And when this virus got a shot on the offensive line, he definitely took advantage of his opportunity.

Robert Hunt was one of the first to struggle and missed training on Thursday.

“It wasn’t a joke and I’m happy about my health right now,” Hunt said with a slight gasp.

As soon as men get sick, they try to contain it immediately to prevent it from spreading. But that’s difficult in a football environment when position groups come together and share a lot of time and space.

“You know how it goes, someone gets it, it kind of goes around,” Hunt said. “We are all there for each other 24/7. Sometimes we care more about each other than we care about our family.”

So Ikem Ekwonu missed training on Friday wearing the same things and the virus continued to spread. On Sunday morning, starting center Cade Mays was fed up and couldn’t go.

Super substitute Brady Christensen – who can capably play any position on the line, and that’s a skill that comes in handy in a situation like this – said he found out about 9:30 a.m. Sunday when he tweeted the Message saw that Mays was sick.

“We all take vitamin C, wash our hands constantly and wear masks,” Christensen said. “We’re all just trying to stay as healthy as possible, so be ready to go if you need to.”

Around 11 a.m., they told Christensen to get ready to start, and he began warming up before the game. At 11:33 a.m. the news was official and Mays was inactive, meaning another on-the-fly adjustment and another opportunity for another player.

And yet it all worked out, and this wheezing and makeshift offensive line paved the way for 243 rushing yards.

“It was a great feeling to get this win today and it’s just like playing in the middle of all the guys on the O-line, it’s a great opportunity because the players are just incredible,” Christensen shared a grin. “D-Lew and Rob, Ickey and T-Mo are just an incredible group around me, so I just had to go in and do my job and rely on those guys and make the right checks, make the right points, take everyone with me. “ the same page, and I knew everything would be fine after that.