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Coaches, players continue adjusting to lighter camps

Related Topics: Andy Levitre

Hey, hold on. You can’t do that. Not anymore.

When 10 years’ worth of labor peace came to the NFL in 2011, so did a massive change in the rules governing practice – during the season, the offseason and, most especially, in training camps. Lengthy double sessions, the dreaded by players two-a-days, became a shorter session and a walkthrough.

Hitting anywhere outside the games themselves was minimized. Days off during camp were required. Perhaps as worrisome to coaching staffs, not to mention players on the roster bubble, was a significant decrease in teaching time.

Unless the collective bargaining agreement is opened before it expires after the 2020 season, none of that will change.