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NFL teams and players prepare for some 'chaos'
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July 28, 2011, Thursday
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National Football League teams, players and their agents braced for a flurry of fast-paced negotiations and a frenzy of deal-making as clubs returned to business on Tuesday.
Teams can now sign rookies and begin talks with free agents in an abbreviated run-up to the season after a lockout in March had halted all offseason league activities.
"Chaos. The best word for it is chaos," 16-year NFL veteran fullback Tony Richardson, a member of the NFL Players Association executive committee, told the New York Times.
Meanwhile, the NFL will return to London for a fifth straight year.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play the Chicago Bears at Wembley Stadium on October 23 in the fifth regular-season game in London.
The labor deal reached this week between NFL owners and players ended the lockout and will now see teams scrambling to get their rosters set in time for the start of the regular season on September 8.
Players were allowed to report to teams starting Tuesday and one prominent rookie, 2011 first overall draft pick Cam Newton, arrived early to the Carolina Panthers facility eager to make up for lost time.
"I've got to get to business," the quarterback said outside the Panthers' facility.
Open season had also started for trades, and many prominent names, are believed to be available.
The Philadelphia Eagles are believed to be testing the market for Kevin Kolb, who backs up signal caller Michael Vick, while Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton is on the trading block.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck will likely be a much-coveted free agent.
Teams can now sign rookies and begin talks with free agents in an abbreviated run-up to the season after a lockout in March had halted all offseason league activities.
"Chaos. The best word for it is chaos," 16-year NFL veteran fullback Tony Richardson, a member of the NFL Players Association executive committee, told the New York Times.
Meanwhile, the NFL will return to London for a fifth straight year.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play the Chicago Bears at Wembley Stadium on October 23 in the fifth regular-season game in London.
The labor deal reached this week between NFL owners and players ended the lockout and will now see teams scrambling to get their rosters set in time for the start of the regular season on September 8.
Players were allowed to report to teams starting Tuesday and one prominent rookie, 2011 first overall draft pick Cam Newton, arrived early to the Carolina Panthers facility eager to make up for lost time.
"I've got to get to business," the quarterback said outside the Panthers' facility.
Open season had also started for trades, and many prominent names, are believed to be available.
The Philadelphia Eagles are believed to be testing the market for Kevin Kolb, who backs up signal caller Michael Vick, while Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton is on the trading block.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck will likely be a much-coveted free agent.
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