As we’ve written recently, the NFL is hurtling toward the regular season without fully fleshed-out plans for the season ahead. COVID-19 is making that planning difficult, if not impossible, but it’s still worrisome that the league has had months and has finalized very little.
That said, there are good ideas being kicked around by both the NFL and the NFLPA, ones that may well make the season a little more feasible. One I particularly like is a loosening of restrictions around injured reserve and non-football injury lists, one that would allow an unlimited number of players to come back and drastically reduce the number of games they need to sit out.