not one complaint from a club, which is almost
impossible to do. They didn’t feel they were
unprepared for the draft.”
From there, it was full speed on all levels, from
Zoom meetings and texting to the creation of
workout programs and, once the season began,
putting together game plans.
Browns co-owner Dee Haslam said the team
has used virtual town halls to coordinate efforts
between the business and football sides of
the organization.
“One of the things we talked about throughout
the last year was how do we learn from what
we are going through?” Goodell said. “What
are we going to take forward? It also gave us
opportunities to find new ways of doing things
that actually are quite popular.”