BALTIMORE – Davis Bryant surprised Ravens wide receiver Dez Bryan to announce that he tested positive for COVID-19 just 30 minutes before his expected reunion with the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday night.
Bryant posted on Twitter, “Tell me why they pull me hot so I can test.” “… I tested positive for Kovid.
“The crazy thing is that I have the same threatening rule. … This s — I don’t make sense.”
According to the NFL, Bryant’s polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on Tuesday morning was undecided as the test was reconstructed. The results came back Tuesday evening because the lab is in Maryland.
Subsequent point-contact f-contact PCR testing at the stadium was positive, and Bryant was eliminated, according to NFL protocol.
According to the Bryant League protocol, its two undecided tests, such as whether it should be considered positive, and despite the fact that it should “be subject to other requirements and procedures of a positive test”, entered the arena for pregm warm-ups. “
A source told ESPN that Bryant was already on the field when the league found the results of its tests to be inconclusive.
Immediately after being pulled from a field, Bryant sat down for contact tracing interviews with officials from the League and NFL Players Association, who also uploaded data from a movement tracing device Bryant wore, a source told ESPN. According to sources, based on the results of the interview and the device, the officers were confident that there were no high-risk contacts.
According to the league’s COVID-19 policy, close contact does not include brief interactions, such as walking past someone.
Each of the other players on both teams tested negative on Tuesday.
The NFL and NFLP are not concerned about close contacts with Bryant, sources told ESPN, as Ravens has been operating under very strict protocol for the past two weeks, effectively eliminating the possibility of close contacts.
Shortly after Bryant’s initial tweet, Ravens announced that Bryant was itching due to illness.
Bryant was out on the field about two hours before the kickoff, catching a pass from backup quarterback Trace Maxorley. He crossed his arms for his signature “X” before heading into the tunnel in the locker room.
Bryant did not always wear a face covering.
Bryant was significantly absent when Baltimore kept his full-team inspiration. In his initial series of tweets in which he announced his positive test, Bryant said he would not be returning this season, but he wrote in a subsequent tweet, “Yes I’m coming back … I’m smart.”
Two years ago Bryant was preparing to play the role of Cowboy for the first time, since Dallas cut him off two years ago. Days before the game, Bryant said it remains “an exciting moment” for the team to play, with whom he spent eight seasons and caught a franchise-record touch 73 touchdown pass.
He has become the first Ravens player to test positive in a week. Ravens was the only major outbreak of professional sports, with more than a dozen players testing positive in the 10-day stretch.
After joining the Ravens’ practice team on October 27, Bryant was signed to the active roster four weeks later. In three games, Bryant’s NFL’s 31st-ranked pass attack didn’t have much of an impact, with four catches for 28 yards.
ESPN’s Todd Archer and Dan Graziano contributed to this report.
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