The NFL will be forced to navigate uncharted waters through the next few months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some players will be unable to report to their teams, hold informal practices, or have meetings — something Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee could see changing.
The ninth-year veteran, who just received a one-year deal to stay with his longtime team, is envisioning the possibility of virtual team meetings, allowing the Cowboys (and other NFL teams) to stay connected, even if this period of isolation and social distancing lasts longer than expected.
Via SiriusXM NFL Radio, h/t ProFootballTalk:
“I still think they’re trying to figure out the logistics of trying to learn and have meetings … Hopefully, we can get past this and have some type of offseason. But if not, I think there’s a game plan to maybe use some technology, to use the iPads, maybe to Skype to have some of those meetings because there’s no question — offensively and defensively — trying to learn new systems, kinda systems that are probably different than what we’ve had in the past, we’re going to need to have those meetings and have that time.”
Technology plays a great aid in all of this, given that players, coaches and executives can still communicate using phones and computers. Most of the in-game intel is already produced via computer programs, making it rather easy to share that information with players at the click of a button.
Yet things like player evaluations, workouts and live action will be tough to replicate unless the Cowboys and other NFL teams can once again congregate once this pandemic has run its course.
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