'We might have the safest setup in the league for these meetings,' Payton texted to usatodaysports Thursday. 'Remote location. Nobody here!'
, he reiterated Thursday that a maximum of four people, including general manager Mickey Loomis and assistant GM Jeff Ireland, will be in the spacious room – and they will follow Centers for Disease Control guidelines for social distancing.
“More importantly, the four of us in this room all alone at home,” Payton texted. “Temperatures taken prior to entering room. Each day…cleaning and sterilized.” With the NFL’s decision to proceed with the draft as scheduled for April 23-25, teams were forced to establish alternate locations for their draft nerve centers, as franchise headquarters across the league were recently shut down by the league as a coronavirus measure.
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