NFL Players Association (NFLPA) president JC Tretter and executive director DeMaurice Smith spoke with the media on Friday, providing several updates as players prepare to return to work. Rookies are scheduled to report to training camp next week with others reporting the following week.

Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area has been providing several updates via Twitter from the video call. Below are those updates, which give you a picture of where the two sides stand with the league set to begin work in a matter of days.







For San Francisco 49ers fans who are wondering why the team hasn't yet locked up All-Pro tight end George Kittle to a long-term deal, there was this interesting tidbit regarding the salary cap.


Such a significant drop in the salary cap was previously brought up by Tom E. Curran of NBC Sports Boston, who called a fall from $198 million this year to as low as $130 million a worst-case scenario. Such a fall would undoubtedly hurt several teams, potentially forcing them to offload some high-priced veterans or restructure several deals.

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