Despite 22 Corona cases on the team, the New Orleans Saints had to play the game against the Miami Dolphins as planned. General manager Mickey Loomis is now taking sharp shots at the NFL after the expected loss.

Munich – Corona will remain a constant in the NFL in the 2021 season.

After several major outbreaks in different teams, individual games have already been rescheduled this season. However, the fact that there are no uniform rules on when exactly games can be rescheduled is particularly annoying for the New Orleans Saints.

No rescheduling despite 22 players on Covid list

“If we’d had seven or eight cases, it wouldn’t have been a problem,” Saints GM Mickey Loomis grumbled after the significant loss to the Miami Dolphins. Because quarterbacks Taysom Hill and Trevor Siemian, among others, were unable to play, Ian Book, an inexperienced rookie, had to make his NFL debut unexpectedly.

“However, when you have 18 cases on the team and four on the practice squad, it’s just too much. It wasn’t fair to our players. And certainly not to the fans,” Loomis rumbled on “WWL Radio. “

So the Saints see themselves at a disadvantage primarily because when other teams had major outbursts, the NFL reacted more quickly. To give players more time to submit a negative coronatest, games involving the Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams and Washington football team were moved up a game day early from Sunday to Monday and Tuesday, respectively.

“I don’t understand the logic behind it. After all, these decisions are made at the top. We were told pretty quickly that we had to play under any circumstances. That was the whole solution. Along the lines of, obviously we can think it’s stupid, but it wouldn’t change anything,” Loomis further stated.

NFL adjusts Corona rules

Meanwhile, it is unrealistic to expect a similar case to arise during the course of the season. After adjusting the Corona protocols, players now only have to be quarantined for five days after a positive test and no longer have to prove a negative test.

The fact that this decision was made only a few days after the Saints’ defeat should only make Loomis and. Co are only marginally happier.