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No Green Bay Packers deemed close contacts after OT Jared Veldheer tests positive for COVID-19, source says

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Two days after arriving in Green Bay, veteran offensive tackle Jared Veldheer was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list.

Veldheer tested positive for COVID-19, a source told ESPN's Field Yates. But the good news for the top-seeded Packers as they prepare for Saturday's NFC divisional-round playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams is that the standard contact tracing investigation did not deem any other players as close contacts, a source told ESPN.

The next step, however, is to wait out each day of daily COVID tests before their playoff opener to make sure there are no more positive tests.