NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Friday evening that New Orleans Saints backup center Will Clapp tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out for Sunday’s Divisional Round matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Saints immediately went through contact tracing protocol and found no high-risk close contacts near Clapp; Pelissero added Saturday morning that no playoff teams received additional positive test results, meaning New Orleans appears to have avoided an outbreak.
That’s a different scenario from where they were just two weeks ago, when star running back Alvin Kamara tested positive for the coronavirus and sidelined the entire running backs corps as high-risk close contacts.