TAMPA, Fla. -- The NFL is monitoring Hurricane Irma's activity in the southeast Atlantic and exploring the possibility of moving the season opener between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins because of it.
There is the possibility of the game moving to Thursday or Friday, or to another site, according to a report from the Associated Press. The game is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
The storm is now a Category 4 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Monday morning saying that the chances of Irma affecting parts of Florida this weekend, and possibly as early as Friday, are increasing.