New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty discussed how the team is approaching their safety measures as they attempt to avoid a COVID-19 outbreak like so many teams are experiencing around the NFL.
“Numbers are up everywhere,” he said, as seen in team-provided video. “I always say we can’t think because we play in the NFL and we want to be healthy that we’re just gonna shield ourselves and not get COVID. You try to tell guys be smart and do different things, but it’s the realization of like, numbers are climbing. Let’s try to stay inside as much as we can and different things like that.
“I think for us as a team, we’ve been pretty safe with it so far, of how we’ve kind of handled ourselves. I think coming off a bye week and this time of the year with the holidays, all those different things playing factors. We just try to tell everybody think about the team, whatever you do. Whatever decision you make, try to think about how it will impact the team and go from there.”
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It sounds like the Patriots player leadership are putting their best foot forward to stop the spread.
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