Atlanta Falcons center Alex Mack knows there are going to be a couple of big downfalls if they have to play in empty stadiums in the fall. He knows how important the crowd noise is to cover up the calls he is making out. If it’s loud and clear when he is making calls, teams will be able to catch on, and each week they would probably have to switch up the calls.

“I’d be concerned with people hearing my calls,” the Faclons talent said via Vaughn McClure of ESPN. “I don’t want that recorded and let the opposing team next week hear everything we say because then every week we have to change every code word, term, line call we’ve ever used and that, to me, is annoying and so I don’t want to do that. But I like the idea of finding new ways to entertain people and add like the second level of sports viewing for people at home because it’s all we have.”

That would be a big concern, but it’s something that every team would have to deal with, so it really might not give any team that big of an advantage.

Mack thinks another big problem would be getting up for a big game. Players like Mack feed off the fans. If it was a quiet stadium there isn’t going to be that energy to help them get hyped.

“It would be tough,” the Falcons vet said. “I know communication would be easy but it also could be a really flat environment that’s not easy to get hyped up for. The other side of that is if the defense is trying to get hyped up, good. Make it hard them. Like maybe they’re going to be real flat and lazy. Fantastic. There’s always like a two sides to the coin kind of thing.”

The good news for players is it will be the same for each team, but it will be a bit awkward if football this fall is played in an empty stadium.