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The Dallas Cowboys are not among the teams that have reached the 85 percent vaccine threshold prior to training camps, and Hall of Famer Michael Irvin is disappointed with the players.
“It should upset them. Dude, you’re not thinking right,” Irvin said at Merging Vets and Players, per Todd Archer of ESPN. “You’re not thinking right. Whatever you got, I don’t give a damn. … Nothing else can be more important. You’re not going to get this [winning a Super Bowl] easily. Nothing else could be more important.”
The NFL has more relaxed protocols for players vaccinated against COVID-19. Unvaccinated players must be tested every day for the coronavirus and will have more restrictions at team facilities. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, 13 teams have at least 85 percent of their players vaccinated.
Irvin, who won three Super Bowls during his 12 seasons in Dallas, believes any team that doesn’t get vaccinated will be at a disadvantage.
“If you’re not one of them teams [at the threshold], are you really thinking about winning a championship? You see what I’m saying,” he said. “OK, so now if you’re not getting vaccinated and you got all these other teams that are getting vaccinated…”
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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