Because the NFL — and more specifically the NFLPA — has yet to truly engage with the Alliance of American Football, the final two games of the AAF's Week 8 slate could be the league's last outings, according to a weekend report from Mike Florio of NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk.

“Per a source with knowledge of the situation, there has been no movement regarding efforts to persuade the NFL Players Association to agree to a program that would result in NFL teams loaning certain back-of-roster players to the AAF (and the XFL). Which means that the supposed Hail Mary for the AAF could be landing flat, enhancing the chances of dissolution by the start of the 2020 season — and possibly resulting in the plug being pulled before next weekend,” writes the aforementioned Florio.

Though the Alliance of American Football has already gotten underway, with some success as well, the XFL won't come into play until 2020, which could ultimately benefit the WWE-related professional football league.

However, it may also hurt the XFL and a possible attempt at connecting with the NFL if the AAF is unable to successfully do so.

“While it’s unclear whether the availability of, essentially, NFL practice-squad players would keep the AAF afloat (some think it won’t matter), the unavailability of players falling somewhere between 53 and 90 on the pecking order of NFL rosters makes the end of the AAF more likely,” Florio added.

The NFL and NFLPA continue to hold all the cards despite the Alliance of American Football's early success.