Training camp is about to kick off under the dark cloud of the coronavirus. The NFL and the NFLPA have figured out the basics for the season and are moving ahead with more concrete planning than we’d seen before July, yet many questions remain unanswered.
Le’s start with this: Two dozen players were put on the league’s COVID list after only the rookies reported and players are starting to opt out of the season. As of Tuesday morning, more were doing so, including Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower.
Patriots’ three-time Super-Bowl champion and Pro-Bowl ILB Dont’a Hightower is opting out of the 2020 season, league sources tell ESPN.