Patriots president: Jamie Collins' illness didn't come from team facility

Few details have emerged about the mysterious illness that's sidelined New England Patriots linebacker Jamie Collins for the past month, but president Jonathan Kraft insists it didn't come from the team facility.

"I think, without getting into too much detail, I don't think that, fortunately, this was a situation where that could happen,” Kraft said on 98.5 The Sports Hub's pregame show, as reported by Adam Kurkjian of the Boston Herald. "Jamie's getting better and getting stronger every day.

"I know people in non-football life that end up with really bad viruses that get knocked out of their professional lives for a while. You hate to see it happen to a professional athlete. It obviously resonates much more loudly than it does in our normal lives, but this was something that doesn't have us worried about the physical infrastructure at the facility."

Collins missed his fourth straight game Sunday against the Denver Broncos, although he was able to practice on a limited basis Friday.

While the exact nature of Collins' illness is unknown, it's been reported that it's not MRSA, a dangerous staph infection that's resistant to many antibiotics.

After discussing the Tom Brady-Peyton Manning rivalry, Kraft circled back to the topic of Collins and stressed that his health is not related to Gillette Stadium.

"I just want you to know, we take really good care of the physical facility," Kraft said. "We always have a heightened sense of intensity around the cleanliness there. There wasn't anything related to Jamie's particular issues that had to do with the facility."