The Arizona Cardinals are scheduled to leave for New York on Friday afternoon to get ready for their game against the New York Jets. Their plans might have to change.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, there was a presumptive positive test for COVID-19 on the Jets and the entire team was sent home.
After a presumptive positive player test today, all Jets players and coaches were just sent home, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 9, 2020
With this news, the Cardinals might not be able to travel this afternoon.
Cardinals are scheduled to leave for New York today, so now there are questions whether they can leave to fly East for Sunday’s game against the Jets.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 9, 2020
The NFL schedule during the regular season has been affected by the pandemic. The game scheduled between the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers was moved to later this season. The Titans’ upcoming game for Week 5 is being postponed. The New England Patriots did not have quarterback Cam Newton in their game against the Kansas City Chiefs and their next game against the Denver Broncos is tentatively pushed to Monday.
Things for the Cardinals and Jets could go on as planned if that positive test proves to be a false positive. According to Rich Cimini, the player who tested positive has been retested and they are awaiting results, which should come later today.
The Jets player who potentially tested positive has been re-tested. Results should be known at some point today. Players were in the building this morning when the team became aware of this, and were sent home immediately. #Jets
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) October 9, 2020
Clearly, this is a situation to monitor over the next several hours.
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