It’s been a weird offseason for the San Francisco 49ers and 31 other teams across the NFL.
Those used to the usual calendar of offseason events — rookie minicamps, organized team activities and such — have seen essentially everything conducted remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has made the 2020 offseason one of the more unusual ones in recent memory.
It’s not necessarily without precedent, though. Back in 2011, the league was going through a lockout, which cut into teams’ abilities to prepare their squads in usual accordance.
But to get teams back on track, there’s an idea the league could open up training camp a bit earlier than the typical late-July scenario, at least according to The MMQB’s Albert Breer.