On the eve of the NFL’s official 2020 schedule announcement — in what will be a marathon three-hour special on NFL Network starting at 8:00 PM Eastern on Thursday — there is a first solid rumor about the format of that schedule. This plan clearly takes into account the possibility of the early portion of the schedule being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as it allows for the first month to be dropped if needed without unbalancing teams’ slates of games.
According to NFL insider John Clayton, this year’s schedule will feature a unique quirk: all of the NFC vs.