The coronavirus pandemic has shutdown sports leagues across the world but the NFL has remained hopeful that training camps — and the regular season — will start on time later this year.
Speaking to media members during a Zoom conference call on Tuesday, Broncos safety Kareem Jackson was asked if he would be comfortable playing football this fall.
“I just think for us it doesn’t make sense to play any games unless it is completely, 100 percent safe for us to go out there,” Jackson said. “If there is any threat to us being able to contract COVID of any way and spread it to our families or anybody else that we’re around, it just doesn’t make sense.”
In Germany, the Bundesliga soccer league is hoping to resume play later this month without fans in the stands. Playing games without fans might be an option for the NFL, but Jackson wouldn’t prefer to see that happen.
“I think I heard them saying something about us playing with no fans and all that — that will be like practice,” Jackson said. “In my opinion, that would suck. Just talking with some of the guys, it just doesn’t make sense to go play any games unless it’s 100 percent safe for us to go out there.”
Denver quarterback Drew Lock also spoke to reporters on Zoom on Tuesday and he was asked about playing in the wake of COVID-19.
“I’m definitely going to defer that to the professionals, to the doctors,” he said. “I’m no expert on the coronavirus as of right now. I’ll let them decide that. Whenever they decide it’s OK for us to play, then I’m ready to play.”
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