Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and the rest of the coaching staff experienced one of the strangest offseasons in NFL history in 2020 as the league dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic.
That experience will carry over to this offseason, as the players on the Browns issued a statement on Thursday through the NFLPA that they will not be attending in-person voluntary workouts:
The statement reads:
The NFL’s memo outlining how they plan to implement voluntary workouts falls short of what we are players believe is adequate. The Cleveland Browns players agree that a virtual offseason, like we had last year, is the best decision for everyone in our league.