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As NFL Players, We Face Unknowns Just Like the Rest of the Country

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February 4 seems like so long ago. That was the night the Kansas City Chiefs became Super Bowl Champions. A little over a month later, with COVID-19 spreading across the country, the world wondered: Would there be football again in 2020? State guidelines told people to stay inside and everything was shut down. No fear; football season was months away—it will get figured out. Players didn't care about football in March and April, everyone just wanted to be safe. We locked ourselves and our family members in our homes and said, “Let’s wait this out.