“I just feel like the teams that can handle the Covid-19 situation are going to be the ones that are going to be able to pull out and get into the playoffs, to be honest.” “It’s tough, especially with the NFC and AFC playoff races close,” Colts defensive lineman DeForest Buckner said.
Many teams have tightened up their social distancing rules, going back to virtual meetings in a bid to keep players healthy. That might mollify Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who complained on a podcast this week that the NFL had created an unfair “two-class system” for vaccinated and unvaccinated players.īut teams still have a bewildering array of variables to negotiate, from the NFL’s return to stricter masking and social distancing rules in club facilities to varying local public health regulations.
However, Wentz and the Colts could benefit from the NFL guidelines revised in the wake of new CDC recommendations that allow for a quicker return of both vaccinated and unvaccinated players who have had no fever for 24 hours and whose other symptoms, such as a cough, “have resolved or improved”. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz, who is unvaccinated, was among them - a potentially massive blow for a team that is in the thick of the chase for a wild card playoff spot. More than 500 NFL players have tested positive for coronavirus in December. That problem is especially acute in the NFL, with playoff berths up for grabs in the final two weeks of the regular season. While it is good news that more of those sidelined by Covid show no signs of serious illness, that does not necessarily help the quest to maintain competitive balance when key players are ruled out.
“Are there more asymptomatic cases? And all this is with the caveat of, OK, with double vaccination, with a booster and then asymptomatic - what does that mean and what adjustments can we make from there.” “I think we’ve gotten to a point where we need more information,” Spoelstra said. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra admitted that navigating the Omicron surge was sometimes “perplexing”, as people with no visible illness were suddenly ruled out amid the league’s increased testing. The NBA reduced quarantine time from 10 days to six for asymptomatic, vaccinated players who test positive as they try to avoid the kind of game cancellations that hit Miami on Wednesday - when the Heat found themselves without the requisite eight players to take the floor. The NFL reduced the period of isolation for both vaccinated and unvaccinated players from 10 to as little as five days if they are asymptomatic. The NBA, NFL and NHL all changed their return-to-play rules for players who test positive for Covid 19.
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