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NFL Management Council sets fines, suspensions for ‘High Risk COVID-19 conduct’

The NFL Management Council is not playing around with the players regarding COVID-19 behavior.

The NFL Management Council dropped a missile to the 32 clubs Monday, outlining a schedule of fines and suspensions for “High Risk COVID-19 conduct.”

That would include going to clubs, bars, and having house parties, reports Tom Pelissero. Of course, none of that would occur, right?

Additionally, NFL.com reports:

All remaining issues between the NFL and the NFL Players Association on the side letter to the collective bargaining agreement making changes for the 2020 season have been resolved and, following a review by the union, the deal is done.

Perhaps the largest agreement comes with the sides’ accordance for an opt-out deadline, which will be Thursday at 4 p.m. ET, as Pelissero reported players were informed of the deadline on Monday night. They were likewise told that the annual drug testing window would commence on Friday.

While the deadline for players to opt out of the season is set for Thursday, the deal the NFL and NFLPA finalized will also permit players to opt out later in specified situations due to family or medical circumstances, Pelissero reported.

Seahawks won’t announce personnel moves until contracts are signed

At the request of the NFL Management Council, the Seattle Seahawks won’t be announcing personnel moves until after the contracts are signed.

The Seattle Seahawks are complying with the memo the NFL Management Council sent out to all teams in regards to the handling of contract announcements in light of the coronavirus outbreak across the nation.

Clubs were asked to refrain from announcing personnel moves until physicals could be completed and contracts actually signed. Other teams around the league have attempted to get around the mandate by issuing “reports,” instead.

The Seahawks issued a statement Tuesday afternoon announcing they would be complying with the league’s request.

But just because the Seahawks won’t be making any formal announcements at this time doesn’t mean the team hasn’t been busy on the official first day of 2020 free agency. Agents and reporters are still breaking news about players who have agreed to terms with Seattle and other related team moves.

We’ll keep you updated on the latest reported transactions as the news comes in via our live tracker, which can be found here.

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Report: Salary cap increases to $198.2 million per team in 2020

The NFL Management Council informed teams the salary cap will increase to $198.2 million per club in 2020.

The Houston Texans could get a boost to their salary cap in the 2020 season.

According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the NFL management council informed clubs that the salary cap will be $198.2 million per team in the 2020 season.

While that may seem lower than the initial projections of $200 million per club for the 2020 season, the overall player cost per team is actually $242.9 million. According to Pelissero, $44.7 million was shifted over to benefits and performance-based pay.

Over The Cap has already plugged in the numbers, and the Texans have the 13th-highest salary cap space in the NFL at an estimated $50.4 million.

What could help the Texans’ cap space increase ever so slightly is reaching extensions with left tackle Laremy Tunsil and quarterback Deshaun Watson. Houston would be able to spread out the cost of those players’ salaries over a number of years as opposed to having their numbers bunched up over the 2020 and 2021 seasons.