When offensive lineman B.J. Finney was with the Seattle Seahawks last offseason, he struggled to train for the 2020 season because of his concern over losing out on a $2 million signing bonus due to the restrictions the NFL placed on player physicals.
These restrictions were, of course, set in motion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Finney entered training camp overweight and out of shape.
“It put a player like him in a bad situation — he literally couldn’t work out to get in shape, and he was in a funk all year because of it,” a source affiliated with Finney told ESPN. “This is the one time you can set yourself up for life, and if you tweak your back or do anything, you’re in jeopardy of losing your contract.”
Finney signed a two-year contract with the Seahawks but never played a down for them, as they traded him along with a 2021 seventh-round pick to the Cincinnati Bengals for Carlos Dunlap.
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