The NFL dealt with an unexpected problem late on a standard Monday: The most positive COVID tests since the start of the pandemic. 37 players and personnel were positive, including at least one with the Omicron variant. That news is a bit alarming as that is not only a high number of players positive (with some missing games, including multiple starters tonight for Monday Night Football), but NFL tests typically go up and down with the general population’s positivity rate.
Whether these positive tests are related to the more-contagious but (so far) less-dangerous Omicron variant, or part of a post-Thanksigiving, winter-time bump is unknown.