The NFL is going forward with their plans to kickoff the season Sept. 10 as scheduled between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs.
Texans rookies reported to NRG Stadium Monday. According to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the first day will consist just of a COVID-19 test.
“The first day is literally just a COVID-19 test. They take the test, they go home,” Pelissero said via NFL.com’s Kevin Patra. “They come back to the building on Tuesday, take another COVID-19 test. If they get two negatives in a row, only then can they move on to other things, be in the building, take their physical and move into team activities.”
Currently, teams must have the NFLPA sign off on their respective Infectious Disease Emergency Response plan before teams can have 20 or more players in the building. The NFL and independent experts at Duke University have approved of all 32 individual plans thus far.
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