The common theme as NFL camp reporting dates are supposedly approaching has been players like Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt expressing alarm and concern about the clock ticking with no health and safety plan in place yet.
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman said on July 10 that there are “huge outstanding issues (that) are still unresolved” and warned that “all will be revealed.” On Friday, Sherman tweeted an ominous statement in response to NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith telling reporters that there are coaches who don’t see the league’s protocols working (remember what Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay said last month? “I don’t get it!”): “It will all come out.”
We know. It will all come out https://t.co/XPAbvY5E9v
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) July 17, 2020
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes didn’t sound very confident either on Thursday:
Stuff is crazy man. All this time we had and now we are down to this…. https://t.co/oC4RVWfKp9
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) July 17, 2020
None of this is good at all … but there are still teams saying camps will begin:
The #Chiefs are telling players camp is a go, with rookies and QBs to report for COVID-19 testing Monday, sources tell me and @RapSheet.
There's no agreement on outstanding issues between the NFL and NFLPA, I'm told. But team has right under the CBA to tell players to report.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 16, 2020
On Friday afternoon, the NFL issued a statement that said the league “will address additional issues in a cooperative way,” which made it sound like there’s still more work to be done before this is all resolved.
We just wrapped up a productive call with the 32 clubs pic.twitter.com/sRn5Bnl33O
— Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) July 17, 2020
Buckle up. The clock is ticking.
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