The NFL has told all 32 teams that they must stay at their own facilities once training camp gets underway, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Also, the NFL released in a memo that teams will not be allowed to hold joint practices with other teams this summer.
The Jets are among the franchises unaffected by this news. New York has held its training camp at the team facilities in Florham Park, New Jersey since 2015. Before 2015, the Jets held training camp at SUNY Cortland but moved it to the team’s own facility after Rex Ryan was fired.
The NFL’s tentative plan is start camps in late July, according to ESPN’s David Newton. New York will have to wait until later next month to make its full return to the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. The NFL and NFL Players Association came to this agreement to limit the need for travel during the coronavirus, per Schefter.
Last season, up to 10 teams held their training camp away from the team’s facilities. Now, they’ll have to adapt to the concessions made by the NFL to ensure that the season will start on time. Just last week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy granted the Jets and the Giants permission to return to their team facilities as long as the league and state-mandated health protocols are being followed.
