NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith painted a picture on Thursday of a second straight virtual offseason, with players potentially taking the field again in 2021 without having been vaccinated for COVID-19. “To think that we are going to be in a vaccine-neutral state (as a country) in September is probably not the case,” Smith said in .
More than 80 percent of the Denver Broncos’ executives, administrators, directors, coaches and scouts are white men.
The franchise could lose an African-American coach in a few days, but may add a black assistant general manager soon.
“We’re getting better as an organization (in regard to diversity), but we’re not where we need to be,’’ CEO-president Joe Ellis said in a Zoom conference to the media as the Broncos launched their search for a general manager.
When asked about the possibility of minority consideration for the GM position, Ellis said the Broncos believed that inclusion was “very important’’ and the process would include interviews with “several black candidates.’’