The NFL is shaving two games off the 2020 preseason schedule. Per reports from Kevin Seifert at ESPN and Pro Football Talk, the league will cut the exhibition season in half out of concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will be the first and last preseason weeks that are getting the axe. That means the Lions will lose a road opener in New England and a home date against Buffalo that would have been the exhibition finale.
Detroit still has preseason games against the New York Jets at home on August 20th and at the Miami Dolphins on August 27th during the preseason. There will also be no joint practices leading into those games.
The NFL has traditionally held four preseason games dating back over 40 seasons.
