Just three days after the Las Vegas Raiders and head coach Jon Gruden were hit with a massive fine and stripped of a draft pick for repeated COVID-related violations, a wide swath of teams appeared to break key portions of new protocols the NFL set forth last week.
Once again, the league’s issue is orbiting how teams wear — or don’t wear — protective masks on gameday.
Sunday became the first full run of COVID-19 protocol changes that the NFL rolled out Tuesday, via a sternly worded memo circulated to every team.