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Report: NFL Considering New Super Bowl Date, Canceling Pro Bowl Amid COVID-19

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The NFL could potentially push Super Bowl LV back to Feb. 28, 2021, or cancel the Pro Bowl if the COVID-19 pandemic forces the 2020 season to be delayed, according to Sports Business Journal's John Ourand and Ben Fischer.

Ourand and Fischer reported the league is expected to release a standard 17-week regular-season slate, but it recognizes the pandemic could force significant changes:

"Two weeks of early-season games could be shifted wholesale to the end of the season. A third week would feature teams only playing opponents with the same bye week, so that week could be cut and byes eliminated leaguewide.