Matthew Stafford said he's "glad" he was diagnosed with a false positive COVID-19 test because it might help others avoid a similar situation.

Stafford landed on the COVID-19 reserve list on Aug. 1, then was removed three days later with what was determined a false positive.

"I know everybody is doing the best that they possibly can. I'm glad it happened to me at this point, and the league is trying to change and make sure it doesn't happen again," the quarterback said. "But I'm sure there's going to be another problem down the road at some point that we're going to have to figure out when we get there. That's the way it's been for the last six months; we've all been living it. Whether we're a league trying to test thousands of players or just trying to go out and get our groceries.

"So we understand things are going to change and we're going to have to adapt, but I'm glad it got settled. Glad it's over with, and I'm just happy to be in the building hanging with the guys, getting a little bit of normalcy back when it comes to football."

The league altered its testing protocol less than a week after Stafford's false positive. If an asymptomatic person tests positive, the person can now take two additional tests in the next 24 hours and if both come back negative, the person can go back to normal activity.