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How Jeremy Pruitt is preparing for players, coaches to potentially miss games due to COVID-19

An uncertain season ahead is going to place challenges that we’ve never seen before in front of coaches this fall. Details like wearing masks on the sidelines, constant testing and disinfecting locker rooms are something that staffs will have to get used to, but what happens when a player or coach pops up with a positive COVID-19 result and is forced to miss a game?

It’s something that can change a gameplan in an instant, and Jeremy Pruitt is preparing for a potential shortage of bodies at every position on the roster.

“We’ve already done some things since we’ve been here, playing a few guys on both sides of the ball or working them on one side,” Pruitt said on Tuesday.