The Kansas City Chiefs are slated to host the Houston Texans for the first game of the NFL season at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night, September 10. This would normally be banner night – The night the current world champion lifts a banner to commemorate the victory of the last Super Bowl.
With a limited number of fans (or none) at the stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chiefs may choose to delay the “banner” part of banner night Until a later date. But right now, that’s probably the least of his problems.
With the Chiefs and Texans starting their season three days earlier than the rest of the NFL, their rookies and quarterbacks are the first to report to training camp. On Monday of this week, ESPN Adam Schefter reported that that date will be Saturday, July 18, approximately 48 hours after this writing.
Novice bosses and Texans are scheduled to report to camp on Saturday. All players must take the COVID-19 tests 48 hours in advance. However, there has been no NFL clearance yet, and both teams, like the other 30, await news from the league on how to proceed, according to sources.
– Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 13, 2020
Texans defensive end JJ Watts voiced his concerns on his official Twitter account on Thursday afternoon.
In the interest of having everyone on the same page in terms of what we know and what we don’t know right now, here are a few things I’ve learned from four NFLPA calls in the past two weeks with hundreds of other players.
Please note that our newbies are scheduled to report within 48 hours pic.twitter.com/wAH1XyQenf
– JJ Watt (@JJWatt) July 16, 2020
“In the interest of having everyone on the same page in terms of what we know and what we don’t know right now, here are some things I’ve learned from four NFLPA calls in the past two weeks with hundreds of other players ” “Watt wrote, before providing a list:
• Players want to play.
• Players have not received an infectious disease emergency response plan (IDER).
• The players don’t know anything about the preseason.
• Players do not know how training camp should operate safely.
• Players are unsure how often they will be evaluated or what will happen to them and the team if they test positive for coronavirus.
Watt’s list is made up of four elements you would think to have It will be resolved before the players report to Houston and One Arrowhead Drive, where the Chiefs will conduct training camp starting next week. As of Thursday night, there were still no definitive plans for the preseason.
From the outside looking in, the NFL appears to be very poorly prepared. And having to play the first game, the Chiefs (and Texans) could, unfortunately, be the league’s guinea pigs.
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