SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Across the NFL, teams wrapped up their mandatory minicamps this week leading into about a month-long break before the start of a grueling season that could approach seven months for the teams that make the Super Bowl. The timeline of spring practice followed by a break and then training camp has been a familiar one for years, broken up only by a lockout in 2011 and a pandemic in 2020, but could be in for a change. The NFLPA is contemplating proposing a major upheaval to this schedule, replacing spring practices with a longer training camp in what would provide a longer break after the season and a more gradual buildup to training camp in hopes of possibly reducing some injuries.
NFL players union could propose trading spring practices for longer training camp