FALCONS’ TERRELL ON COVID-19 LIST

The Atlanta Falcons placed rookie cornerback A.J. Terrell on their COVID-19 reserve list Saturday and said he will miss today’s home game against the Bears, the strongest indication yet of an NFL team facing an issue with the novel coronavirus pandemic since the start of the regular season.

The Falcons declined to confirm reports that Terrell, a first-round pick in the NFL Eraft in April, tested positive for the coronavirus in Friday’s testing. Terrell participated in Friday’s practice, according to the team’s injury report, but reportedly did not participate in Saturday’s walk-through.

The NFL was performing contact-tracing Saturday and was hopeful that today’s game will be unaffected, pending the results of testing of other Falcons players.

Those results were expected to be available this morning. One person familiar with the situation said it “doesn’t appear to be an issue.” Another said there were “no issues” based on no close contacts being identified.

Notable

The 49ers promoted offensive lineman Hroniss Grasu from the practice squad to the active roster and placed running back

Tevin Coleman on injured reserve. The 49ers also activated running back Jamycal Hasty and linebacker Joe Walker from the practice squad to be eligible to play today against the host New York Giants.

The struggling Vikings defense will be further depleted this weekend, with two more starters sidelined by injuries. Cornerbacks

Mike Hughes (neck) and

Cameron Dantzler (rib) were declared out.