As Matt Chambers wrote earlier today, training camp is set to kick off July 28 and the NFL doesn’t appear to have a robust plan in place. The league appears to be counting on figuring out things as they go along, and that a healthy percentage of fans are going to blame the players if they balk, which I’ve already seen in the comments of this very site, and a lot of other places besides.
The players are pushing back on that narrative before it gels, and understandably so. We all want an NFL season in the fall, but the simple fact is that without concrete plans for testing, quarantines, and how rosters will be augmented and long-term absences handled, the season is likely to fall apart well before it’s scheduled to end.