There will be no preseason games in the NFL in 2020. The NFLPA players’ union has already told their players, so now it’s official! In 2020 there will be no preseason games in the NFL. The players union NFLPA has announced this to their players in a conference call, as the NFL announced on their own homepage.

Just the day before there was talk of a significantly shortened preseason. The NFL would have liked to have at least one game, but after a social media offensive by numerous stars of the league, it came under a lot of pressure. https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1285700933331165189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1285700933331165189%7Ctwgr%5E&

Season start – Status now – on 10 September
As NFL reporter Tom Pelissero reports, there also seems to be an extension of training camps and an adjustment of squad sizes. Instead of 90 players, the squad will be reduced to 80 players during the training camps.

According to current information, the NFL will start the new season on September 10 with the meeting of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans.