According to reports, the re-test of New Orleans Saints FB Michael Burton has come back negative, which means Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions will take place.
Let’s go!
Good news for the Saints: I'm told the re-test of the player who tested positive came back negative along with a negative rapid test. The rapid tests they did of the other players also came back negative.
— Katherine Terrell (@Kat_Terrell) October 4, 2020
The Saints have had four players get false positives, including players that had the antibodies. Sidenote: We also don't know if this particular player had the antibodies so what we thought and what the team thought might've been very different last night https://t.co/ouyQkhTo4W
— Katherine Terrell (@Kat_Terrell) October 4, 2020
Just before midnight on Saturday, news broke that a New Orleans Saints player, who had been on the team flight to Detroit, had tested positive for COVID-19. That player was later reported to be former Detroit Lions FB, Michael Burton.
Following the positive test result, Burton was re-tested to see if the initial result was a false-positive, and according to reports, it was!
Play ball!