“And we’ve got to be careful about spreading it, of course. That was it. For New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, this period of time isn't training camp. So it doesn’t matter if you live in a castle or you live in an apartment.”Payton was living his regular life right up until having to get tested for coronavirus. Sean Payton Getty Images “Back home, on Sunday, just a week ago today, I felt cruddy, a little feverish and just weak,” he said. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! He is the first employee of either an NFL team or the league to make such a diagnosis public. Saints coach Sean Payton prefers not to use the term “training camp” to describe how he’s trying to prepare his club for this pandemic-altered NFL season. We've received your submission.“When all is said and done, a third of every group in the country might get it,” Payton told NBC Sports’ Peter King. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. So stay away from everybody.“We’re not invincible, and every one of us certainly can catch this thing. I rolled down my window. Call me.’ I wasn’t nervous about it, because I was feeling good.”Payton, who served as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the Giants from 1999 to 2002, said he feels better but is still weak. He saw a couple of Broadway plays in New York the following weekend before golfing with friends in Naples, Florida days later.Ten days ago, Payton attended a horse race in Arkansas to see Bill Parcells’ horse run, and he started to feel symptoms shortly after.“Back home, on Sunday, just a week ago today, I felt cruddy, a little feverish and just weak,” he said. Achy. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? You know, you watch a lot of Netflix, then you go on to Twitter, and you see everyone else is watching the same shows.”Payton was the first known case of COVID-19 in the NFL. ‘Tested positive. Thanks for contacting us. It’s not flu season down here, so he thought there was an 85-percent chance I had [coronavirus].“I went over to a hospital, drove up the little ramp there, and they came out to test me. ‘Hey, what is he doing at the races?’ Hey, if I knew I had this, I wouldn’t have been at the racetrack two weeks ago. What’s important is our health-care workers, our doctors and nurses, on the front lines of this thing. But think of the person you might be affecting.” We all felt invincible at some point in our lives, as young people do now. Call it the acclimation period. “Had the chills. “That’s not what’s important right now. Shoot, we’ve got politicians, athletes — you name it, they’ve caught it. He plans to join a NFL Competition Committee teleconference Monday to discuss potential rule changes.But contracting the virus has given Payton a unique perspective on the national pandemic.“Look, I feel well. We’ve got to take care of them.“For now, this is our life, and we’ve got to be prepared for it. [Saints offensive coordinator] Pete Carmichael has diabetes, so we’ve got to be careful about him, and everyone really.”Payton attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, working closely alongside 2,500 NFL personnel and media. They had all their protective gear on. He attended the NFL Combine in Indianapolis that ran through March 2, saw a few Broadway shows that weekend and the next weekend went to horse races at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.“My Twitter blows up. Woke up Monday with the chills. Thanks for contacting us. We had a competition committee meeting the other day on teleconference. New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton watches over the stretches during training camp at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Airline Drive in Metairie, Monday, July 29, 2019. Call it the preseason — even though there are no preseason games. But I’m feeling a lot better. He got a grant greeting to Eastern Illinois University to play school football. He woke up on March 16 with the chills and feeling achy, so he took a test that day. I called our team doc, described the symptoms. Hollywood stylist dishes on the worst stars to work withScientists tested 14 types of masks — here are the ones that worked and...NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodiesSimon Cowell recovering from near six-hour surgery after scary bike crashNYC moms fleeing Upper Wild West Side amid spike in crime and chaos to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic.Hollywood stylist dishes on the worst stars to work with Woke up Monday with the chills.
“And we’ve got to be careful about spreading it, of course. That was it. For New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, this period of time isn't training camp. So it doesn’t matter if you live in a castle or you live in an apartment.”Payton was living his regular life right up until having to get tested for coronavirus. Sean Payton Getty Images “Back home, on Sunday, just a week ago today, I felt cruddy, a little feverish and just weak,” he said. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! He is the first employee of either an NFL team or the league to make such a diagnosis public. Saints coach Sean Payton prefers not to use the term “training camp” to describe how he’s trying to prepare his club for this pandemic-altered NFL season. We've received your submission.“When all is said and done, a third of every group in the country might get it,” Payton told NBC Sports’ Peter King. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. So stay away from everybody.“We’re not invincible, and every one of us certainly can catch this thing. I rolled down my window. Call me.’ I wasn’t nervous about it, because I was feeling good.”Payton, who served as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the Giants from 1999 to 2002, said he feels better but is still weak. He saw a couple of Broadway plays in New York the following weekend before golfing with friends in Naples, Florida days later.Ten days ago, Payton attended a horse race in Arkansas to see Bill Parcells’ horse run, and he started to feel symptoms shortly after.“Back home, on Sunday, just a week ago today, I felt cruddy, a little feverish and just weak,” he said. Achy. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? You know, you watch a lot of Netflix, then you go on to Twitter, and you see everyone else is watching the same shows.”Payton was the first known case of COVID-19 in the NFL. ‘Tested positive. Thanks for contacting us. It’s not flu season down here, so he thought there was an 85-percent chance I had [coronavirus].“I went over to a hospital, drove up the little ramp there, and they came out to test me. ‘Hey, what is he doing at the races?’ Hey, if I knew I had this, I wouldn’t have been at the racetrack two weeks ago. What’s important is our health-care workers, our doctors and nurses, on the front lines of this thing. But think of the person you might be affecting.” We all felt invincible at some point in our lives, as young people do now. Call it the acclimation period. “Had the chills. “That’s not what’s important right now. Shoot, we’ve got politicians, athletes — you name it, they’ve caught it. He plans to join a NFL Competition Committee teleconference Monday to discuss potential rule changes.But contracting the virus has given Payton a unique perspective on the national pandemic.“Look, I feel well. We’ve got to take care of them.“For now, this is our life, and we’ve got to be prepared for it. [Saints offensive coordinator] Pete Carmichael has diabetes, so we’ve got to be careful about him, and everyone really.”Payton attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, working closely alongside 2,500 NFL personnel and media. They had all their protective gear on. He attended the NFL Combine in Indianapolis that ran through March 2, saw a few Broadway shows that weekend and the next weekend went to horse races at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.“My Twitter blows up. Woke up Monday with the chills. Thanks for contacting us. We had a competition committee meeting the other day on teleconference. New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton watches over the stretches during training camp at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Airline Drive in Metairie, Monday, July 29, 2019. Call it the preseason — even though there are no preseason games. But I’m feeling a lot better. He got a grant greeting to Eastern Illinois University to play school football. He woke up on March 16 with the chills and feeling achy, so he took a test that day. I called our team doc, described the symptoms. Hollywood stylist dishes on the worst stars to work withScientists tested 14 types of masks — here are the ones that worked and...NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodiesSimon Cowell recovering from near six-hour surgery after scary bike crashNYC moms fleeing Upper Wild West Side amid spike in crime and chaos to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic.Hollywood stylist dishes on the worst stars to work with Woke up Monday with the chills.