Seahawks players wearing masks while preparing for the 2020 season
The classic @DangeRussWilson ➡ @TDLockett12 connection. 🤗 pic.twitter.com/QwttAIKfGV
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) August 4, 2020
The Seattle Seahawks are wearing masks at their team headquarters in Renton while practicing for the 2020 NFL season.
The team’s official Twitter account has documented this, showcasing the events taking place on the practice field and in the facility.
Washington state governor Jay Inslee took notice and praised the organization while encouraging the state’s residents to wear masks whenever possible to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has been raging for months and has spurred the NFL to conduct daily testing on players.
The @Seahawks – putting in work in masks.
Because masks work. #MaskUpWA https://t.co/I0sjsMaPG1
— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) August 10, 2020
With over 5 million cases of the virus reported in the United States, coach Pete Carroll stressed that teams around the league should take the situation seriously.
“This is a very treacherous thing that everybody is dealing with,” Carroll said in his virtual press conference last week., “and we have to have good fortune along the way, as well as great discipline.”
Wide receiver John Ursua became the first Seahawks player to be put on the Reserve/COVID-19 list and has now tested negative for the virus, but he will need to continue to comply with daily testing and receive negative results multiple times before he can return to team activities.
The Seahawks and all other NFL teams face a precarious situation as they try to avoid COVID-19 while preparing for the 2020 season.
