The Detroit Lions have now gone 13 straight days without having a single player, coach or staff member test positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday. That’s nearly two weeks of fully negative testing at the team’s facility in Allen Park just as the Lions prepare for full-contact practices at the start of next week.
Given all the players and testing protocols, that means that over 1,000 negative tests have come since the last time anyone on the Lions tested positive. That figure includes the false positive for QB Matthew Stafford.
Even though the Lions are not in a mandatory bubble, the team members are doing their part to stay isolated from possible infectious situations. The safety measures the team implemented at the training facility, from overhauling the locker room to redesigning the layout — with a price tag running in the millions — are indeed working.
The Lions still have one player, undrafted rookie Jalen Elliott, on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Seven other players have cleared the list, which includes both positive tests and those exposed to infected persons.
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