On November 14th, the Buffalo Bills placed unvaccinated defensive tackle Star Lotulelei on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. He was activated off the list two weeks later, but Bills general manager Brandon Beane made some interesting comments in his post-season press conference about the big man.
Beane told reporters on Wednesday that Lotulelei “was never the same force” after he contracted COVID-19. Prior to that, Beane praised Lotulelei’s play.
Lotulelei came back in Week 13’s game against the New England Patriots and played more than 47% of the team’s snaps as he had done in every game except Week 2 (when he was recovering from a preseason injury that kept him out of Week 1).