The Detroit Lions announced earlier this week that quarterback Matthew Stafford had been placed on their Reserve/COVID-19 list. The good news is that he hadn’t contracted the illness, but was in close contact with someone who had.
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Subsequent tests have turned out negative results, and he was activated off of the list on Saturday.
However, there’s one last hurdle that must be overcome for No. 9 to officially be cleared to play Sunday afternoon against the Minnesota Vikings. According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Stafford’s COVID-19 test from Saturday morning still needs to come back negative on Sunday morning:
Should the test come back negative, he’ll be good to go. If for whatever reason it doesn’t, Lions backup quarterback Chase Daniel would start in his place.
