Agent: Teams Started Calling Sunday Night
So this will not stun you but some teams began calling agents about their free agent clients on Sunday night, one agent tells me.
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So this will not stun you but some teams began calling agents about their free agent clients on Sunday night, one agent tells me.
Legal teams for NFL owners and players negotiated through the weekend and deep into Monday morning, wrapping up at 3 a.m. with an agreement on basic terms.
Under the far less-than-ideal circumstances of no football during the offseason, the Lions lived relatively well.
On Saturday, after speaking with two high ranking player sources, I reported that NFL players and owners had reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement.
The labor deal -- and the path to NFL football in 2011 -- is finally, truly done. Well, almost.
Having spent 11 years with the Detroit Lions, now Lomas Brown is taking his love of football in a new direction
Former Detroit Lion Lomas Brown says he has a personal sake in what happens, as NFL players are still mull over an aggrement with the owners.
The way NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke about club owners' overwhelming approval of a tentative decade-long agreement to end the lockout, he might as well have been yelling, "Are you ready for some football?!"
After a 10-minute break turned into a lengthy evening siesta that unnerved more than a number of NFL reporters, the NFL owners voted to pass a resolution approving settlement of the Brady v. NFL lawsuit, according to the NFL Network.
NFL owners met Thursday to discuss -- and possibly vote on -- a tentative deal to end the lockout that began in March.
Detroit Lions left tackle Jeff Backus suffered a left pectoral injury during the lockout and might not be ready for the start of training camp, according to the Detroit Free Press.
The latest twist in the touch-and-go efforts to end the NFL lockout: Players didn't vote Wednesday on a full proposal to settle the labor dispute.
Cautioning not to assume the lockout will be over by the weekend, NFL Players Association president Kevin Mawae said his group is "not tied" to a deadline for getting a deal done in the next 24 hours.
The NFL Players Association's executive committee reviewed only portions of a proposed deal to end the lockout and not enough to warrant a vote Tuesday, two people familiar with the league's labor negotiations told the Associated Press.
Skyler Mornhinweg is a modern athlete in so many ways. He's large, mobile, possesses a cannon arm and has been practically raised on the game of football.
