NFL coaches, scouts and executives will not be down in Indianapolis in February for the annual Scouting Combination, as the league has modified the event to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The mixer, which has been held in Indianapolis since 1987, will be altered due to COVID-19 precautions. In a note obtained by ESPN that was sent Monday to team executives, coaches, team doctors and head coaches, the NFL describes the format for preparing for this project.
Routine, around 330 of the main perspectives of the project are invited each year, an event whose official name is the National Invitation Camp.
Prospects are conducted through field training, a battery of psychological tests, face-to-face interviews with individual teams, and an extensive medical examination.
This year, all field training will be held on campus professional days and Monday’s note indicates that the league will try to have as much uniformity as possible in the field exercises to give teams a chance to compare workouts from a place to another. The note does not specifically describe the COVID-19 precautions that will be taken on campus business days, but said more details on how team staff will attend business days will come later.
Virtually all interviews between prospects and team leaders will be conducted, as will psychological testing. The note stated that the interview schedule will be coordinated by NIC staff.
Medical examinations, for the most part, are expected to be conducted in a combination of virtual interviews between players and the medical staff of each team to go with the examinations performed at the medical facilities near the home campus. of the prospectus.
A select number of potential clients will be asked, in memory, to travel to one or more designated locations for a more complete examination (the note said “probably in early April”), which may be attended by a physician. and one coaching athlete from each team.
These face-to-face exams are expected to take place over a period of two to three days. The note said more details will be sent to the teams in the coming weeks.