NFL player opt-out tracker: Tracking NFL players opting out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 concerns
Posted: 2020-07-30

The deadline for NFL players to opt-out of the 2020 season due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly approaching. Under the agreement made between the NFL and NFLPA, all players must make the decision whether or not to opt-out of the 2020 NFL season by the August 3, 2020 deadline.

Players considered high risk for COVID-19 that choose to opt-out of the 2020 NFL season can earn $350K and an accrued NFL season, per ESPN. Players without risk can earn $150K if they choose to opt-out.

Here s an updated list of NFL players that have already chosen to opt-out of the 2020 season ahead of the August 3, 2020 deadline.


ARIZONA CARDINALS

ATLANTA FALCONS

BALTIMORE RAVENS

OT Andre Smith (51.0 PFF Grade | N/A | 278 Offensive Snaps)

WR De'Anthony Thomas (48.1 PFF Grade | N/A | 20 Offensive Snaps)

BUFFALO BILLS

DI Star Lotulelei (58.6 PFF Grade | 78th | 518 Defensive Snaps)

CAROLINA PANTHERS

LB Jordan Mack (N/A 0 Defensive Snaps)

CHICAGO BEARS

DI Eddie Goldman (70.7 PFF Grade | T-32nd | 467 Defensive Snaps)

CINCINNATI BENGALS

CLEVELAND BROWNS

OL Drew Forbes (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

OL Drake Dorbeck (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

DALLAS COWBOYS

WR Stephen Guidry (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

CB Maurice Canady (71.5 PFF Grade | N/A | 397 Defensive Snaps)

DENVER BRONCOS

DI Kyle Peko (55.5 PFF Grade | N/A | 93 Defensive Snaps)

DETROIT LIONS

DI John Atkins (49.2 PFF Grade | 93rd | 409 Defensive Snaps)

GREEN BAY PACKERS

WR Devin Funchess (68.9 PFF Grade | N/A | 36 Offensive Snaps)

HOUSTON TEXANS

DI Eddie Vanderdoes (52.7 PFF Grade | N/A | 78 Defensive Snaps)

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (59.7 PFF Grade | 48th | 1,104 Offensive Snaps)

RB Damien Williams (65.7 PFF Grade | 35th | 549 Offensive Snaps)

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

LOS ANGELES RAMS

MIAMI DOLPHINS

MINNESOTA VIKINGS

DI Michael Pierce (69.1 PFF Grade | 42nd | 519 Defensive Snaps)

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

The Patriots cleared roughly $17 million in 2020 cap space as a result of opt-outs Tuesday, by far the most of any team in the NFL. They came into the day with the 25th-most 2020 cap space, per Over The Cap, and are now in the top 10.

S Patrick Chung (55.5 PFF Grade | 68th | 654 Defensive Snaps)

LB Dont'a Hightower (71.3 PFF Grade | 15th | 783 Defensive Snaps)

RB Brandon Bolden (68.3 PFF Grade | N/A | 93 Offensive Snaps)

OT Marcus Cannon (70.1 PFF Grade | 35th | 1,069 Offensive Snaps)

FB Danny Vitale (49.3 PFF Grade | 170 Offensive Snaps)

OL Najee Toran (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

TE Cole Wick (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

TE Jason Vander Laan (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

NEW YORK GIANTS

OT Nate Solder (64.8 PFF Grade | 42nd | 1,011 Offensive Snaps)

NEW YORK JETS

OL Leo Koloamatangi (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

WR Marquise Goodwin (59.6 PFF Grade | N/A | 270 Offensive Snaps)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

OL Chance Warmack (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

TENNESSEE TITANS

OL Anthony McKinney (N/A | 0 Offensive Snaps)

WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM

DI Caleb Brantley (25.8 PFF Grade | N/A | 8 Defensive Snaps)

NFL FREE AGENTS

OL Larry Warford (75.8 PFF Grade | 8th | 1,025 Offensive Snaps)