ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks players announced Tuesday they are shunning in-person voluntary offseason workouts because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Players on other teams were expected to follow suit.
NFL teams can start holding offseason programs next week. But NFL Players Association president J.C. Tretter has been advocating for a repeat of last year's offseason when the global COVID-19 outbreak forced teams to do everything online until training camps opened in August.
Except for one minicamp, the offseason programs are voluntary, although most players participate in them and many players have contractual incentives to do so.