The physical nature of football ensures that talent acquisition never stops in the NFL, but the COVID-19 pandemic has gotten in the way for most of the 2020 offseason.
Teams can’t put free agents through workouts or physicals, and that has created a surplus of talented, productive NFL veterans — many of whom are aging or coming off injuries — who are still looking for work.
There are so many decent free agents still available, an expansion team could be created from them, and it might be good enough to produce a winning record with good coaching.