An NFL executive estimated to NBC Sports' Peter King that 250 players would miss their upcoming Week 16 games if the league didn't alter its COVID-19 testing policies.
A league memo sent out Saturday confirmed "fully vaccinated, asymptomatic individuals will no longer be subject to weekly testing," though they would need to pass "stringent symptom screening" in order to enter the team facility, per Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.
"Maybe it will turn out that vaccinated players with Omicron will transmit the virus in practice or in games," Dr. Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer, told King.