New England Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty, ready to enter his 12th year in the NFL, expressed concern about whether the league will be able to complete a 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Patriots’ first group of players is slated to perform at the team’s facilities on Monday for coronavirus testing, and on the eve of their arrival, McCourty explained why he is not optimistic.
“I am not going to lie, for me as a partner, I go to social networks and it makes me very nervous to think that there will be a season,” he said Sunday night on his “Double coverage” podcast with his brother. Defensive Patriots Devin McCourty.
“Because I’ve seen guys posting a video in a nightclub, and it’s like, ‘Me, we’re trying to play soccer. That’s not going to be okay.’ You see guys working in one city on a Monday, working in another city one Tuesday and in another city next week, and it’s like, ‘Dang, if they’re working here, here and here, that means you have to travel and you meet a lot of people.’ Or you see a guy posting photos and there are hundreds of [people], either anywhere. So for me it’s stressful. “
McCourty, 32, shared on the podcast that it is not in his nature to be negative. His comments came before news came out that the Miami Marlins’ opening game against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night was postponed as coronavirus cases continue to appear among the team.
Major League Baseball, like the NFL, is trying to complete a season out of a bubble environment.
“Those are the things that make me nervous to say, ‘Are we going to be able to have a full season?’ Because of little things like that going a long way … it only takes one person with a positive result, you walk into the building and that thing will spread like a wildfire, “McCourty said.
McCourty entered the NFL as a sixth-round draft pick for the Tennessee Titans in 2009. He played for the Titans (2009-2016), the Cleveland Browns (2017), and the Patriots (2018-present).
He played soccer at Rutgers, which over the weekend stopped all team activities in person and quarantined the entire soccer program after six additional positive tests were announced for COVID-19 on Saturday.
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