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Сезон НФЛ 2020 года проходит в Соединенных Штатах.
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Сезон НФЛ 2020 года проходит в Соединенных Штатах.
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Команды НФК:Запад,Север,Юг,Восток

Сезон НФЛ 2020 года стал 101-м сезоном Национальной футбольной лиги (НФЛ). Регулярный сезон начался с матча NFL Kickoff 10 сентября, в котором действующий чемпион Суперкубка LIV Канзас-Сити победил Хьюстон . Плей-офф был расширен с 12 до 14 команд, добавив третье место wild card на конференцию. [1] [2] [3] Сезон завершился победой Тампы Бэй над Канзас-Сити в Суперкубке LV на стадионе Raymond James Stadium в Тампе, штат Флорида , 7 февраля 2021 года.

После многолетних споров « Вашингтон Редскинс» отказались от использования своего названия и логотипа и приняли временное название «Вашингтон Футбольная Команда» , вплоть до официального изменения названия на «Вашингтон Коммандерс» в сезоне 2022 года . [4] [5]

Сезон был затронут пандемией COVID-19 ; наиболее заметными изменениями стали отмена всех предсезонных игр [6] и Pro Bowl 2021 года , [7] приостановка международных игр на год, [8] разрешение игрокам отказаться от участия в сезоне, не нарушая своих контрактов (66 игроков отказались), [9] проведение игр либо с сильно сокращенной аудиторией, либо вообще без болельщиков , а также отсрочка и/или перенос нескольких игр из-за многочисленных положительных тестов на COVID-19 среди игроков и персонала. Несмотря на эти изменения, все 256 игр регулярного сезона были сыграны в течение первоначального 17-недельного периода без каких-либо отмен . [10]

Это был также последний сезон, сыгранный по графику из 16 игр, поскольку в 2021 году график был расширен до 17 игр. [11]

Движение игрока

Лига НФЛ 2020 года и период торговли начались 18 марта. 16 марта командам было разрешено использовать опционы на 2020 год для игроков с пунктами об опционах в их контрактах, подавать квалификационные предложения своим ожидающим ограниченным свободным агентам и подавать тендер на минимальную зарплату, чтобы сохранить эксклюзивные права на переговоры для своих игроков с истекающими контрактами 2019 года и менее чем тремя накопленными сезонами кредита свободного агента. Команды должны были находиться под потолком зарплат, используя определение «топ-51» (в котором 51 самый высокооплачиваемый игрок в платежной ведомости команды должен иметь совокупный потолок зарплат). 16 марта клубам было разрешено связаться и начать переговоры по контрактам с агентами игроков, которые должны были стать неограниченными свободными агентами.

  1. ^ ab Иногда его называют краевым рашером (EDGE).
  2. ^ Также известен как нападающий защитник (OG)
  3. ^ Также известен как плейскикер (PK)
  4. ^ Также известен как внутренний лайнбекер (ILB)

Бесплатное агентство

Рынок свободных агентов начался 18 марта. Среди известных игроков, сменивших команды:

Сделки

В лиге 2020 года были совершены следующие примечательные сделки:

Известные выходы на пенсию

Следующие известные игроки завершили карьеру до начала сезона 2020 года:

Другие выходы на пенсию

Черновик

Драфт состоялся 23–25 апреля с помощью видеоконференцсвязи ; изначально его планировалось провести в Парадайсе, штат Невада , но из-за пандемии COVID-19 дата была перенесена . [69] 5 апреля НФЛ объявила, что драфт будет проводиться виртуально, а тренеры и генеральные менеджеры будут проводить его по телефону и через Интернет из дома, поскольку командные объекты также были закрыты. [70] Гуделл представил выборы первого раунда из своего дома в Бронксвилле, штат Нью-Йорк . [71] [72] Цинциннати , в силу худшего показателя в 2019 году, провел первый общий выбор и выбрал квотербека Джо Берроу из LSU . [73]

Отказы

НФЛ и Ассоциация игроков Национальной футбольной лиги (NFLPA) 24 июля договорились разрешить игрокам отказаться от участия в сезоне; 66 игроков отказались к крайнему сроку 6 августа. Игрокам, отказавшимся от участия, не платили за сезон 2020 года, но они получили аванс в размере 150 000 долларов, вычтенный из их зарплаты за 2021 год . Игроки, отказавшиеся от участия из-за медицинских проблем, получили стипендию в размере 350 000 долларов, которая не была вычтена из их зарплаты за 2021 год. [9] Ниже приведен список всех игроков, отказавшихся от участия: [74]

Изменения в судейском составе

Судья Уолт Андерсон был повышен до старшего вице-президента НФЛ, отвечающего за программу обучения и развития судейства, недавно созданную должность, которая работает независимо от главы судейства лиги Альберто Риверона . [75] Лэнд Кларк был повышен до судьи, чтобы заменить Андерсона. Кларк ранее работал судьей в конференции Pac-12, прежде чем присоединиться к НФЛ в 2018 году в качестве полевого судьи. [76]

Бывший тренер Перри Фьюэлл был назначен старшим вице-президентом по судейскому администрированию НФЛ. Эта должность курирует ежедневную деятельность судейского отдела и является основным контактом для тренеров и генеральных менеджеров по вопросам судейства, среди прочих обязанностей. [77]

НФЛ и Ассоциация судей НФЛ (NFLRA) 9 августа договорились разрешить судьям отказаться от работы в сезоне 2020 года. Судьи, которые отказались, получили стипендию в размере 30 000 долларов и гарантировали сохранение рабочего места на 2021 год. [78] Пять судей на поле — линейный судья Джефф Бергман, дальний судья Стив Фримен , полевой судья Грег Готро, полевой судья Джо Ларрю и дальний судья Тони Стераторе  — отказались от работы в сезоне к крайнему сроку 13 августа. [79]

Были наняты следующие должностные лица:

Следующие должностные лица вышли в отставку:

Изменения правил

Постоянные изменения

На собрании владельцев НФЛ в мае были одобрены следующие изменения правил на сезон 2020 года: [80]

Временные правила на сезон 2020 года

Следующие временные изменения правил были внесены 9 сентября и вступили в силу только в 2020 году: [83] Изменения правил, касающиеся операций с травмированным резервом и тренировочными отрядами, остались в силе в 2021 году . [84]

Боковой судья Джим Квирк (слева) надевает маску во время декабрьской игры, а арбитр Эдриан Хилл (справа) снимает маску, чтобы объявить пенальти в той же игре.

2020 смертей

Члены Зала славы профессионального футбола

Херб Эддерли
Эддерли, корнербек, провел 12 лет в НФЛ с « Грин-Бей Пэкерс» и « Даллас Ковбойз» с 1960 по 1972 год. Он был включен в Зал в 1980 году и умер 30 октября в возрасте 81 года. [86]
Вилли Дэвис
Дэвис, защитник, провел 12 лет в НФЛ с Cleveland Browns и Green Bay Packers с 1958 по 1969 год. Он также был комментатором на NBC в начале 1970-х годов и был включен в Зал славы в 1981 году. Он также основал All-Pro Broadcasting, которая владеет несколькими станциями в Лос-Анджелесе и Милуоки . Дэвис умер 15 апреля в возрасте 85 лет. [87]
Фред Дин
Дин, защитник, провел 11 лет в « Сан-Диего Чарджерс» и «Сан-Франциско 49ers» с 1975 по 1985 год. Он был включен в Зал в 2008 году и умер 14 октября в возрасте 68 лет. [88]
Крис Доулмэн
Доулмэн, защитник, провел 15 лет в НФЛ с Minnesota Vikings , Atlanta Falcons и San Francisco 49ers . Он был включен в Зал в 2012 году и умер 28 января в возрасте 58 лет. [89]
Кевин Грин
Грин, лайнбекер, отыграл 15 лет в НФЛ, играя за Los Angeles Rams , Pittsburgh Steelers , Carolina Panthers и San Francisco 49ers . Он был включён в Зал в 2016 году и умер 21 декабря в возрасте 58 лет. [90]
Пол Хорнунг
Хорнунг, раннинбек и плейкикер, отыграл десять сезонов с Green Bay Packers и был первым членом состава New Orleans Saints , но так и не сыграл из-за травмы. Он был включен в Зал в 1986 году и умер 13 ноября в возрасте 84 лет. [91]
Бобби Митчелл
Митчелл, полузащитник, провел 11 лет в НФЛ с Cleveland Browns и Washington Redskins ; он был первым чернокожим игроком в составе Washington , положив конец 30-летнему цветному барьеру владельца Джорджа Престона Маршалла в команде. Он служил руководителем Redskins в течение десятилетий после того, как его игровая карьера закончилась, и был введен в Зал в 1983 году. Митчелл умер 5 апреля в возрасте 84 лет. [92]
Кен Райли
Райли, корнербек, провел всю свою 15-летнюю карьеру в « Цинциннати Бенгалс» , был посмертно включен в Зал славы в 2023 году. Он умер 7 июня в возрасте 72 лет. [93]
Гейл Сэйерс
Сэйерс, раннинбек, провел всю свою семилетнюю карьеру в Chicago Bears . Он был включен в Зал в 1977 году в возрасте 34 лет, став самым молодым игроком, когда-либо включенным. Он умер 23 сентября в возрасте 77 лет. [94]
Дон Шула
Шула был главным тренером Baltimore Colts и Miami Dolphins в общей сложности 33 года; он является рекордсменом как по количеству побед в регулярном сезоне среди главных тренеров в истории НФЛ (328), так и по количеству побед в общем зачете, включая плей-офф (347). Шула был включен в Зал в 1997 году. Он умер 4 мая в возрасте 90 лет. [95]
Вилли Вуд
Вуд, сейфти, который провел всю свою 12-летнюю карьеру в Green Bay Packers , был включен в Зал в 1989 году. Он умер 3 февраля в возрасте 83 лет . [96]
Ларри Уилсон
Уилсон провел 13 сезонов в НФЛ, все с Сент-Луис, Финикс и Аризонские Кардиналы , между 1960 и 2002: 13 как игрок, в которых он появился в восьми Pro Bowl как свободный сейфти, и 30 как руководитель фронт-офиса. Уилсон, член класса Холла 1978 года, умер 17 сентября в возрасте 82 лет. [97]

Другие

Предсезонный

Тренировочные лагеря проводились с конца июля по август. По распоряжению лиги все тренировочные лагеря проводились на обычных тренировочных базах команд. [98]

Игра Зала славы профессионального футбола была запланирована на 6 августа между Далласом и Питтсбургом , но была отменена 25 июня из-за пандемии. [99] 3 июля НФЛПА проголосовала за отмену предсезонки, что было согласовано лигой позднее в том же месяце. [6] [100]

Регулярный сезон

NFL опубликовала расписание регулярного сезона 7 мая. [101] Сезон проходил по 17-недельному графику, начавшемуся 10 сентября. Каждая из 32 команд лиги сыграла 16 игр с одной неделей отдыха для каждой команды. Регулярный сезон завершился полным списком из 16 игр 3 января 2021 года, все из которых были внутридивизионными матчами, как это было с 2010 года .

НФЛ приостановила свои международные игры на сезон из-за ограничений на поездки, введенных из-за пандемии; ранее лига объявила, что Джексонвилл проведет две игры на стадионе Уэмбли в Лондоне , Атланта и Майами проведут по одной игре на стадионе Тоттенхэм Хотспур в Лондоне, а Аризона проведет игру на стадионе Ацтека в Мехико . Эти игры были перенесены на домашние стадионы команд. [8]

Используя непредвиденные обстоятельства, аналогичные тем, что были заложены в расписание 2011 года на случай, если локаут сезона продлится до сентября, расписание 2020 года допускало возможность того, что сезон может быть отложен и сокращен в случае, если условия будут небезопасными для начала игры в соответствии с расписанием. В каждой игре на 2-й неделе участвовали команды, которые разделяют одну и ту же неделю отдыха позже в сезоне, что позволило бы наверстать эти игры на основе первоначальных отпусков команд. Недели 3 и 4 были организованы таким образом, чтобы не было игр дивизиона, и чтобы каждая команда, играющая дома на 3-й неделе, была на выезде на 4-й неделе и наоборот. Это позволило бы НФЛ отменить эти две недели, не отменяя никаких игр дивизиона и сохраняя баланс домашних и выездных игр каждой команды. Эти изменения в расписании, наряду с отменой недели отдыха перед Суперкубком и переносом Суперкубка на три недели назад, позволили бы НФЛ сыграть расписание из 14 игр, начиная с 29 октября, и при этом продолжать играть Суперкубок в феврале. [102] [103]

Формула планирования

Согласно формуле расписания НФЛ , каждая команда играла с тремя другими командами своего дивизиона дважды. Кроме того, команда играла против всех четырех команд одного дивизиона из каждой конференции. Оставшиеся две игры в расписании команды были против двух оставшихся команд той же конференции, которые заняли те же позиции в своих соответствующих дивизионах в предыдущем сезоне (например, команда, занявшая четвертое место в своем дивизионе, сыграет со всеми тремя другими командами конференции, которые также заняли четвертое место). Пары дивизионов на 2020 год следующие:

Наиболее яркими моментами сезона 2020 года стали:

Поскольку финальный раунд турнира Masters 2020 (права на который принадлежат CBS) был перенесен с обычной даты апреля на 15 ноября, CBS не получила ни одной игры в 13:00 по восточному времени в тот день, который пришелся на 10-ю неделю. CBS получила три игры в слоте 16:05 по восточному времени, в то время как Fox получила восемь игр в воскресенье, включая три выездных игры AFC, которые обычно транслируются на CBS. [109] [110]

Изменения в расписании

Когда 7 мая было опубликовано полное расписание сезона, лига объявила, что на 15-й и 16-й неделях две или три из пяти назначенных игр будут перенесены на субботу. В общей сложности четыре игры транслировались NFL Network , а одну — Amazon Prime Video . [111] Вспышки COVID-19 среди команд вынудили лигу перетасовать игры на несколько недель. [112]

Регулярный сезон

Разделение

Конференция

Постсезон

Плей-офф 2020 года начался в выходные 9–10 января 2021 года с раунда wild card. Согласно новому коллективному соглашению НФЛ (CBA), плей-офф расширился до 14 команд. В каждой конференции было по три команды wild card, и только лучшая команда в каждой конференции получила пропуск в первом раунде. Каждый день игралось по три игры. [1]

В дивизионном раунде 16–17 января, лучшая сеяная команда в конференции принимала худшую оставшуюся сеяную команду, а две другие оставшиеся команды играли друг с другом, причем лучшая сеяная команда принимала домашнюю команду. Победители этих игр прошли в чемпионат конференции на 24 января. Суперкубок LV состоялся 7 февраля на стадионе Raymond James в Тампе, Флорида .

Если бы вспышка COVID-19 заставила отложить игры плей-офф, были бы разработаны планы действий в чрезвычайных ситуациях, предусматривающие отмену недели отдыха после чемпионата конференции и/или перенос Суперкубка на 28 февраля. [102]

Pro Bowl 2021 изначально планировалось провести 31 января на стадионе Allegiant в Парадайсе, штат Невада . Однако 14 октября игра была отменена из-за проблем с COVID-19. Составы Pro Bowl на сезон 2020 года были опубликованы 21 декабря, и лига провела виртуальное мероприятие в честь выбранных игроков. Вместо этого выбранные игроки были использованы в трансляции игрового процесса в видеоигре Madden NFL 21. [132] Это был первый случай с сезона 1949 года , когда Pro Bowl не проводился. [7]

Кронштейн

Известные события

Новый коллективный договор

В марте 2020 года НФЛ и НФЛПА договорились о новом коллективном соглашении, которое будет действовать до 2030 года. [133] Предыдущее коллективное соглашение, подписанное в 2011 году , истекало после этого сезона. [134]

Основные изменения в новом CBA включают в себя: [135]

Изменение названия «Вашингтон Редскинс»

1 июля, после возобновления внимания к расовой справедливости в связи с протестами Джорджа Флойда , спонсорам тогдашней Washington Redskins и NFL, включая Nike , FedEx и Pepsi, было отправлено письмо, подписанное 87 акционерами и инвесторами, с призывом разорвать связи, если название команды не будет изменено. [140] Примерно в то же время несколько розничных компаний начали убирать товары Redskins из своих магазинов. [141] [142] В ответ команда прошла проверку своего названия и логотипа. 23 июля команда объявила, что она откажется от своего названия и логотипа . [4] Команда начала играть под названием «Washington Football Team» до тех пор, пока не будет выбрано постоянное название. [5]

Расстрел Джейкоба Блейка

В ответ на стрельбу в Джейкоба Блейка , Детройт отменил запланированную тренировку 25 августа. [143] Девять других команд отменили запланированные тренировки 27 августа. [144] Несколько команд, которые не отменили тренировку, опубликовали заявления о единстве. Jacksonville Jaguars отменили запланированные дневные мероприятия. [145]

Вспышки COVID-19

Рассел Уилсон в маске в рамках мер предосторожности в связи с COVID-19.

Рекорды, вехи и примечательная статистика

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Раунд Wild Card

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Суперкубок LV

Статистические лидеры регулярного сезона

Награды

Индивидуальные награды сезона

10- я ежегодная церемония награждения лучших игроков и игр сезона 2020 года прошла 6 февраля 2021 года на стадионе SoFi в Инглвуде, штат Калифорния .

Команда профессионалов

Следующие игроки были включены в первую команду All-Pro по версии Associated Press :

Игроки недели/месяца

Лучшими игроками сезона 2020 года были названы:

Head coaching and front office personnel changes

Head coaches

Off-season

In-season

Front office personnel

Off-season

In-season

Stadiums

Stadium changes

COVID-19 restrictions

Washington fans in November 2020
MetLife Stadium without fans in October 2020

The NFL allowed teams to admit spectators to games if allowed under local health orders. A total of 19 teams admitted spectators at a reduced capacity for at least one regular season home game. Two additional teams which did not admit spectators during the regular season admitted spectators for postseason games. Six teams allowed spectators for all home games. The majority of teams played without spectators through September and into October while admitting spectators later in the season.[273][274] Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league's competition committee assessed that having spectators did not create a competitive advantage despite some coaches and executives disagreeing.[275]

If spectators were admitted, they had to wear face masks and, in some stadiums, were required to sign a liability waiver.[276] On-field entertainment was prohibited, including cheerleaders, mascots, marching bands, flag wavers, and end zone-to-end zone American flag displays.[277] To reduce the proximity of spectators to the field, the league required the first six to eight rows of seats to be blocked with tarps.[278] Halftime shows could be held, but only off-site, or as done on Thanksgiving, pre-recorded before the game.[279]

On May 13, California officials indicated that they might not allow the Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams or San Francisco 49ers to play at their home stadiums. Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium and Arizona's State Farm Stadium were listed as possible relocation sites for these teams.[280][281] All three teams were ultimately allowed to begin the season at their home stadiums without spectators; however, the 49ers were forced to move their final three home games to State Farm Stadium after Santa Clara County, where the 49ers' home stadium is located, banned all contact sports in response to a local rise of COVID-19 cases.[282][283]

The NFL initially mandated the use of artificial crowd noise inside all stadiums with attendance below 10,000, consisting of non-dynamic ambience played at 70 decibels.[284] The audio was monitored by the league and teams were subject to sanctions if they were found to have manipulated it (such as by changing its volume).[285][286][287] On September 25, these rules were adjusted, allowing the ambiance to be played at up to 80 decibels. The volume must be determined before the game and remain consistent through the entire game. The minimum attendance required to turn off the crowd noise was reduced to 2,500.[288] As part of Microsoft's sponsorship of the NFL, a "Fan Mosaic" feature powered by Microsoft Teams was featured on stadium video boards during select games.[289]

Uniforms

Uniform changes

Eight teams unveiled uniform changes, ranging from minor adjustments to full rebrands.

Patches

Media

Broadcast rights

Television

This was the seventh year under the current broadcast contracts with CBS, ESPN/ABC, Fox, and NBC. This includes "cross-flexing" (switching) Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox before or during the season, regardless of the conference of the visiting team. NBC continues to air Sunday Night Football and the Kickoff Game. ESPN continued to air Monday Night Football and a Wild Card Game, with 3 MNF and the Wild Card games being simulcast on ABC. ESPN and ABC were also scheduled to air the 2021 Pro Bowl, but the game was canceled. Fox continues to air Thursday Night Football alongside NFL Network, Amazon Prime Video and Twitch.[353]

CBS and NBC acquired rights to the two new Wild Card Round games, with each paying around $70 million for the additional game,[354][355] with the forner producing a youth-oriented alternate broadcast on sister station Nickelodeon.

CBS televised Super Bowl LV in English with ESPN Deportes aired the game in Spanish. NBC was originally scheduled to broadcast the game under the current rotation. However, NBC traded the game to CBS in exchange for Super Bowl LVI, which will fall during the 2022 Winter Olympics, the first to be scheduled during an ongoing Olympic Games (NBC also holds the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics).[356]

To coincide with the 50th anniversary of Monday Night Football, ESPN simulcast the Week 2 New OrleansLas Vegas game as an ESPN Megacast on ABC, marking ABC's first regular season broadcast since 2005. ESPN2 aired an alternate broadcast with various guests joining throughout the game.[357][358] Two more MNF games were simulcast on ABC on December 7 and 28.[359]

As of the 2019 season, local stations in markets with NFL teams have been allowed on to air another NFL game opposite the game involving that city's home team on a limited basis. Cities were initially limited to two such games per season. This was expanded to four in 2020.[360]

Prior to this season, the league had the option to cancel DirecTV's exclusive contract to air NFL Sunday Ticket, the league's out-of-market sports package.[361] However, the NFL did not opt out.[362]

In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports renewed its broadcast rights to the NFL under a five-year deal, marking its 25th season of coverage. It also announced that it would devote its multiplex channel Sky Sports Action exclusively to NFL programming and coverage during the season, temporarily rebranding it as Sky Sports NFL. It marks the first time that the NFL has partnered on a league-oriented channel in an international market.[363][364] ViacomCBS-owned free-to-air channel Channel 5 also acquired rights to air Monday Night Football, marking the league's return to the network for the first time since 2009. Channel 5 aired a Los Angeles-based studio show featuring Maurice Jones-Drew, and a weekly magazine show, NFL End Zone, hosted by Cori Yarckin; both programs were produced by ViacomCBS's branded content studio Velocity.[365]

Digital

On April 29, Amazon renewed its digital rights to Thursday Night Football through the 2022 season, maintaining the existing arrangement to simulcast the 11 games aired by Fox on Amazon Prime Video and for free on Twitch, and offer alternative broadcasts of the games on the two services. It also added exclusive worldwide rights to one late-season game for this season, which was produced by CBS and simulcast on over-the-air stations in the two teams' home markets.[353] Amazon also acquired rights to simulcast one of the Wild Card games assigned to CBS.[366]

This season, the TNF games included a new "Scout's Feed" broadcast featuring extended play analysis by Bucky Brooks and Daniel Jeremiah, and a new "NFL Next Live" feed on Twitch hosted by Cari Champion and Andrew Hawkins which featured viewer interactivity. The British English broadcasts were dropped this season. For supplemental content, Amazon is expanding its Tuesday-night studio program NFL Next, and introducing two new interactive programs on Twitch – the Hawkins and Kyle Long-hosted NFL Comment Box, and the Chad Johnson and Kyle Long-hosted The NFL Machine, which features presentations of content from the NFL Films archives.[367]

Personnel

Tony Romo, CBS' lead color commentator, renewed his contract in a long-term, $17 million per-year deal, the most lucrative contract for a commentator in NFL history.[368]

CBS parted ways with #2 commentator Dan Fouts and replaced him with Fox's #2 commentator Charles Davis.[369] Fox utilized Daryl Johnston in this spot.[370]

To reduce his workload and travel, NBC Sunday Night Football lead commentator Al Michaels took several games off in favor of Mike Tirico.[287][371]

ESPN replaced its former Monday Night Football commentator team of Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland with Steve Levy, Brian Griese, and Louis Riddick.[372][373] Levy and Griese had been a broadcast team for ESPN's college football coverage prior to their Monday Night Football assignment, Levy also served as ESPN's lead XFL play-by-play voice. Fellow college football announcing duo Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit called the first game of the Week 1 MNF doubleheader.[373] Herbstreit also worked the ESPN2 Monday Night Megacast broadcast with Rece Davis during the Week 2 MNF game.

After using a homophobic slur during a Cincinnati Reds game, Thom Brennaman was removed from Fox's NFL broadcasts for 2020.[374] Brennaman, who also worked for the Reds, was suspended from doing games "until further notice". He later resigned from that role.[375] Kevin Kugler replaced Brennaman.[376]

This was the final season for Chris Spielman at Fox. Before Week 14, he left Fox to take a front office position with the Detroit Lions, effective immediately. #6 Brock Huard, who was a new addition to Fox's Sunday commentator roster, would move up to the #5 slot with Kevin Kugler to replace Spielman.

This was also the final season for long-time announcer Dick Stockton, who announced his retirement on March 25, 2021. Stockton, whose broadcasting resume spanned over five decades, called NFL games for CBS and Fox during his career.[377]

Impact of COVID-19 on production

Broadcasters were limited to 46 staff members at each game. Sideline reporters were not allowed on the field.[277] CBS,[378] Fox, and NBC had commentators on-site,[287] but some production was conducted remotely from the networks' headquarters.[287][378] The NFL required personnel returning from outside of the United States to quarantine for 14 days before returning to work.

The league provided an enhanced artificial crowd noise track to be used by its broadcasters, separate from the crowd noise that is used at stadiums below 2,500 in attendance. The soundtrack uses crowd audio collected by NFL Films from past games involving the home team, including general ambience, team-specific chants, and contextual reactions. It is mixed by a local sound engineer at the stadium in synchronization with the game.[284] Fox had explored the possibility of masking empty stands with CGI crowds.[379] Fox introduced such a system on-air for its Major League Baseball broadcasts,[380] and later announced that it would use the technology for selected NFL games.[381] NBC ruled out virtual fans, citing the large number of camera angles that would have to be configured. NBC added a 180-degree 8K resolution camera to the Skycam unit for "intimate" overhead views, supplanting wide-angle shots that would expose stands with little to no spectators.[382][383] At games played with no spectators, CBS allowed its Skycam to be in positions over the stands that are not generally allowed in order to provide new angles.[378]

The pandemic also affected pre-game shows: ESPN's Monday Night Countdown and NFL Network's NFL GameDay were broadcast from their respective networks' studios, rather than traveling to game sites.[384] Fox NFL Sunday panelist Jimmy Johnson contributed from his home in Florida, rather than join the rest of the panel at the Fox studio in Los Angeles.[385] As a precautionary measure, the normal panelists for Fox NFL Kickoff and Fox NFL Sunday did not appear in-studio for Week 11, with Chris Myers, Reggie Bush, and Charles Woodson replacing them, and the regular personnel appearing remotely.[386][387]

Two commentators were unable to pass their network's COVID-19 protocols and each had to miss one game: Al Michaels for NBC in Week 15 and Tony Romo for CBS in Week 17.[388]

Most watched regular season games

*Note – Late DH matchups listed in table are the matchups that were shown to the largest percentage of the market.

  1. ^ TB/NO was shown in 91% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of Fox coverage.
  2. ^ GB/IND was shown in 83% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of Fox coverage.
  3. ^ KC/TB was shown in 100% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of CBS coverage.
  4. ^ GB/CHI was shown in 76% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of Fox coverage.
  5. ^ KC/NO was shown in 100% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of CBS coverage.
  6. ^ SF/NE was shown in 50% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of CBS coverage.
  7. ^ NYG/DAL was shown in 86% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of CBS coverage.
  8. ^ DAL/SEA was shown in 72% of the markets during the late doubleheader time slot of Fox coverage.

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