After a delicate summer where the National Football League was merely trying to stage a 2020 season at all amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a fast-growing number of teams are now embracing a return of attending fans to their stadiums.
A scene from a Jacksonville Jaguars game on September 24 at TIAA Bank Stadium with attending fans.(Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
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