As COVID-19 once again disrupts the festive English Premier League fixtures, teams and managers are left sweating about who is available and who is being pushed towards the red line as the number of games and minutes test even the strongest and fittest of players.
The Holiday Bowl became the fifth postseason college football game to be canceled when UCLA was forced to pull out just hours before Tuesday’s kickoff because of COVID-19 issues with the team.
Quick, who’s your favorite team’s backup quarterback? Or the backup’s backup? Who’s their best pass rushing proxy? Fill-in cover cornerback? What about the substitute snapper or the stand-in blindside protector?