Obviously we're outside at the Falcons practice facility.

I think one of the first things you notice is that it's more than one football field.

So the first thing that jumps to your mind is how we can do physical distancing here.

The upcoming NFL season is scheduled to start on September 10th.

And like we've seen with a lot of other professional sports leagues, things won't be the same.

Just picture game day without the Rock as crowds.

We've got to put the pack sidelines without the even simple gesture of a high five.

But if we want football back in our lives, if we think it's worth it, this might be the only way to do it.

Recently, I got a chance to go exclusively inside the Atlanta Falcons training complex

and to see the changes the players will face before they even hit the field.

Normally you'd have a lot of staff around supporting.

As we've mentioned, we're only going to have a hundred people credentialed to be anywhere in the football side of the facility.

So a lot fewer people and they'll be spread out.

Armato has been fewer and farther and we think that's an important safety message.

Dr. Alan Sills has been the NFL's chief medical officer since 2017.

And he's a fellow neurosurgeon.

While he was brought on to talk more about concussions,

during this COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Sills has now been instrumental in designing the league's safety protocols,

which could allow a return to play this fall.

In this episode, he talks me through what measures the NFL is taking to try and keep teams healthy.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent.

And this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction.

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