This NFL offseason is much, much different. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic keeping players and coaching staffs away from one another, spring workouts are being done virtually.
But Bills linebacker Tremaine Edmunds has a top-notch system keeping him in check.
His family.
Edmunds has two brothers, both rostered by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Being in quarantine with a couple of NFLers helps. But mom and dad are helping, too. Their father, Ferrell, is a former NFL player himself. But mother, Cookie, is a former track star and P.E. teacher.
According to the brothers, both are not letting the trio slack off one bit.
“Wouldn’t say [working out] is a challenge for us because we have two parents that stay on our backs about it,” Terrell Edmunds told WDBJ-TV. “I really just hope we have a season, I think everyone would say that.”
The brothers are working out at a high school field near their hometown in Virginia. Both parents are incorporating workouts their respective teams have sent them to do, while also adding their own personal twists to it to make sure the boys are getting in their reps.
“Everybody is going through this, so we are trying to find ways to adjust to this every day, but I think it is very effective and we are getting something out of it,” said Tremaine Edmunds said.
While not ever wishing for such a pandemic to ever happen again, perhaps this could be a blessing in disguise for the brothers if they’re getting in some positive workouts thanks to their parents. Tremaine Edmunds is fresh off his second season with the Bills, a year which garnered him Pro Bowl honors. He’ll look to add to his resume in 2020 in what could be a big season for his team.
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