Finally, at long last, we are in the week in which the NFL is expected to release its 2020 regular season schedule. Under normal circumstances, this would have been released in the first half of April, but because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the uncertainty that it has created, the league has taken several extra steps to attempt to accommodate for unforeseen circumstances, allowing it to adapt according.
According to Jeremy Fowler, when the league does announce the schedule later this week, it is expected to be a full 17-week standard schedule, with spokesman Brian McCarthy stating clearly, “we plan to start on time”, which of course would be in the first weeks of September.