The NBA was a different situation for several reasons. First, they only took 22 teams to the bubble, which meant there were 120 fewer knuckleheads to keep track of [[not including team personnel and embedded local media). Second, it's much easier to keep tight control over 15-man rosters [[and ~20 or so associated personnel for each team) than 53 players and 12 man practice squads that the NFL has. Add dozens more in staff to that number. Also, with the number of injuries on NFL teams, players necessarily have to interact with specialists and medical personnel that aren't associated with the team. Those professionals can't all be put on retainer and kept in a bubble. Exposure in the NFL was an inevitability and community spread is always imminent.

Add to that, the fact that the NFL doesn't fly on private or charter jets and the players have a hundred opportunities every week to catch the virus. To answer your question: Yes. The NBA handled it a hundred times better than the NFL but the logistics of fielding an NFL team made it impossible to copy anything like the NBA or NHL bubbles. As a collective, we deserve these hiccups. Sean Doolittle had it right when he said that sports are like the reward of a functioning society. The USA is so hard pressed to proclaim individual rights but the same people arguing about mitigation efforts like masks and attendance limitations are the ones complaining about COVID-19's impact on routine things like sports and schools.

Too many idiots. Especially when the biggest idiot of all is in front leading the charge of lemmings over the cliff.