Oct 14, 2020
Coronavirus News: 6 NJ MVC centers closed due to COVID-19 cases
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NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- Six New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) offices are closed due to employees testing positive for COVID-19.
The Springfield Vehicle Center will be closed until Friday, October 16. The employee who tested positive was last in the Springfield Center on Thursday, October 1.
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The Delanco Licensing Center will be closed until Saturday, October 24.
Delanco Road Test Operations are in a separate facility and will remain open.
Both centers will be cleaned and remain closed until contact tracers have cleared enough employees to reopen or any required quarantine is complete.
Also closed are the MVC Centers in Eatontown, Paterson, North Bergen, and Newark.
As of Wednesday, the MVC has closed an MVC Center on 10 occasions due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19. In eight cases, it was for a single individual; in the remaining two cases, both at Regional Centers, it was two employees.
"In no case has the MVC experienced an "outbreak"; on the contrary, our strict policy of quarantining immediately following a single positive test has protected employees and customers," the commission said. "In fact, in no case is there evidence that COVID-19 was contracted in one of our facilities. We are proud of this record and will continue to follow our strict guidelines."
Customers can visit NJMVC.gov before heading out to an MVC facility, in order to note any new developments, track closures and capacity at MVC locations, find alternative locations, or complete transactions online.
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“I think internally, they are absolutely looking at alternatives, although I don’t sense there’s any free agency steam,” Wolfson said, adding that the Vikings are still out on signing the best free-agent center available in J.C. Tretter. “There are centers in other team’s camps. Trade dialogue is active right now. It’ll pick up in the next 7 to 10 to 14 days. My sense is the Vikings are at least exploring the possibility of trading for a center, someone that’s on a roster right now. I would look more at AFC teams compared to NFC teams.”
Wolfson’s report comes after O’Connell openly said there is a competition for the starting center spot. While Bradbury has dominated the first-team reps in that regard, Austin Schlottmann and Chris Reed, both guards by trade, have taken snaps at center with the second team.
Bradbury, the 18th overall pick in the 2019 draft, came out of college undersized and has struggled, being overpowered by nose tackles in pass protection over the past first three seasons. He finished the 2021 season ranked the 29th best center in the league by Pro Football Focus (PFF). He ranked 38th in pass protection among 40-graded centers who played a minimum of 20% offensive snaps with a 43.7 pass-blocking grade last season.
Bradbury put on 10 pounds in the offseason to help with his anchor. However, it appears to have been enough, as nose tackle Harrison Phillips has bulldozed Bradbury numerous times in training camp.
And while O’Connell has remained supportive of his incumbent starting center, patience is wearing thin if Bradbury cannot come up with a turnaround performance the rest of training camp.
“I can promise you, Kevin softened his stance to us reporters and fans,” Wolfson added.
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A second-round pick in 2020, Ezra Cleveland is entering his third year in the league and second year starting at right guard. Former Miami Dolphins veteran Jesse Davis has had a hold of the starting right spot but has since seen some challenges from third-round rookie Ed Ingram out of LSU.
Bradbury’s lowlights of training camps have largely come during 1-on-1 drills where, unlike a live game scenario, he is on an island.
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