In what turned into a 16-hour session on Thursday, owners and players first reached a great and frustrating divide over revenue splits in what many insiders (including Yahoo's own Mike Silver) termed a very large step backward. Mediator Arthur Boylan was credited with keeping things in line, diffusing egos on both sides, and threatening everyone with a call to the Eighth Circuit Court. Albert Breer of the NFL Network is your man on the ground for constant updates. Talks will continue on Friday, which is a very good thing — it shows some real urgency to push through the details and come to a resolution, even if the two sides aren't as close on key issues as we'd like to believe. We'll have more details as Friday's talks wrap up.
Ah, so Albert Haynesworth was PLANKING. Now we understand.
Chad Ochocinco's most recent alternate sport: NASCAR. Oh, and threatening to "whoop Marvin Lewis' ass."
Wisconsin's new gun law may mean one thing: Concealed weapons in Lambeau Field. That would certainly give Brett Favre one more good reason to stay in Mississippi.
Always-quotable Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett was in fine form this week.
FOXSports.com's Adam Caplan reports that one AFC team has been aggressively sending out playbooks to its players in clear violation of the lockout code. In other news, people download stuff illegally.
Jon Gruden loves him some Terrelle Pryor, but Matt Bowen of the National Football Post isn't convinced. Neither am I.
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