With all that is going on in the world, everyone has been impacted in some form or fashion by COVID-19. The same can be said for the NFL as there have been no on-field workouts since the new league year started back in March.
With no on-field workouts, no preseason, and a very limited training camp, players will be impacted by the NFL having to change their offseason schedule.
Here are three Colts that will be most impacted by the limited offseason on-field work:
WR Daurice Fountain
For Fountain, he needed these offseason workouts on the field to show he has fully recovered from the ankle injury he suffered at the end of the 2019 training camp. Even if it were a long shot for Fountain, he was making plays last year in camp and in the preseason, and he was making a strong case to make the roster last year before the injury.
Now he’s in a battle with some other receivers for one of the last spots on the roster. One thing working against him is the Colts haven’t seen him on the field in somewhat live-action since last August, so they don’t know where he is at physically. Also, he was a fifth-round pick in 2018, so there isn’t a high investment from the team keeping him on the roster.
Fountain really needed the on-field workouts and training camp to show he’s ready to make an impact and he’s fully healthy. Now, the pressure will be on over the next month.