Rams asking employees to work from home; Bears do same but only for Friday

The Rams are doing what many other teams have done, closing their facility. The Bears did the same . . . but only for a day. The Rams said, via Rich Hammond of TheAthletic.com, said they are “asking employees to work from home. We have also suspended team-sponsored activities until further notice. Our personnel department [more]

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Christian Kirksey visiting Packers

Linebacker Christian Kirksey‘s quest for a new team has taken him to Green Bay. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Kirksey is visiting with the Packers on Thursday. Kirksey was released by the Browns earlier this week, so he is eligible to sign before the start of the new league year. Kirksey’s first visit [more]

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NFLPA asks agents to encourage players to vote on CBA

NFL players may continue to vote on the proposed CBA through Saturday night. On Thursday morning, the NFL Players Association asked all agents to encourage their clients to cast a ballot. “Players who are eligible to vote on ratification of the proposed new CBA (those who paid NFLPA dues at any time in 2019) were [more]

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Our plan: Keep doing what we do, with awareness of the nation’s new reality

These are strange and unprecedented times, and if there’s anything positive to come from last night’s historic-in-a-bad-way developments regarding coronavirus it’s that more and more people are now taking it seriously. Here, we will continue to take it very seriously, and while doing so we will continue to try to fulfill our broader mission, as [more]

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NFL teams should get scouts and coaches off the road, now

When it comes to the coronavirus, we have a shared responsibility to limit the spread in order to: (1) protect those most vulnerable to dying from it; and (2) prevent our health-care systems from becoming overwhelmed by those who need treatment. That’s why so many companies have temporarily halted non-essential travel. For NFL teams gathering [more]

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Hall of Fame postpones Fan Fest

The NFL is fortunate to be in an offseason at the moment, but football-adjacent events aren’t immune to the current concern about large groups of people potentially speeding the spread of the coronavirus. The Pro Football Hall of Fame just announced that its “Hall of Fame Fan Fest” which was scheduled for March 21-22 has [more]

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NFLPA huddling with medical experts on Friday

The decisions made by the NFL, whenever they are made and whatever they are, won’t happen in a vacuum. The NFL Players Association will have a voice in the things done by pro football in the coming days and weeks, and the NFLPA is in the process of gathering the information needed to contribute to [more]

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