With the coronavirus outbreak continuing to spread across the United States, the NFL is still working on contingency plans. With the NFL Draft fast approaching, employees of teams and the league alike are hard at work in home offices to prepare for the premier offseason event, which is now just 17 days away.
But with social distancing guidelines staying in effect until at least the end of April — and looking like they will be extended beyond that — offseason workouts are already being affected. Teams with new head coaches would have reported for business today under normal circumstances, but with team facilities ordered to close, that is obviously impossible.