Quarterback Mayfield, coach latest Browns to test positive

The Cleveland Browns’ COVID-19 outbreak has widened and worsened.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield and coach Kevin Stefanski tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and will likely miss Saturday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders as Cleveland deals with a widespread outbreak during its playoff pursuit.

Stefanski’s positive test was first announced by the team, which then put Mayfield, starting safety John Johnson III, nickel back Troy Hill, defensive tackle Malik McDowell and defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo on the reserve/COVID-19 list.

The latest positive tests came one day after the team placed eight players, including top receiver Jarvis Landry and starting offensive linemen Wyatt Teller and Jedrick Wills Jr., on the COVID-19 list.

In hopes of mitigating any more spread, the Browns were holding three separate walk-through practices on Wednesday and closing them to the media.

Despite the outbreak in Cleveland, an NFL spokesman tells AP there’s been “no discussion of changing the game’s status.” Elsewhere in the NFL:

• The New York Jets are holding only remote meetings all week before heading to Miami.

• Washington placed seven new players on its growing COVID-19 list, including backup quarterback Kyle Allen, defensive lineman Matt Ioannidis and receiver Cam Sims. The other additions: TE Sammis Reyes, OL Cornelius Lucas, S Darrick Forrest, LB Milo Eifler. They increase the team’s total COVID-19-affected group to 18 players.

• In addition to wide receiver Kadarius Toney, who was diagnosed on Monday, the New York Giants had two positives Wednesday with WR John Ross and LB Oshane Ximines.

• The Philadelphia Eagles returned to practice from a bye and placed two players on the COVID-19 list: wide receiver Quez Watkins and practice squad running back Jason Huntley.

RAVENS QB JACKSON SITS OUT PRACTICE >> Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said Lamar Jackson would not practice Wednesday, although the star quarterback remains a possibility to play this weekend. Jackson left last weekend’s loss at Cleveland with a sprained ankle.

GIANTS QB JONES LIKELY TO BE OUT SUNDAY >> New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is likely to miss his third straight game because of a neck injury. Coach Joe Judge said the third-year quarterback still has not been cleared for contact and Mike Glennon will start Sunday against Dallas.

ALSO >> Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts’ status for Sunday’s game against Washington is uncertain because of an ankle injury. ... Las Vegas is adding the NFL’s crown jewel with the Super Bowl coming to cap the 2023 season. The league’s biggest event will follow the Pro Bowl this season and the NFL draft next year, all within five years of the Raiders’ move to the gambling mecca in the Nevada desert.