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Sources: Extension of NFL talks a possibility - ESPN Los Angeles

One of the few positive signs to come up recently.

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Dufflebagz

C'mon you bastards....stop being greedy and give us football.

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signbabybrady

I guess it is good news hopefully this means they think they can actually get it done in 24 hours.....but I find the whole thing annoying and just further delaying it is annoying. Just get a deal done already so we can get onto free agency.

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DaBruinz

Gotta love the reports that the Players send out.

You got Vonnie Holliday telling ESPN that the "two sides are still apart" and then ""I don't see how we can be that close right now unless somebody is going to pull a rabbit out of the hat; I just don't see it," he said."

And then, on the other hand, you've got Jeff Howe tweeting:
"One highly respected player rep has told me the players are "optimistic" a deal can get reached, but a second extension will be necessary".


Vonnie makes it sound all doom and gloom. Another player rep puts a much better light on it..

fxkane

This is positive news, given how grim the picture was this morning when de-certification and a lock-out seemed almost inevitable. Maybe an agreement will be in place tomorrow!!

wiggins!

I think the most likely senario is that there's another extension put in place but for longer than 24 hours. At least they're talking. Decertification or lockout is what we need to avoid.

upstater1

I bet Vonnie is the one who is off the reservation and is just speaking the truth. In any negotiation like this, you are told to give optimistic apprisals to the media, so that when the negotiation falls apart, you seem like the optimistic and compromising party, while the party across from you is a stone-walling pessimistic curmudgeon.

Optimism is always the best negotiation attitude even if you refuse to budge an inch.

andrewgarrr

Instead of taking multiple short extensions, they should set a new serious, possible, and unmovable deadline. This will further imply the immediacy that this situation requires without giving the media and fans an unnecessary roller-coaster ride.

PatsFaninAZ

A 24 hour extension is probably an indication that what's really being considered is a longer extension. You don't take a 24 hour extension to do a deal. It won't get done in 24 hours.

You take a 24 hour extension, because something new is on the table, and one side says, "let's take a look at this and decide whether this constitutes the kind of movement we need to keep negotiating."

As a fan, do you really wan an "unmovable" deadline? What I want as a fan is a deal. I'll sacrifice uncertainty for a better chance at a deal. If the uncertainty is too much for a person, get your doctor to give you xanax. This extension is good news. Hopefully, tomorrow, we'll hear there's a longer extension, because that would be a sign that whatever movement happened today is worth talking about.