NFL Lockout Lifted: Will the Houston Texans Be More Likely to Trade Up in Draft?

April 26, 2011   ·   Jake Langenkamp   ·   Jump to comments

Judge Susan Robert Nelson threw the NFL a curve ball yesterday.
She issued a ruling in the Brady vs. NFL case in favor of the players, but that was expected by both sides and just about anyone following the case. What was not expected, though, was that she did not issue a stay of her ruling.
To explain, while most assumed based of some of her comments that the ruling would be for the players, it was also assumed that she would issue alongside her ruling a stay that would keep the lockout in place until the NFL could appeal. In Judge Nelson’s 89 page document, nowhere was any mention of such a stay.
So what does that mean for the practical purposes of the NFL and its players? No one knows. Some players are showing up to work today by order of their team reps, but the NFL has told teams that the players are to have no contact with coaches or be allowed to work out at team facilities.
There is also no official word on whether NFL teams will be allowed to make tra...

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