Are you ready for some football?
Great.
Unfortunately, that is not the question.
Is football ready?
And unless they are running a massive misinformation campaign, the answer is “not even close.” Even now, with training camp set to open on July 28, things are in flux. In fact, the NFL may still flux this up.
It has now been nearly a month since Baltimore coach John Harbaugh called the league guidelines for playing during the pandemic “impossible . . . humanly impossible.” And frankly it doesn’t seem like we’re much further along now.
Abrupt changes, like the recent decision to cut the pre-season to two games, tell you this is a process that is not settled. The Players Association is still negotiating their participation and submitted a proposal just before the July 4th holiday. A key point — NO pre-season games.
You can’t blame the players. They’re the ones being sent out there to bang into each other and huff and puff in each other’s faces. There will be some happy chat from the league about how players should maintain social distancing “whenever possible,” or something, but we all know that isn’t happening.
As Harbaugh said back in June, “I’m pretty sure the huddle is not going to be six-feet spaced.”
I thought ESPN’s Adam Schefter said something interesting the other day.
“When I speak to people on teams, they’re uneasy.
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