In this Thursday’s NFL news: Player Injured Update Heading into Super Bowl LV; the Eagles start getting calls asking for QB Carson Wentz and more.
Brown and Winfield Jr. practically ready for the SB LV
Good situation for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL news. WR Antonio Brown and SS Antoine Winfield Jr., who missed the NFC Championship Game against the Packers through injury, trained on a limited basis this week and are practically ready to play in Super Bowl LV. Elements to aid offense and defense in the team directed by Bruce Arians.
Antonio Brown, Antoine Winfield Jr. limited in Buccaneers practice, trending toward playing in Super Bowl LVhttps://t.co/onGeoDVjeA pic.twitter.com/UJb1un092s
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) February 3, 2021
Watkins will be available in the SB LV for the Chiefs
On the other hand, the Kansas City Chiefs would also recover an important piece on offense. WR Sammy Watkins, who has been absent since Week 16 with a calf injury, will be ready to play in Super Bowl LV. He will join WR Tyreek Hill, Mecole Hardman and TE Travis Kelce in the offense of the AFC draw, with WR Demarcus Robinson waiting to show negative results the rest of the week to play.
From Super Bowl Live: #Chiefs WR Sammy Watkins, one of their best weapons when healthy, should be able to play Sunday, while we also took a look at what’s next for one of the teams — the #Panthers — who didn’t get Matthew Stafford. pic.twitter.com/argKEaC6Rr
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 3, 2021
Eagles get calls asking about Wentz
The quarterback carousel around the NFL doesn’t stop. The Philadelphia Eagles begin to receive calls asking for QB Carson Wentz, who at the close of the 2020 Season was benched in favor of QB Jalen Hurts. The NFC East squad has no plans to trade the pitcher, however, they have been listening to the offers for him.
The #Eagles are getting trade calls centered around QB Carson Wentz. And while Philly doesn’t plan to deal him, they haven’t hung up the phone, either.
My story with @MikeGarafolo: https://t.co/gxyA0Rd8qT
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 4, 2021
Gruden is accused of manipulation
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden was charged with manipulation by an NFL General Manager after his conversation with CB Richard Sherman on Cris Collinsworth’s podcast. The defender will become a free agent in March and the coach told him that the AFC West side is looking for a veteran in their secondary for next season.
The NFL has in its regulations that from the week in which Free Agency begins, contact between team members can be made with free agents, before not. That is why Gruden is accused of manipulation.
An NFL GM called Jon Gruden’s comments recruiting Richard Sherman to the Raiders “blatant tampering.”
The league declined comment https://t.co/uQJJWzHKFG pic.twitter.com/ies1WieUi5
— Raiders on NBCS (@NBCSRaiders) February 3, 2021
Sills presents numbers on COVID-19 in the 2020 NFL
NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills presented the final results on COVID-19 and its relationship with the league heading into Super Bowl LV, which began on August 1, 2020:
- 262 cases among players
- 463 cases among staff
- 0.08% of positive cases in the season
“We felt the equipment facilities were in the safest locations possible,” Sills added to the results presented.
Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL chief medical officer, with final (pre-Super Bowl) COVID stats since Aug. 1:
262 cases among players
463 cases among other personnel
0.08% positivity rate“We feel that our club facilities truly were some of the safest possible locations.”
– Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 3, 2021
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