SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – SEPTEMBER 27: Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones (L) and executive vice president Stephen Jones look on before their game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on September 27, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
The Dallas Cowboys will be prepping for a wave of COVID-19 related cases.
Sitting at 2-7, the Dallas Cowboys look to be out of the playoff race in the NFC. The one battle they still could try to win is the one against COVID-19.
As the country is set to experience a surge in cases entering the winter month, Dallas will be ready if they become a hot spot. The Cowboys staff is going above and beyond to make sure their players and fellow employees remain safe when entering “The Star” moving forward.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently spoke on 105.3 The Fan about the precautions going into effect following their bye week. Let’s just say Jones is sparing zero expense to make sure those under his employment will be safe for kickoff every Sunday.
“We’re going in a more intense way, and we’re having our coaches restrict their activities away from the field and restrict their contacts away from the field,” Jones told the station. “We’re having all staff that touch a player do that. That’s in addition to what the NFL is doing.”
Can the team fight COVID better than they can their opponents?
Dallas took their bye week to prepare mentally instead of physically. With the Steelers seeing positive testing, the team elected to learn via Zoom than on the practice field. According to reports from ESPN’s Todd Archer, the organization is further isolating themselves by having coaches and staff members stay at the Omni Hotel at The Star.
The biggest question now will be if attendance will diminish. Against the Steelers, AT&T Stadium hosted over 31,000 fans in attendance. The state of Texas could be a spot that sees a spike in the coming weeks, the Stadium could be empty moving into the final month of the season.
As painful as it would be for Cowboys’ fans to watch games only at home, it could be for the best. Not only will they be safe, but they won’t have to watch the putrid roster embarrass themselves in person for the remainder of the year. Sounds like a win there, right?