With eight teams infected with COVID-19, Cleveland Browns continues to contribute players to the coronavirus roster. A day later, two of the team's most important names appeared on the list. On December 16, local time, Brown announced that head coach Kevin Stefansky was infected with the new crown, and almost at the same time, the team's starting quarterback Baker Mayfield was also infected with the new crown. Both will miss sunday's game against the Las Vegas Raiders unless they test negative before the match.
According to reports, Brown currently has 13 players in the new champions list: Mayfield, outside receiver Jarvis Landry, near-end Austin Hooper, David Nqiaoku and Stephen Kelson, escort wyatt Teller and Drew Forbes, interceptor Jedrick Wells, defensive end Ta Christie McKinley, linebackEr Anthony Walker, cornerback Troy Hill, security guard John Johnson III and kicker Jamie Gillan. It is reported that they also have two training players on the list, and more people are expected to be diagnosed one after another.
If Mayfield can't play, then experienced bench guard Keith Keenan will be in danger. Unfortunately, Keenan also contracted COVID-19 a day after Mayfield's diagnosis. As a result, Nick Murrens became Cleveland's only available quarterback, being urgently removed from the training roster this week. After yesterday's 13 people, five more people, including Keenan, have been confirmed today, including security guard Grant = Del Pitt, defensive defender A.J. Green, security guard Ronnie Harrison and linebacker Jacob Phillips have also been diagnosed.
According to the latest news, although Brown has a large number of players diagnosed with the new crown, the league has not postponed the date of the game between them and the Raiders. In addition, if Brown has a player who tests negative twice in a row after a gap of 24 hours, it can be activated.
Brown officially announced that Stefansky had been given a COVID-19 booster injection, but unfortunately contracted covid-19. He will continue to prepare for the game, but next week's game will be played at home. If Stefansky is not able to play, special agent coach Mike Pullifer will serve as acting head coach. During his career, He directed two games as an interim coach, with a record of 1 win and 1 loss. He was named mike Zimmer in 2016 and led Brown to beat the Steelers in the 2020 Wild Card Tournament.
It was also Stefansky who contracted the new crown, and he watched the team's 48-37 victory over the Steelers in his basement, which was Brown's first return to the playoffs after 18 years. "Obviously, it's the same now as it was last year, it's not very cool." Stefansky said on Thursday.
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