Just over a week ago, news broke that the Detroit Lions had placed Matthew Stafford on the Reserve/COVID-19 list.
As we now know, Stafford did indeed test positive for COVID-19, a result that was eventually proven to be a false-positive test.
On Tuesday, Stafford spoke to reporters for the first time since the news came out and he said he is glad it happened when it did.
“I’m glad that it happened to me at this point and the league is doing what they can to try and change and make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Stafford also said that there was some fear but he felt much better after testing negative.
“Some fear” when he first got his test results knowing how much he’s around his kids. Felt better when everyone got tested and the tests came back negative but said about catching the virus, “It can happen to anybody.”
Matthew Stafford met with the media for the first time in months, following a scary false-positve COVID-19 test.
Here's his explanation of what happened.
"It's scary, it can happen to anyone." pic.twitter.com/G6ieONK2YQ
— Justin Rose (@JRoseDet) August 11, 2020
Matthew Stafford on his COVID scare: I'm glad that it happened to me at this point and the league is doing what they can to try and change and make sure it doesn't happen again.
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) August 11, 2020
Stafford said there was "some fear" when he first got his test results knowing how much he's around his kids. Felt better when everyone got tested and the tests came back negative but said about catching the virus, "It can happen to anybody."
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) August 11, 2020
Matthew was much nicer than his wife Kelly was about the false-positive test. But to be fair, I would be pretty darn upset if my family was in the same situation.
KELLY STAFFORD DROPS BOMB ON NFL AFTER DETROIT LIONS REVEAL MATTHEW’S ‘FALSE-POSITIVE’ COVID-19 TEST
On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions announced that quarterback Matthew Stafford has been taken off the COVID-IR list, explaining that he actually had a false-positive test last week that led to the original designation.
Following the news, Stafford’s wife Kelly took to Instagram to vent about her extreme frustrations regarding the false-positive result and how it had impacted her, her husband, and her kids.
Kelly noted that since Matthew was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, she has been told her kids cannot attend their school, she has been approached in a grocery store and told she was “endangering others,” and her kids were even kicked off a playground.
Kelly specifically blames the NFL “for not holding themselves accountable.”
Go get them, Kelly!
To see Kelly’s post, please click on the link below.
Kelly Stafford drops bomb on NFL after Detroit Lions reveal Matthew’s ‘False-Positive’ COVID-19 test
