson, Kenny Golladay, Jalen Elliott, Arryn Siposs and Amani Oruwariye.
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“It’s one of those things that are going to be questionable for sure, but at the end of the day, we knew coming into this that there were going to be situations like this,” linebacker Jarrad Davis said.Â
“It’s just something that we have to hope the NFL and NFLPA can continue to work at to, I guess, knock things out, knock situations out that are going to come up like this.
“Yeah, this might be the first one that we’ve heard about, but I’m sure that there’s more that are going to happen.”
