As of this writing, five NFL teams — the Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Detroit Lions and New England Patriots — have all made statements (via the NFL Players Association) regarding a boycott of voluntary offseason workouts.
The statements’ content is varied, though the message is the same: with coronavirus remaining a threat to players’ livelihoods, they would like to see a repeat of last year’s all-virtual offseason — especially given little downtick in 2020’s quality of play.
Seeing five teams opt out in unity over the past 24 hours may lead one to believe that every team would eventually follow suit, but that is unlikely to be the case, according to a new report from Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.