The Bears closed the halls hall and all of their players tested positive for COVID-19 after learning of it on Thursday morning.
After video meetings during the day, the team entered a holding pattern in the evening, waiting for the NFL to test positive and complete the contact tracing process.
“I hate putting a timeline on it because I don’t know the answer, but we hope we have more clarity tonight about more details about where we are with our team and our players.” Coach Matt Nagy told reporters late Thursday evening. “Once we know that, then we can go ahead and decide by tomorrow, what are our plans for meetings? What are our plans for practice? And I’m sure the league will recommend to us when they are present. Will report it. This step. “
At this stage, it is not clear how positively the COVID-19 test will affect Sunday’s game between the Bears and the Titans in Tennessee. The Bears, of course, hope to practice on Friday, but they must first get more information from the NFL.
“I don’t know yet,” Nagy said. “We hope we can. I hope we’ll have to wait for a phone call this evening, and our players will be informed to keep an eye on their phone for the possibility of a meeting. We’ll contact them tonight. Again, we’re just waiting for answers. That’s all we can do. “
On Tuesday, the Bears put offensive linemen German Ephedi and Jason Sprigs on the reserve / COVID-19 list and placed Bobby Messi on the right side of the injured reserve, where he joined left-back James Daniels and ran after Tariq Cohen. If the Bears had actually practiced on Thursday, six players would not have been able to participate and three would have been limited. In 2020, the mantra is clearly not only “next-man-up”, but “all-hands-on no-deck”.
“We told the little boys, some of the boys in the practice squad, we were telling them all year round, this is one of those years that you have to be better prepared,” Nagy said. “You know your plays better and you’re ready to step in better because you’ll get a chance.”
Nagy declined to disclose how many players and coaches could have Ga contacts with the player who tested positive, but the coach said he was not one of them.
Halas closed the hall on Thursday morning immediately after the Bears reported a positive test. Defensive coordinator Chuck Pegano was in the middle of a zoom interview with reporters when he was informed that he had to end the call abruptly.
“It has a process and it’s kind of [the NFL is] Now, “Nagy said.” We want to let them do it, and while they’re doing it, we want to make sure, ‘Hey, it’s done, let’s go ahead and walk, let’s meet now at home, make sure everyone is well, Get the deepest purity of the building, and be able to continue as long as we stay until we get more answers about where we stand and then we can hope to get answers tonight and know what will happen tomorrow Is. ‘
Nagy praised Beer for handling Kovid-19-related issues, an effort made by athletic trainer Andre Tucker, who has doubled down as the organisation’s infection control officer. It is a condition that the NFLA has made it mandatory for every franchisee to coordinate all coronavirus issues.
In his role as Bear’s ICO, Tucker is responsible for the CVC-19 screening protocol, ensuring that the cleaning and disinfection program in Halas Hall meets CDC and ICS guidelines and is the best building indicator regarding health policies and Covid-19. Practices such as preventing and guiding the spread of germs for those who experience symptoms such as viruses.
“Andre Tucker has done a wonderful job with this process,” Nagy said. “I think he needs to focus on how well he’s handling this. It can be stressful, but he’s doing it all so that it doesn’t become stressful for all of us.”
Since the epidemic began, Nagy has repeatedly emphasized the importance of constant communication in the organization.
“That word‘ faith ’is huge right now, I really believe that,” Nagy said. “When you get news like this, whether it’s in the middle of the night or early in the morning or whenever it’s daytime, immediately there are 150 people in our building who want to know a lot of answers.
“I think the biggest thing everyone in our organization will learn is that we always put their health and safety first, always first. We have a thoughtful thought plan. The best part about our crew, and just working with Ryan. To do [Pace] And Andre and Andre are doing a lot every day – he just stays quiet. Just don’t panic, all the stuff, all the phone calls and inquiries and not beating with this and that. You just stay calm and you work through it and you stay positive. That’s what we did. “
