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Richard Sherman says NFL will fight 'tooth and nail' to finish 2020 season

Will the 2020 NFL season start on time and complete the full slate of games? That's the billion-dollar question.

And no one knows the answer to that question as players get set to start reporting for training camp this week.

But 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman is sure of one thing: If the 2020 season starts amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL won't let anything stop it from finishing the full schedule.

“No one knows," Sherman told NBC Sports NFL writer Peter King in Sunday's "Football Morning In America" column. "But I feel like the way this league runs, if this season starts, they’ll fight tooth and nail to finish.