New England Patriots rumors: McCourty twins doubtful of 2020 NFL season

Speaking on their podcast, Devin and Jason McCourty seem to start doubting that an NFL season will take place in 2020 which isn’t something New England Patriots fans want to hear.

The world always seems to be changing. Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, we have seen life get flipped upside down and this is especially true in the sports world. New England Patriots fans won’t like the latest news surrounding the resumption of football.

Every sports league is trying to carefully navigate a return to play. So far European soccer has been leading the way but that might be because they are in Europe.

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The United States is one of the hardest hit countries when it comes to the coronavirus. Just when we thought we were on the right track we are seeing surges of cases in places such as Florida and Texas.

Florida is a major concern because both the NBA and MLS are planning to return to play down in the sunshine state. Hopefully, everything gets better before they do so.

But when it comes to the NFL there has always been some hope and reassurance that they would play. How could they not?

But now the tide is starting to change. Devin and Jason McCourty spoke on their podcast “Double Coverage” and the twins didn’t have the most positive outlook.

"“I love how a lot of players’ attention has been on what’s going on outside of football, and I think we’ll continue to do that. But figuring out football, to me, seems to be the hardest thing right now. We hope, but I don’t know if we’ll figure it out, honestly.”“I think it’s very different for football. You think about training camp, there’s 90 guys on the team. Not only are there 90 guys, but there’s a coaching staff usually made up of maybe 15 to 20 … and there are so many other football-essential personnel that are in the building. You’re talking about 32 teams with over 100 members that you have to house; I don’t know if it’s really fathomable for the NFL to be able to go in a bubble,” Jason said."

The McCourty’s make an excellent point when it comes to the bubble. Compared to the rosters of the NBA and even MLB, NFL rosters are humongous. When you add in the coaching staff and other key personnel you could be closing in on 100 people and that’s just one team.

Then also you have to wonder if the players will agree to live in a bubble. That would be a big ask seeing that players would have to be away from their families for a long time.

So if the bubble is out of the question that means you need to be in a place where you can safely resume practices and play games as normal. That is wishful thinking to say the least.

Besides the fact that no football would be tough and also being concerned about the health and well being of the players, a canceled 2020 NFL season would be disappointing for the McCourty’s. The twins are nearing the end of their career so you would hope that this would allow them to rest and get ready for one final season instead of forcing them to retire.

So hopefully this is all for naught but it is starting to seem like the 2020 NFL season could be in jeopardy.