The NFL announced yesterday that, for the foreseeable future, there will be no physicals of any kind conducted. This includes all current free agents, all Combine medical rechecks, and all medical exams for prospects declaring for the draft who were not invited to and examined at the Combine, which was held last month.
The news comes amid, and because of, the ongoing international crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is affecting the United States as significantly as it has affected almost every other country on the planet.
As of this writing, the United States has 46,168 documented cases, third-most in the world, following an uptick of nearly 2500, the sharpest increase of the day for any nation.