Mark Murphy on virtual offseason: It’s certainly going to be very different

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The NFL already has announced a virtual draft. Virtual offseason programs seem a certainty, too.

As offseason programs were set to begin Monday for the five teams with new head coaches, the NFL and NFLPA still are trying to figure out how to proceed with team facilities closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A virtual offseason program would allow strength-and-conditioning coaches to build and oversee workouts, head coaches to hold team meetings and assistants to…