Even though the players can’t come to Allen Park to the team’s training facility, the Detroit Lions will still kick off the offseason program on Monday. Veterans will begin doing their supervised offseason workout program remotely, in accordance with the NFL’s policy adopted in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
GM Bob Quinn laid out what the program will be like during his post-draft press conference on Saturday night.
“The virtual program for our vets, we’ll start there first, we’ll start Monday,” Quinn stated. “Really, what it’s going to be is during phase one normally, the players can be in the building for four hours, two of which can be on field. So, what we’re going to do for the Lions, and every team can be a little different, the League gave us a couple different choices, we’re going to use two hours every day during the phase one to do online classroom. So, that’s what we’re going to do.”
Quinn correctly noted that the workouts are voluntary and will be conducted four days this week. There will be no in-person rookie minicamp or local tryouts, which typically take place in the days after the draft.
