Report: Bucs, Chiefs Being Tested Twice Daily for COVID-19 Before Super Bowl 55

As the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers prepare for Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7, the NFL is taking extra precautions with COVID-19 testing.

Per ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, coaches and players for both teams receive two coronavirus tests per day.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed to Fowler that players receive a standard PCR test in the morning and a rapid PCR test in the afternoon each day.

During the regular season, Tier 1 personnel (including players, coaches and trainers) and Tier 2 personnel (such as general managers and football operations employees) were tested once per day, and players would receive results within 24 hours.

If someone on a team receives a positive result, contact tracing is initiated to determine who might be considered a high-risk close contact. Anyone who tests positive is required to sit out for a minimum of 10 days.

The Cleveland Browns played in the AFC Wild Card Round against the Pittsburgh Steelers without four players and five coaches, including head coach Kevin Stefanski, because of COVID-19 protocols.

As of Friday, if any player or coach on the Buccaneers or Chiefs tests positive for the coronavirus, they will be ineligible to play in the Super Bowl, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Browns are the only team that has had anyone—players or coaches—miss a game in the playoffs because of the NFL's COVID-19 protocols.

The Chiefs and Buccaneers will play Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. ET.