NFL clubs will delay indefinitely the start of their offseason programs, commissioner Roger Goodell announced Monday.
The decision followed discussions with NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith and consultations between the medical teams for the NFL and NFLPA, and based on coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance from public health officials. In addition, special procedures will be in place for the start of the new League Year until further notice.
Below are the latest guidelines:
Off-Season Programs
The parties will continue to follow the guidance of medical and public health professionals, including their respective medical advisors. As a result, Off-Season Team Activities will not commence on April 6 for teams with new head coaches and April 20 for all other clubs. The parties will periodically meet and reassess the public health situation to determine an appropriate start date for any offseason team activities and other related considerations as this situation develops.
Over the course of the next several weeks, NFLPA Medical Director Dr. Thom Mayer and NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills—in consultation with the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON), and other league and NFLPA advisors on infectious disease control—will develop a standard set of protocols for clubs to implement regarding facility cleaning and maintenance, equipment preparation, steps to identify player and staff who may be at elevated risk, and other preventive measures.
Free Agent Travel and Medical Procedures
During the upcoming free agency period, which begins on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 18, NFL clubs may not bring any free agent player to a club facility or other location to meet with club personnel. Further, club personnel, including members of the club medical staff, may not travel to any location to meet with or conduct a medical examination of a free agent player.
The NFL and NFLPA are developing protocols that will provide clubs with opportunities to review a free agent player's medical records from his prior club(s) and to arrange for a free agent player to have a medical exam in the player's home city or at another nearby location. These steps are consistent with those announced last Friday for club contact with draft-eligible college players.
Access to Club Facilities
As a further step to address issues relating to coronavirus (COVID-19), NFL clubs will close their facilities to players, other than those undergoing medically-supervised rehabilitation and treatment, for the next two weeks.
NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith said: "It is our responsibility to work together and protect the health, safety and well being of everyone in our business. Nonetheless, public safety is paramount during this national emergency and we will continue to work with the NFL, medical experts and seek guidance from federal agencies to adjust our business practices accordingly."
Commissioner Goodell said: "Based on the most recent guidance provided by leading health officials, and in consultation with the NFLPA and both our and the union's medical advisors, we believe this is the appropriate way to protect the health of our players, staff, and our communities. We will continue to make decisions based on the best advice from medical and public health experts and will be prepared to make further modifications as needed."
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![HUDDLE](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/spuxvwy900ndrzdvufvv.jpg)
![OT Jackson Barton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/bdwjnjfb83amt9mjrk7t.jpg)
OT Jackson Barton
![WR C.J. Board](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/ekhpgajuz5yvdlpb0k57.jpg)
WR C.J. Board
![CB James Bradberry](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/anhuh00z824iuwpfkxf4.jpg)
CB James Bradberry
![LB Cam Brown](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/iva30iuba9xqoxrj84cj.jpg)
LB Cam Brown
![LB TJ Brunson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/nhl2su7gi9w9nljnbkxg.jpg)
LB TJ Brunson
![DB Adrian Colbert](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/d1euw8dwvd4rr63pplbx.jpg)
DB Adrian Colbert
![LB Carter Coughlin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/o7ey2wl3qwu1dioq8wv2.jpg)
LB Carter Coughlin
![LB Tae Crowder](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/va2bp5o3llfedwjyyfpj.jpg)
LB Tae Crowder
![P Riley Dixon](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/f9vhupjk2allmdqgqwki.jpg)
P Riley Dixon
![LB Devante Downs
(Kevin Terrell via AP)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/o3shgaqmdg6yfxn9heyw.jpg)
LB Devante Downs
(Kevin Terrell via AP)
![DB Nate Ebner](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/vbd8c11i7wlifcbpxiju.jpg)
DB Nate Ebner
![TE Evan Engram](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/iw3q0wmn03omrxzyxd8i.jpg)
TE Evan Engram
![LB Kyler Fackrell](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/uiiilkxein5nllo9ik3b.jpg)
LB Kyler Fackrell
![OT Cameron Fleming](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/bao1imefy6k9p1h2hpfb.jpg)
OT Cameron Fleming
![RB Wayne Gallman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/eucmdhrwmbtod5xelksn.jpg)
RB Wayne Gallman
![K Graham Gano](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/kvlfefzpmpbsdbgp3zbj.jpg)
K Graham Gano
![G Nick Gates](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/gty0cj6khpa3v3grt28a.jpg)
G Nick Gates
![DB Madre Harper](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/cvrswltax0xrdfpjuwee.jpg)
DB Madre Harper
![G Will Hernandez](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/x3yypkkzg9ptbw3vygar.jpg)
G Will Hernandez
![DL B.J. Hill
(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/qujkakdkublsqanf9pdo.jpg)
DL B.J. Hill
(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
![DB Darnay Holmes](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/np6wiuy5fot4kxdopked.jpg)
DB Darnay Holmes
![DT Austin Johnson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/jfhh05lp7sn5abnc6lh3.jpg)
DT Austin Johnson
![QB Daniel Jones](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/yexmogu4l3kfnut7fnih.jpg)
QB Daniel Jones
![LS Casey Kreiter](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/ujot1eggfioucrc5mv98.jpg)
LS Casey Kreiter
![DE Niko Lalos](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/rsxu7apoecdyp3bhbjgi.jpg)
DE Niko Lalos
![DL Dexter Lawrence](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/wbi58cqqxcx7dxnnhurf.jpg)
DL Dexter Lawrence
![G Shane Lemieux](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/cvrdoa1qyjk8qmijgyvn.jpg)
G Shane Lemieux
![RB Dion Lewis](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/snlqent9fi76my4jastp.jpg)
RB Dion Lewis
![CB Julian Love](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/lfawcjnpcmxxxmjhbcfp.jpg)
CB Julian Love
![WR Austin Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/j18jou5hmcgzpu1bnihg.jpg)
WR Austin Mack
![LB Blake Martinez](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/bkragexcp8vqg9jdlizf.jpg)
LB Blake Martinez
![LB David Mayo](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/yhwqbngeahcu01hmi0gf.jpg)
LB David Mayo
![QB Colt McCoy](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/zthofywusvlywdnxufqg.jpg)
QB Colt McCoy
![DL R.J. McIntosh
(Scott Boehm via AP)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/ydbut3ojkdn3vxvvaytp.jpg)
DL R.J. McIntosh
(Scott Boehm via AP)
![DB Xavier McKinney](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/qujqicznhsxjbb2lvgij.jpg)
DB Xavier McKinney
![RB Alfred Morris](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/xhqfxztltzft0ioqkqp4.jpg)
RB Alfred Morris
![OL Kyle Murphy](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/mqnujhgumvdhh1ekq3tq.jpg)
OL Kyle Murphy
![OT Matt Peart](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/uw7o4wcuxiwzxs664wtt.jpg)
OT Matt Peart
![S Jabrill Peppers](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/l1iylenvrgaemekjm9lk.jpg)
S Jabrill Peppers
![WR Dante Pettis](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/hlu0c7cl8h9dhglnvqnv.jpg)
WR Dante Pettis
![C Spencer Pulley](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/yyoimuo7dgkjemucsjcv.jpg)
C Spencer Pulley
![DB Logan Ryan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/y4awksxwormlpqwlweud.jpg)
DB Logan Ryan
![DE Jabaal Sheard](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/m36pkgzcqetcf1yjq5ga.jpg)
DE Jabaal Sheard
![WR Sterling Shepard](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/m4zbgff1yjvdtegnmrwn.jpg)
WR Sterling Shepard
![WR Darius Slayton
(AP Photo/Michael Perez)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/hfndsn6gfz6dxzdrwwir.jpg)
WR Darius Slayton
(AP Photo/Michael Perez)
![TE Kaden Smith](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/dcktoyek3yiwprw8gf1e.jpg)
TE Kaden Smith
![WR Golden Tate III](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/fy4kdskartfedq1f9808.jpg)
WR Golden Tate III
![OT Andrew Thomas](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/fmfqkaxdisimmbgj4vpd.jpg)
OT Andrew Thomas
![TE Levine Toilolo](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/osblo9cewr4uparw5v3h.jpg)
TE Levine Toilolo
![DL Dalvin Tomlinson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/bgc1qhukysqynjisfbbv.jpg)
DL Dalvin Tomlinson
![DL Leonard Williams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/hrlemaunhicnst1khykp.jpg)
DL Leonard Williams
![CB Isaac Yiadom](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/synrdpukr2wnvjucjr4g.jpg)
CB Isaac Yiadom
![G Kevin Zeitler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/lbqlfqbjtc0w629u4byq.jpg)
G Kevin Zeitler
![24_GiantsApp_GenericPromo_1920x1080](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/upload/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/giants/zdzecowtbaa1wrygboax.jpg)
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