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Veteran tight end Adam Shaheen lands on Miami Dolphins' COVID-19 reserve list, won't let NFL 'strong-arm me' to vaccinate

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins tight end Adam Shaheen says contact tracing landed him on the COVID-19 reserve list, and he has no intention to get vaccinated.

"For me, it's a personal choice, and it's bigger than just COVID," Shaheen said Saturday. "The NFL is trying to push it. ... I'm going to continue to go through the protocols of the unvaccinated that they make me do. I'm not going to get fined.

"But they're not going to strong-arm me into doing something for more freedom when this is such a changing atmosphere, and they're already taking away freedoms of the unvaccinated guys.