Well, normally teams like the Chicago Bears are able to hold onto 90 players at the start of camp, but COVID-19 has put a damper on the normal. This season, the team must eliminate nine players from the roster before padded practices even begin. This would be August 16, 2020 this season. The likelihood that any of these players will matter come the start of the season is slim, but not being able to have a chance to earn a spot has to be horrible.
The pandemic has been awful. Feeling sorry for millionaires and billionaires is difficult, but when it comes to sports, including the NFL, there are plenty of other people who are missing out on work too that do not make large sums of money.