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NFL confirms training camp start dates for all teams, Seahawks report July 28

In a memo sent to all clubs Saturday morning, the National Football League has confirmed the training camp start dates for all 32 teams.

The National Football League has now confirmed the training camp start dates for all 32 teams despite the rising level of coronavirus cases around the country.

The Seahawks’ full roster will report on July 28, with rookies, quarterbacks and injured players allowed to arrive earlier.

In a memo sent to all clubs Saturday morning, the NFL issued the following statement, via NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero.

“At yesterday’s League meeting, the membership was advised that under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the reporting dates for training camps this year are as follows:

  • Rookies – July 21
  • Quarterbacks and injured players – July 23
  • All other players – July 28

The dates are applicable for all clubs other than Houston and Kansas City.”

The Texans’ and Chiefs’ rookies are set to report on Monday, as Houston and Kansas City are scheduled to square off in the season opener on Thursday, Sept. 10.

“As of now, only 20 players would be allowed in the facility at a time, until the NFLPA signs off on infectious disease emergency response plans for each club,” Pelissero tweeted. “If protocols aren’t met, a grievance could follow. But clubs have the right to set reporting dates within CBA rules.”

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Pete Carroll believes all 53 players should be active on gameday

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll lamented the NFL’s rule that only 46 of the team’s 53 players can be active on game day.

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider both strongly oppose the NFL’s rule that requires teams to make seven players inactive on game day.

Carroll feels that, as long as all 53 players on the roster are getting paid, they should be allowed to help the team each week – especially as the season goes on and players are consistently forced to suit up while dealing with injuries.

“I just don’t understand,” Carroll lamented on Saturday. “I just don’t get it. I just wish we would have all these guys available and they would help us this time of year, they would take plays off of guys, and they’d be healthier. There are some arguments that are kind of old arguments. I’ll always keep clamoring for that. I think it’s the right thing for the players, mostly. That’s what we should be considering. We’re paying them anyway. They’re all getting paid. I don’t understand it.”

Carroll went on to say he doesn’t really understand why the league hasn’t changed this rule, but that he believes it has to do with teams having injured players, which would give them less players than the opposing team.

However, Carroll believes a simple solution would be allowing players to be activated off the practice squad in place of injured players, which still allows each team to have 53 active each week.

“You can take guys off the practice squad, too, which would be great for those guys,” Carroll continued. “It would be the best thing that could ever happen for those guys. If you want to solve the problem, you solve the problem from my perspective. I don’t get what their perspective is, and I respect that.”

The league evaluates rule changes every year, and fans can bet Carroll, Schneider and many others around the league will clamor for a bigger active roster starting in 2020.

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