2025 NFL OTA observations: Shedeur Sanders puts on show at Browns practice; Colts QB battle underway

Highlights from the first couple days of OTAs around the NFL

Football is back! All 32 NFL teams are preparing for the 2025 season with OTAs in full swing over the next few weeks. Teams can hold up to 10 organized team activities over the next three weeks with a maximum of three per week for the first two weeks. For the third and fourth week, teams can hold a maximum of four OTAs -- but no practices can occur on weekends at any time in what is dubbed Phase 3 of the offseason program. 

In these sessions, 7-on-7, 9-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills will be permitted provided no live contact takes place during the practice. Helmets and shells are only permitted during the practices, but players can wear protective knee and elbow pads.

While it's hard to gauge how a player looks during the team portion of the practice, teams value these practices as a way to get on-field work over the next several weeks. What follows is mandatory minicamp in mid-June before the five-week summer break prior to training camp.