Bills Covid List: Players and coaches

[YoloinOhio]

current state - will try to keep updated with date they went on list and vax status if known, as guys go on and come off 

Players —

unvaxxed

Cole Beasley 12/21 - will likely be back for Atlanta 

Gabe Davis 12/24 - will be out for Atlanta, likely back for Jets 

 

vaxxed 

Jon Feliciano 12/19

 

Not sure

cody Ford 12/24

Quintin Morris 12/22

AJ Epenesa 12/20

Mike Love 12/20

Tre White (season-ending IR) 12/24

Cam Lewis 12/27

 

Coaches (vax required)

ST coordinator Heath Farwell 12/24

DL coach Eric Washington 12/24

 

Reminder:

unvaxxed - on the list for 10 days

 

Vaxxed - vaccinated player who is asymptomatic after testing positive for the virus can return to team activities with two negative tests that may be taken concurrently as soon as the next day.

 

Note- anyone who had already been on the list this season, quarantined, and tested out (I.e. Trubisky, Dawkins, Star, Klein, etc) are out of the testing pool for 90 days following their first positive test 

https://www.cbs42.com/news/health/coronavirus/nfl-and-players-agree-to-new-covid-protocols-amid-flood-of-positive-tests/amp/

Edited December 27, 2021 by YoloinOhio

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

You forgot John Hart! or was he cut again?

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

 

 

This list is changing faster than the undrafted rookie list every April!

[YoloinOhio]

1 minute ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

You forgot John Hart! or was he cut again?

He’s off the list as of today 

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

He’s off the list as of today 

 

OK so he must be vaxxed.

 

Probably a smart move for unsigned players to be vaxxed as better chance a team signs them

[WotAGuy]

My doctor told me I could test positive for up to three months after having Covid. I wonder how many of these vaxed guys with Covid are actually testing negative twice in a row afterwards.  
 

Is there the same 10-day waiting period if they continue to test positive?

Edited December 24, 2021 by WotAGuy

[transplantbillsfan]

Thank you. This should be pinned.

 

The next 2 mornings are going to be full of anxiety for me hoping and praying Josh stays off this list.

[Nextmanup]

This is just the beginning with this, and it certainly won't be limited to the Bills.

The SB champion will be largely decided by great luck with COVID this year.

 

Without it, there's no way any team will win it all.

 

 

[transplantbillsfan]

17 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

current state - will try to keep updated with date they went on list and vac status of known, as guys go on and come off 

Players —

unvaxxed

Cole Beasley 12/21 - will be out for NE and likely be back for Atlanta 

Gabe Davis 12/24 - will be out for NE and Atlanta 

 

vaxxed 

Jon Feliciano 12/19

Dion Dawkins 12/17

 

Not sure

cody Ford 12/24

Quintin Morris 12/22

AJ Epenesa 12/20

Mike Love 12/20

 

Coaches (vax required)

ST coordinator Heath Farwell 12/24

DL coach Eric Washington 12/24

 

Reminder:

unvaxxed - on the list for 10 days

 

Vaxxed - vaccinated player who is asymptomatic after testing positive for the virus can return to team activities with two negative tests that may be taken concurrently as soon as the next day.

 

Are we sure Davis is still unvaxxed?

[JoPoy88]

5 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

 

Are we sure Davis is still unvaxxed?

That’s what’s being reported by national NFL media today. They could be wrong, but I doubt it.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

19 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

My doctor told me I could test positive for up to three months after having Covid. I wonder how many of these vaxed guys with Covid are actually testing negative twice in a row afterwards.  
 

Is there the same 10-day waiting period if they continue to test positive?

I asked this in another thread and apparently there’s some threshold number that comes back with your test and if you are under that amount the nfl considers the test negative 

13 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

This is just the beginning with this, and it certainly won't be limited to the Bills.

The SB champion will be largely decided by great luck with COVID this year.

 

Without it, there's no way any team will win it all.

 

 

Great luck with what random vaccinated players the nfl decides to test lol I think everyone is getting this one…if one guy on the team has it most of the team probably does.  They really should come out and say ‘we’re only focusing on symptomatic cases’ or postpone this season honestly this whole singling out random people system doesn’t make any sense 

Edited December 24, 2021 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[YoloinOhio]

48 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

 

Are we sure Davis is still unvaxxed?

 

[Bleedbuffaloblue]

Thanks for the info. Not certain, but didn’t they recently change the rule so vaxxed players who tested positive and were asymptomatic could return after just one negative test? Also I think vaxxed players who were sympathetic could be cleared following a negative test following 24 hours of being symptom free.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Bleedbuffaloblue
Added info.

[YoloinOhio]

21 minutes ago, Bleedbuffaloblue said:

Thanks for the info. Not certain, but didn’t they recently change the rule so vaxxed players who tested positive and were asymptomatic could return after just one negative test? Also I think vaxxed players who were sympathetic could be cleared following a negative test following 24 hours of being symptom free.

Quote

Under the previous protocols, a vaccinated individual who tests positive for COVID-19 has to produce two negative tests 24 hours apart before being cleared to return. The new protocols relax that requirement and could enable teams such as the Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams and Washington Football Team to get some players back for this weekend's games.

In creating the new return-to-play protocols, the NFL and NFLPA focused on a new metric that measures the viral load of a player, known as the "cycle threshold" (CT). In essence, the CT value can measure whether a player is still contagious, even if in some cases he would still test positive on a traditional test.

That testing can begin as soon as one day after the initial positive and could significantly shorten the amount of time a vaccinated player spends away from the team facility.

There are now three ways for a vaccinated player to return under the new protocols:

• Two PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests that are either negative or produce a CT value of 35 or greater.

• One PCR test that is either negative or produces a CT value of 35 or greater, and a negative Mesa test result taken with 24 hours of the PCR test. (Mesa tests usually return results in less than an hour.)

• Two negative Mesa tests.

According to NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills, previous NFL test analysis has shown that players with CT values at the level of 35 or higher do not transmit COVID-19 and thus would not be contagious.

 

Link won’t embed but this is ESPN.com

Edited December 24, 2021 by YoloinOhio

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

1 hour ago, WotAGuy said:

My doctor told me I could test positive for up to three months after having Covid. I wonder how many of these vaxed guys with Covid are actually testing negative twice in a row afterwards.  
 

Is there the same 10-day waiting period if they continue to test positive?

 

Recall after the Aaron Rodgers saga him bringing up that once he was positive, he'll no longer be tested for the next three months.  He brought this up in the context of "See I told you the NFL rules are stupid"

[frostbitmic]

Question : Is it known whether the players are testing positive for Delta still or is it now all Omicron ?

 

I ask this because the Delta variant was still deadly and or debilitating while the Omicron so far has seemed to be less problematic.

[chaccof]

Tried to find the Patriots Covid list but no luck.  Anyone have that?  Or are they Covid free?

[Nextmanup]

3 minutes ago, chaccof said:

Tried to find the Patriots Covid list but no luck.  Anyone have that?  Or are they Covid free?

This is from Tuesday, so it may well not be up to date info. now:

 

The Patriots placed four players on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, wide receiver Kendrick Bourne, and linebackers Harvey Langi, Cameron McGrone, and Ronnie Perkins.

 

They join Patriots tight end Dalton Keene and guard Yasir Durant on a growing designation.

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/4-patriots-placed-covid-19-194133253.html

[YoloinOhio]

 

[HalftimeAdjustment]

57 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

Well, that sucks. Recovery from ACL surgery isn't fun in the first place. Adding Covid symptoms to the mix will make it worse. Best wishes to him.