Jacksonville Jaguars information Andrew Wingard, center, runs aft recovering a Cleveland Browns fumble arsenic wide receiver Jarvis Landry (80) gives pursuit during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, successful Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jaguars announced Thursday they person placed 2 much players connected the COVID-19 list, bringing the full fig of players connected the database to 27.

Safety Andrew Wingard was added to the reserve/COVID-19 database and moving backmost BJ Emmons was enactment connected the signifier squad/COVID-19 list. Offensive lineman Will Richardson Jr. was besides placed connected injured reserve, the squad said.

The Jaguars added 3 players to the Reserve/COVID-19 database connected Wednesday, including starting near tackle Cam Robinson.

Kick returner/wide receiver Jaydon Mickens and linebacker Dylan Moses were besides placed connected the database Wednesday.

Robinson’s summation means that 4 of the 5 violative linemen who started the Jaguars’ past crippled are connected the Reserve/COVID-19 list. Only close tackle Jawaan Taylor is not connected the database of the quintet to commencement up beforehand against the New York Jets.

Jaguars’ interim caput manager Darrell Bevell said Wednesday that the squad took further steps to combat the dispersed of the virus.

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“Today we went wholly virtual. We didn’t adjacent bring guys successful present this morning, trying to support them, arsenic champion we can, apart,” Bevell said. “Also, erstwhile they get here, we’re going to spell consecutive to practice, and we won’t adjacent beryllium successful the gathering astatine all. They’ll get retired to the signifier tract truthful we tin enactment outdoors. Then, arsenic soon arsenic we can, arsenic soon arsenic signifier is over, past we’ll get them successful present and get them retired arsenic rapidly arsenic we tin and past we’ll bash meetings virtually arsenic good post-practice.”

Bevell admitted the situation successful preparing a crippled program for Sunday’s crippled against the New England Patriots considering the deficiency of certainty of who volition beryllium available.

“It’s truly difficult. We’re taking it day-to-day,” Bevell said. “I hatred having to spot my telephone buzz oregon my ticker spell disconnected and I’m like, ‘Oh no, present what?’ Another feline goes down, different feline goes down. I’d truly similar to bash a large occupation of communicating with the staff, similar who the imaginable inactives are, truthful we benignant of cognize however to practice. Right now, we conscionable don’t know, truthful we’re taking it a time astatine a time. I’ve said it before, we person to beryllium arsenic flexible arsenic we can, but arsenic acold arsenic game-planning and doing that situational stuff, it makes it much difficult.”

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