It sure sounds like they are pulling out all the stops to keep healthy. Gotta like that.
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Chicago Bears inside linebacker Danny Trevathan considered taking the NFL’s opt-out offer this season.
Trevathan’s fiancée — his “backbone,” he said — has chronic asthma and allergies, and he also has two young children he worries about during the COVID-19 pandemic. He put “hard thought” into his decision.
“(Opting out) is going in your mind because you were hearing so many different things about the virus,” Trevathan said on a call Friday. “They start talking about the effects of it and all this and that. … I took it into consideration just because of her and her sacrifice and how important family is and how important she is to me.”
When Trevathan toured Halas Hall for the first time this summer, he thought the Bears did a good job handling the safety protocols to protect against the spread of coronavirus. That helped him feel like he made the right decision to play his ninth season in the NFL and fifth with the Bears.
“We have to govern ourselves,” Trevathan said. “Everybody’s got to be accountable. Everybody’s got to be responsible and think about the next man’s family as well as yours. Because you don’t want anybody coming in there sick and then you end up getting sick and you take it back home to your family. That’s just not a good feeling or a good situation.
“So the down time is when you really have to be a pro. You’ve got to cover yourself and take it seriously. One slip-up, and it can spread like wildfire, so I feel like you’ve just got to home in and think about the bigger picture.”