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On Wednesday, ESPN’s Adam Schaefer reported that Patriots Cornbach Stefan Gilmore Had dinner On Friday night the Patriots quarterback with Cam Newton, a nasal swab that eventually tested positive for COVID-19 was collected from Newton. On Thursday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked if the team knew about this before traveling to Kansas City for Monday’s game against the Chiefs.
“[A]All information and all matters relating to testing and contact, we end up with medical people, medical people of the league and [we] “Followed protocol,” Belichick told reporters. “I think we did everything we could to control it. I think we’ve done everything right with extra planes, extra buses, same day trips, At Setera, At Setera. There are many things we can list there. In terms of a lot of specific questions, I would say they all throw in the general medical field. “
Asked if the team knew about the Newton-Gilmore dinner, Belichick was just as reluctant.
“We all followed the NFL protocol,” Belichick said.
While the protocols may have been technically adhered to, the Patriots had reason to believe that Gilmore was more likely to test positive than others, given Newton’s exposure period. Then Newton sampled the positive test. Some would say that Gilmore should be out of all activities until the incubation period ends without a positive test.
Regardless, Gilmore went to Kansas City. Ga flew into the plane with people in close contact with Newton. He was on the field during the game. He spoke with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahoms, who was very close after the game. All the while Tim and Gilmore knew that the virus was quite percolating in their bodies with days of expiration period once the negative tests suddenly became positive.
Which, apparently, did it.
