Mike Tomlin confirmed Tuesday that two Steelers players have tested positive for COVID-19, per Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com (on Twitter).
The 14th-year Steelers coach added that neither has spent any time at the team’s facility this offseason. Players who are not rehabbing injuries remain barred from teams’ facilities.
This continues a bad trend for the NFL and the sports world, which just saw tennis phenom Novak Djokovic and Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic test positive. These non-NFL names follow the likes of Sean Payton, Von Miller, Ezekiel Elliott, Kareem Jackson and several others. Neither Steelers player has been identified.
The Steelers join the Saints, Broncos, Cowboys, Texans, Buccaneers, 49ers and Rams as teams that have confirmed players or other personnel tested positive for the coronavirus. As of Sunday, around 10 teams had seen positive tests emerge. College football teams have seen numerous players test positive, with some programs suspending workouts because of the virus.
The NFL and NFLPA continue to work toward a solution on this complicated front. The sides are negotiating on players’ return to facilities, how exactly training camps will work as 90-man rosters and dozens of additional personnel convene after the virtual offseason, and the formulation of a plan for the salary cap’s immediate future. The league’s stadium reopening task force is on track to issue recommendations by next week. The NFL has already announced recommendations for social distancing — from mandatory off-field masks to weight-room changes to the suggestion meetings be held outdoors — but because of its roster sizes, the league will be forced to navigate challenges the other major sports do not.
To all you pandering idiots what do you say to the bubba Wallace story now
This is NFL Trade Rumors and its an article about football players and Covid. Go talk nascar and Bubba Smollet somewhere else.
Bubba wasn’t even the person who found the “noose” so know what you’re talking about before you say anything
Bubba had no problem spreading the story, being the subject of a parade or going on The View and calling people who doubted the story “simple-minded.” He has plenty of blame. Know what YOU are talking about first.
Bubba never saw it so he believed his friend. Nothing wrong with that. All this coming from a reds fan lol
You obviously haven’t seen his interview with Don Lemon where he doubles down on everything. Still don’t know what you’re talking about, do you?
What’s your issue? A black dude turned you down when you tried to touch him or what?
He is Marge Schott’s granddaughter
Ha ha. You got deleted on Hoops Rumors. They don’t like your crap there.
Chris in Houston?
Maybe they should discuss a shorter season and what the player compensation would be. Like the MLB. LOL