Similar to what the other major sports leagues intend to do, the NFL may be inclined to play their regular-season games without fans. Kirk Cousins, the quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings, shared his thoughts on the idea of playing without fans.

“Honestly, we practice every day in an empty grass area and pump in fake crowd noise for away games,” Cousins said on a conference call, via ESPN's Courtney Cronin. “But more often than not, you're used to it. OTA practices don't have a lot of pomp and circumstance to them. So honestly to go out and just play the game would kind of be refreshing, a breath of fresh air, to just let us know that we don't have to have all the smoke and the fire, we can just play football. So as long as we're playing the game, I won't have a lot of complaints, and hopefully if it's still not returned to normal, we can find a way to make it work.”

In the offseason, teams typically conduct their OTA practice sans fans. Therefore, Cousins doesn't believe there would be much of an adjustment that needs to be made by the players.

Of course, there are months to go until the regular season is set to begin in September. Provided that, there is plenty of time before the NFL needs to make a definitive decision on the regular season.

As for Cousins, he received a two-year extension earlier this offseason, keeping him with the Vikings through 2022. Regardless of whether or not the Vikings play in front of fans in 2020, Cousins is prepared to prove he was worth the extension.