Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL was steadfast in their approach to playing games throughout the crisis. While games had to be moved, as Pittsburgh Steelers fans will always remind you, every scheduled game was played in both 2020 and 2021.
Thursday was a day of significance as the NFL and NFLPA took a large step to returning their policies and procedures back to the way they were before COVID-19 took its grip on the sports world.
A league-wide memo was sent out stating the NFL and NFLPA have “agreed to suspend all aspects of the joint COVID-19 protocols, effective immediately.