Now that Super Bowl LV is in the books and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the champions, we can move on from a challenging 2020 season and look forward to 2021. That s exactly what we re seeking to do with these way-too-early NFL Power Rankings. How does our panel view Tom Brady and the Bucs in 2021? Where will the Kansas City Chiefs rank? And what about the Houston Texans, whose quarterback wants to be traded?
There s no rest for the weary, and NFL teams will spend the next six or so months trying to bolster their rosters and make it to the top of the heap when games resume in the fall. The new league year (and free agency) starts on March 17, with the first round of the 2021 NFL draft set for April 29.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Playing college sports during the pandemic has potentially become more problematic as more contagious variants of the coronavirus start to show up across the U.S., including one that prompted the University of Michigan to shut down its athletics department for two weeks.
It was not clear this week how many athletic departments are testing for the mutations, either. A number of schools that responded to The Associated Press said they were, but others are not as the basketball season creeps toward tournament time and dozens of schools ramp up spring football plans.