I'm pretty sure Judge Berman has this whole fiasco sniffed out for what it is, from the sting, to the joke wells report, to the pr game the NFL plays to the lies and vendetta's and doesn't want this joke of a case in the court system any longer than it should be (it's already longer than it should be) so he would prefer a settlement so it never sees a court room again. I think he's going to keep hammering the NFL until they cry uncle and if they don't he will just have to rule against them but in the meantime will give them as long as he thinks he needs to break them.
BTW, Roger Cossack is a tiny step above Lester Munson and not that big of a step.