The bizarre 2020 season isn’t finished throwing curve balls at us yet. The Athletic’s Jeff Duncan reported Wednesday morning that the NFL and the New Orleans Saints are closely monitoring the projected track of Hurricane Delta, which is expected to make landfall on the Louisiana coast this weekend.
Hurricane Delta, currently lingering over the Yucatan Peninsula, has wavered in strength but is — for now — classified as a Category 2 storm with sustained wind speeds in excess of 110 miles per hour. Forecasts have been uncertain on its exact track, wind field, or expected strength at landfall due to Delta’s odd timing and location; hurricanes are rare in the western Gulf of Mexico this late in the year, leaving few precedents to compare it to.