Jared Veldheer won’t make NFL history this weekend after Packers put him on reserve / COVID-19 list

The Green Bay Packers on Wednesday put offensive tackle Jared Veldheer on the reserve / COVID-19 list. ESPN Yates Field reports that Veldheer has indeed tested positive for the coronavirus, so there is no way he can prepare for the divisional battle of Green Bay with the Los Angeles Rams. That’s unfortunate for several reasons, as Veldheer was set to make NFL history this Saturday playing for two different teams in one playoff.

After spending most of the 2020 regular season without a team, Veldheer signed with the Indianapolis Colts training squad in December. He was then called up in time for the Colts’ wild card game with the Buffalo Bills, a game the Colts ended up losing, 27-24, last Saturday. Because Veldheer was technically part of the Colts’ training squad – and was simply raised using special NFL protocols to give teams flexibility during the ongoing pandemic – he returned to the Colts squad. practice at the end of the match. This quirk allowed him to sign with another team that is still fighting in the playoffs.

If the Packers beat the Rams this weekend, then Veldheer will have a chance to make NFL history in the NFC Championship game. The 6-foot-8 tackle was originally a third-round pick by the Raiders in 2010 and has rebounded in the league over the past decade, making saves with the Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots the Packers in 2019 and – of course – the Colts.