Every time there is a significant Covid-19 event within the NFL, league surrogates such as Dr. Allen Sills begin to do the media rounds. Time and time again, they are asked if this or that strategy has been discussed, such as placing teams in hotels to simulate a bubble environment, or even putting a pause on the season to get a handle on things. Every time, the answer comes back that nothing is off the table, but as of yet, they haven’t picked anything up, either.
Even as the league announced late last week that it would be requiring all team facilities to shut down on Monday and Tuesday—except for teams who must play on those days—in an effort to try to help curb the potential spread of the virus after players, coaches, and staff gathered with their families for Thanksgiving, and as multiple significant Covid-19 events are going on around the league, the NFL has reportedly not even discussed pausing week 12.