Dallas Cowboys add 2 more players to COVID-19 list; 1 player returns to practice
Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Connor Williams and safety Damontae Kazee were added to the team’s COVID-19 list on Wednesday.
The Cowboys have five players and defensive coordinator Dan Quinn unavailable because of the coronavirus. Three of the players are safeties.
“We’re in the contact tracing mode,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “We’re working through that. We take it very seriously and are looking at alterations to our schedules and making sure our meeting places are the best they can be. We will start to alter our schedule starting tomorrow.”
Four of the players have tested positive, including Williams and Kazee. The other two came in contact with COVID.
Only six Cowboys players were not vaccinated as of Saturday. The Cowboys coaching staff is 100% vaccinated.
“It’s kind of weird and scary,” running back Ezekiel Elliott said. “It’s scary to me that you can get the vaccine and still catch COVID. It just shows that we can’t let our guard down. COVID is still real. We have to make sure we’re protecting ourselves and our families and each other when we’re away from here.”
The other Cowboys players on the COVID list are defensive tackle Carlos Watkins, receiver CeeDee Lamb, safety Malik Hooker. Safety Israel Mukuamu, who had been in the COVID protocol, returned to action Wednesday.
“Everybody’s status is different based on the level of testing,” McCarthy said. “I mean there’s so many variables to this. I just operate on a day-by-day [basis] and make sure everybody’s getting the support that they need.”
This story was originally published August 25, 2021 at 11:49 AM.
