Although there haven’t been any actual practices yet, or any other on field work, it’s nevertheless encouraging that as of Saturday, only 22 NFL players were on teams’ collective reserve/COVID-19 list. With more than 2,500 players currently on NFL rosters, that number translates to less than one percent.
Perhaps even more encouraging is that one of the Miami Dolphins’ most significant offseason acquisitions, presumed starter at left guard Ereck Flowers, has been taken off the team’s quarantine list. Although players who have either tested positive for the virus, or, more likely, tested positive for the antibodies that indicate they’ve already beaten the virus, are placed on the list, as well as players who have been in close contact with a player who tested positive, the fact that Flowers has returned so quickly is a pretty good indication that he probably never had it to begin with.