Sports Opinion: Once the gold standard on dealing with COVID-19, NFL throws in the towel with testing retreat December 20, 2021December 21, 2021 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Comments Off on Opinion: Once the gold standard on dealing with COVID-19, NFL throws in the towel with testing retreat Travis Kelce, Joey Bosa and Jared Goff are among 51 players to land on NFL's COVID-19 reserve list on Monday, the first day of scaled-down testing.