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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I bet the coaches are going ape-shit right about now. They may have been gearing up but, given the compressed time frames, I am sure a they have been preparing but I bet more than a few of them are thinking "WTF do I do first?"

On top of that was just reading how teams could lose RFA's midway through August.



Read more: NFL owners and players nearing an end to lockout and labor dispute in time for full 2011 NFL schedule* - Peter King - SI.com

I'd bet the better coaches had a time line set up for when ever the deal got done. So they would have a plan for as little or as much time as they had to prepare the players.