NFL rumors: Lions’ Darrell Bevell will miss Saturday’s game amid COVID-19; 1st coach to miss game because of coronavirus
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Detroit Lions interim head coach Darrell Bevell will miss Saturday s game vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers because of the coronavirus.AP
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It took 16 weeks for an NFL head coach to miss a game because of COVID-19.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports “Lions interim coach Darrell Bevell, deemed a high-risk close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19, won’t coach this Saturday vs the #Bucs, sources say. The first head coach to miss a game due to COVID protocols this season. WR coach Robert Prince will fill in for Bevell on game day, source said. QB coach Sean Ryan will call offensive plays.”
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Robert Prince to serve as Lions’ interim interim head coach after Darrell Bevell ruled out
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Detroit Lions wide receiver Danny Amendola (80) runs a drill against wide receivers coach Robert Prince during their training camp practice at their team headquarters in Allen Park, Michigan, on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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ALLEN PARK The Detroit Lions are going to need an interim head coach for their interim head coach. What a year.
Darrell Bevell has been ruled out for Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after coming into close contact with an infected person, according to ESPN. He is currently in quarantine in a hotel room near the team facility and will not be eligible to rejoin Detroit until the season finale against the Minnesota Vikings. Bevell said on Wednesday he has not tested positive for the virus and remains healthy.
Virus-hit Lions coach to miss game with Brady s Bucs
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Detroit Lions interim head coach Darrell Bevell will miss Saturday s game against Tampa Bay, becoming the NFL season s first head coach sidelined from a contest by the Covid-19 virus.
The Lions announced on Thursday Bevell and four defensive assistants will not coach against the Tom Brady-led Buccanneers, who at 9-5 would clinch a playoff berth with a victory.
Bevell, who had been the Lions offensive coordinator, was moved into the temporary head coaching role last month when the club fired Matt Patricia.
The Lions are 5-9 overall and 1-2 under Bevell, who was considered a high-risk close contact of someone who tested positive for Covid-19.
The NFL has rescheduled games all season because of COVID issues. They said no to the Lions.
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Detroit Lions head coach Darrell Bevell throws during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP
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ALLEN PARK The NFL has adjusted its schedule for all kinds of teams dealing with all kinds of COVID issues this season. They pushed one game all the way to 3:40 p.m. on a Wednesday to help accommodate the Baltimore Ravens.
But when much of the Detroit Lions’ coaching staff was sidelined by COVID close contacts this week and they asked the NFL to do the same for them, the league said no.
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