NFL Chief Medical Officer Allen Sills told reporters in a conference call Tuesday that "we fully well expect" positive COVID-19 tests when the 2020 season begins.
Per ESPN's Kevin Seifert, Sills noted the goal is to identify those positive cases as soon as possible to prevent spreading the disease.
The COVID-19 pandemic will present unique challenges for the 2020 NFL season, as Dr. Anthony Fauci noted to NBC Sports' Peter King in an interview published on May 11.
When King asked what would happen if a group of players on the same team tested positive, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director said the following:
"You got a problem there.