While NFL teams can start to return their coaching staffs to team facilities on Friday, the Tennessee Titans are going to wait a few extra days to do so.
According to John Glennon of The Athletic, the plan is for the Titans’ coaching staff to return to the team’s facility on Monday, June 8.
#Titans coaches plan to return to facility on Monday, following all of the protocols that are in place for employees who’ve already returned.
— John Glennon (@glennonsports) June 4, 2020
The number of employees allowed at a team’s facility has been bumped up from 75 to 100, and coaches do factor into that count.
As far as players go, nothing has changed there. Only players rehabbing are allowed at a team’s facility right now. There’s still no indication as to when the rest of the players will be able to return.
A previous report from Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson gave hope that players could return sooner rather than later and that minicamps might actually take place in mid to late June.
However, a more recent report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter squashed that hope, as he’s hearing players might not return until training camp begins, which normally takes place in July.
There’s no official announcement, and discussions are ongoing, but multiple people expect that the next time NFL players show up at teams’ training facilities will be for training camp, whenever that begins, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 3, 2020
If Schefter’s report holds true, the Titans may not see their players return until late July, as Paul Kuharsky noted the team’s training camp “should open July 28th.”
It is also possible that training camps get pushed up if minicamp doesn’t take place, but it remains to be seen if that will actually happen.
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