NFL commissioner Roger Goodell does not believe that hosting the playoffs in a single bubble environment is the proper route for the league to conclude the season.
Goodell cited the NFL's COVID-19 protocols as reason to stay away from a central playoff location. He left open the possibility for 32 team-specific bubble environments to be enacted in the future.
"We feel strongly that our protocols are working," Goodell said. "I don't see us doing a bubble in the way the media is talking about it."
Discussion of a playoff bubble comes as the NFL combats COVID-19 outbreaks by teams, multiple game postponements and player inactive.