The NFL still has all the intentions of the 2020 season taking place on time as planned, but Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks the brakes might need to be pumped on that idea.

Talking to Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, Fauci said that unless players are in a bubble, it's very hard to see how football will happen in the fall:

“Unless players are essentially in a bubble — insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day — it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall.”

This is concerning when it comes to the upcoming NFL season, but things are also changing by the day. As the next couple of months pass, it's still unclear how the coronavirus pandemic will continue to play out.

Some NFL players have tested positive for COVID-19 which has also raised some eyebrows, most recently Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson. In an interview on ESPN, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he expected players to test positive for the virus, and the key is to identify them early to make sure they didn't spread it to their teammates:

“All of those players, fortunately, have had either mild symptoms or were asymptomatic, and I think our protocols are working. And again, we expect we are going to have positive tests. That is part of the increased testing that we will be going through and that is something that we just want to make sure that our protocols are working and to date, we are seeing very positive reactions in the sense that we are making sure we respond quickly, protect the personnel that may be impacted by that and others that may be in contact with them.”

As the season nears, it's going to be important there isn't a major outbreak on any team or Fauci could be right: The NFL season might not happen or will need to take place in an isolated bubble.