A Tennessee Titans trainer has tested positive for COVID-19, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The team is currently doing contact tracing, which has the potential to see players and coaches miss Sunday’s playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens if labeled as a “close contact” or if they too test positive in the coming days.
The Ravens have already been on both sides of this coin this season. Every team in the league has had to deal with the coronavirus in one way or another and Baltimore got hit hard with an outbreak of their own following playing Tennessee in Week 11. The Ravens’ coronavirus outbreak eventually saw 23 players head to the Reserve/COVID-19 list, out of the 30 players they’ve placed on the list this season in total.
The Titans aren’t the only team dealing with COVID-19 right now. The Cleveland Browns, who are in the playoffs for the first time since 2002, have been dealing with an outbreak of their own that saw a bunch of players miss Week 17’s tilt against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Unfortunately, Cleveland is still dealing with the outbreak as head coach Kevin Stefanski, two other staff members, and two players tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
This will be one to follow closely this week as contact tracing is done and as others potentially test positive. The NFL hasn’t been eager to reschedule games, forcing teams to play with limited rosters and coaching staffs.
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