It’s been hard to keep up with the NFL’s seemingly ever-changing preseason schedule.
First, the league planned to trim preseason from four games down to two games. Then the NFL proposed a one-game preseason for each team. It now appears that there might not be any preseason games this year.
“NFL offered the NFLPA today to play zero preseason games this summer,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted on Monday. The players’ union had been lobbying for no preseason games during discussions with the league about returning to play this season.
The NFL has not yet made any announcements about any updates to the preseason schedule. The league offering to play zero games doesn’t guarantee no games will be played, but preseason games seem unlikely this year.
The Broncos were originally scheduled to play the 49ers (Aug. 15), Bears (Aug. 22), Rams (Aug. 29) and Cardinals (Sept. 3) in preseason.
After preseason, Denver will trim the roster from 90 players down to 53 players (here’s our 53-man roster prediction). The Broncos might also trade a few players as the roster cuts deadline draws closer.
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