Bills send all rookies home after coronavirus outbreak

Since the Toronto Blue Jays have decided to play in Buffalo, the teams that call the city home have become almost irrelevant. So when ESPN'S Marcel Louis-Jacques of ESPN reported all Bills rookies were sent home from camp, it came as a bit of a shock.

Even more shocking was that the Buffalo Bills have an ESPN reporter. Thank you Marty Fenn of Clutch Points for that bit of Information.

 

“As we were informed by medical experts as training camp opened, we expected to have positive tests for COVID,” the team said in a statement to ESPN. “With 5 since the beginning of the testing period last Tuesday, we decided to take a disciplined, proactive and preventative approach to hopefully eliminate additional cases within our team.

The Bills’ rookies first reported on July 21 to begin testing. The rookie who tested positive Thursday did so after registering three negative tests, a league source said."

Marty Fenn stated the player was asymptomatic. "The rookie who tested positive is reportedly asymptomatic, but will have to wait five days until receiving another test and being cleared to enter the team facility.

Undrafted rookie cornerback Ike Brown was previously placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday, with defensive tackle Vincent Taylor and wife receiver Duke Williams also being placed on the list on Wednesday."

As Fenn states, the league has been doing everything possible to make sure they have proper safety procedures in place. There will be little to no fans in attendance and players can opt out of their twenty year.  Training camps have been reduced in size and the preseason canceled. 

There's not a lot more the league can do at this point besides finding a bubble city and moving the start of the season back a few weeks. Roger Goodell is animate that league will start on time. With the spike in virus cases, it's still possible for the season to be canceled.