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Report: Chiefs, Patriots have received negative COVID-19 test results so far

Both teams are still receiving additional point-of-care tests. All options remain on the table for their Week 4 game.

So far, so good for the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, both the Chiefs and the Patriots have received negative COVID-19 test results since QBs Cam Newton and Jordan Ta’amu both tested positive. Each team is doing additional point-of-care tests this morning and further negative test results are needed for the league to officially reschedule the game. This is a step in the right direction for both teams.

Facilities for Kansas City and New England have been closed since the positive test results. Players and staff will meet virtually today to go over the plan for the next steps in this process. The Patriots are still in Massachusetts after postponing travel arrangements. That’s the next logistical hurdle as the NFL typically doesn’t allow same-day travel for games.

As for rescheduling the game, as of last night, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that NFL was leaning toward a Monday night double-header as opposed to playing the game on Tuesday. A Monday night game would be much more favorable for Kansas City in terms of a potential schedule crunch. When the game will be played will ultimately be determined by any forthcoming positive COVID-19 test results for each team.

We’re not out of the woods yet due to the typical incubation period for COVID-19. This is exactly what the league needed to see after the chaotic day on Saturday to keep this Week 4 game on track to be played. Now we await Sunday’s testing results. The first round of testing for the Patriots came back negative according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Seahawk John Ursua tests negative day after placed on Reserve/COVID-19 list

Wide receiver John Ursua, the first Seahawk to be placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, has now tested negative the following day.

Wide receiver John Ursua was the first, and so far the only, Seattle Seahawk to test positive for the coronavirus over the first two weeks of training camp. On Sunday, he was placed on the NFL’s Reserve/COVID-19 list.

Just one day later, he was able to provide some very good news . . . his second test was negative and he now awaits a third before he can resume team activities.

“It’s been a crazy experience, kind of a roller coaster if you may, where I get the news late (Saturday) night that I tested positive,” Ursua told KHON2 sports director Rob DeMello. “I’m kind of concerned thinking that I’m going to be quarantined for the next 12 to 14 days and then come yesterday’s test results come back and it’s negative.”

Per DeMello, Ursua first discovered he was positive around midnight early Sunday morning. Later that day he took his second test and received the negative results on Monday. He remains in isolation following the results of his third – and hopefully final – test in the sequence before he can rejoin his Seahawks teammates.

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