The Detroit Lions removed Matthew Stafford from the COVID-IR list, saying he received a false-positive test result — and drawing the ire of …
The Detroit Lions removed Matthew Stafford from the COVID-IR list, saying he received a false-positive test result — and drawing the ire of the quarterback’s wife toward the NFL. The list was created for players who either test positive for COVID-19 or have been in close contact with an infected person. Stafford was listed on it Saturday, but the team said Tuesday his testing sequence for the pre-entry period was: negative, false positive — then the next three tests were all negative. “To be clear, Matthew does NOT have COVID-19 and never has had COVID-19 and the test in question was a False-Positive,” the team said in a statement.
