A statement from the NFL on a setback with COVID testing: pic.twitter.com/ZKgzfwe64R
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 23, 2020
Several Steelers were held out of the “under the lights” practice at Heinz Field Saturday night due to a rash of COVID-19 positives returned from BioReference testing lab.
“We had a number of guys that we held out of work or missed work today because they are caught up in COVID procedures,” Tomlin told the media Saturday. “No one to mention at this time in terms of being on the COVID list, but they are in the procedure. We are going to exercise all caution.”
While other teams who had practice scheduled for Sunday opted instead for virtual meetings, the Steelers did not have a practice scheduled.
On Sunday, Kevin Colbert released the following statement:
“On Saturday, we had six players absent from practice due to our adherence to NFL COVID-19 protocol. None of those players were required to be placed on Reserve/COVID-19 and will be returning to meetings today and practice on Monday.”
It appears the Steelers took immediate measures to confirm and/or rule out the positive tests from Saturday.
All is safe on the Steelers front.
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