New England Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty, set to enter his 12th year in the NFL, has expressed concern whether the league will be able to complete a 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic .
The first batch of Patriots players are expected to report to the team’s facilities for coronavirus testing on Monday, and on the eve of his arrival, McCourty has explained why he is not optimistic.
“I’m not going to lie, for me as a player I go on social media and it makes me very nervous to think that there will be a season,” he said on Sunday night on his “Double” podcast Coverage “with his brother. , Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty.
“Because I’ve seen guys post a video in a nightclub, and it’s just like, ‘Yo, we’re trying to play soccer. It’s not going to be OK. “You see guys training in one town on a Monday, training in another town on Tuesday, and another town next week, and it’s like, ‘Dang, if they work here, here and here it means you have to travel and you meet so many people. Or you see a guy posting pictures and there are hundreds of them [people], be it anywhere. So for me, it’s scary. “
McCourty, 32, said on the podcast that it wasn’t in his nature to be negative. His remarks came before news broke that the Miami Marlins’ home opener against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night was postponed as cases of coronavirus continue to emerge in the squad.
Major League Baseball, like the NFL, attempts to end a season outside of a bubble environment.
“These are the things that make me nervous to say, ‘Are we going to be able to have a whole season? “Because of little things like that that go a long way … it just takes one person who tests positive, you walk into the building, and this thing will go wild like wildfire,” McCourty said.
McCourty entered the NFL as the Tennessee Titans’ sixth round pick in 2009. He has played for the Titans (2009-2016), Cleveland Browns (2017) and Patriots (2018-present).
He played football at Rutgers, who over the weekend shut down all team activity in person and quarantined the entire football program after six more positive tests were announced for COVID- 19 Saturday.
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