Todd Gurley

Falcons' Todd Gurley mulling sitting without proper COVID-19 plan

Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley said he's open to sitting out the season if the NFL doesn't come up with a proper COVID-19 safety plan.

What It Means:

“It’s really not structured right,” Gurley said about the NFL’s current restart plan. “There’s not a proper plan in place that I’m comfortable with. I don’t have a wife. I don’t have any kids. You have to look at guys on the other side who have [a] pregnant wife, kids and a wife that they go home to every single day. I just feel like we just need to come up with something a lot better than what they’re giving us. Everything they gave us is pretty last minute. We should have been able to have answers weeks ago, if not months ago. You have to be prepared to not play or be prepared to have a half a season. If they don’t do things right, we won’t have a full season. It’s just how things have been going so far this year. Hopefully everything goes well, but I don’t see [it]. It just doesn’t sit well right now.” The league and NFLPA are currently working on a plan, but Gurley likely isn't alone in feeling this way. Gurley signed a one-year deal with the Falcons in March.

numberFire's models project Gurley for 204.4 carries, 909.9 rushing yards, 44.1 catches (62.2 targets), 368.2 receiving yards, and 11.3 touchdowns this season. He's the RB14 in our preseason fantasy rankings.