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Here's what it's like to be one of the first NFL teams opening training camp amid COVID-19

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With 2020 poised to be the most unusual NFL season in years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no shortage of uncertainties for teams to navigate.

But someone has to be the first to trudge through that wilderness, and one of the first teams to do so is the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, who by nature of their training camp schedule have been tasked with getting their organization “COVID safe” without the luxury of watching other NFL teams do it, too.

The Chiefs and the Houston Texans were the first clubs to have rookies scheduled to report on Monday.