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NFL Expects Players to Miss Practices Before Positive COVID-19 Test

NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said the league will hold players out of practice if they exhibit symptoms of COVID-19, even before a positive test is registered.

Sills noted that players and coaches will have to miss practice and potentially games due to common symptoms of COVID-19, which often match those commonly seen during flu season.

"Because there's so much overlap [in symptoms], we have to assume it could be COVID," Sills said on a conference call with the media. "I think we'll see that happening more and more frequently."

Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr.