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NEW ORLEANS (AP)\u2014With 31 NFL head coaches speaking their minds\u2014New
\nEngland\u2019s Bill Belichick didn\u2019t bother to show up for the coaches\u2019 breakfast\u2014
\nthere was unanimity on one issue: They all expect their players to stay ready
\nduring the lockout.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are professionals who are dedicated to the game,\u201d new Titans coach
\nMike Munchak said Tuesday at the annual owners meetings. \u201cThey will stay in
\nshape and be football ready when the call comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nobody knows when that might be, but the coaches are relying on their
\nveteran leaders to ensure no players are slacking off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat won\u2019t happen. This is their trade and livelihood,\u201d added Munchak,
\nwho was a player during the 1982 and 1987 player strikes. \u201cGuys now back in
\nNashville will be working out on their own. They know how important it is to be
\nin shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a hearing set for April 6 as 10 players seek an injunction in U.S.
\nDistrict Court to block the lockout, and with no negotiations scheduled, the
\nlabor impasse could last a while. Players normally would be reporting for
\noffseason workouts now, mostly weight training and exercise. Team drills
\nwouldn\u2019t come for several more weeks.<\/p>\n

By mid-April, though, working on plays with teammates becomes important.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe our players will take care of themselves,\u201d new Panthers coach
\nRon Rivera said. \u201cThey\u2019ll want to be prepared for when we get rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rex Ryan looks forward to rockin\u2019 and rollin\u2019, too, although he\u2019s not
\nkeeping tabs on his guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re on their own,\u201d the Jets coach said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like you organize
\nanything. Somebody said, \u2018Are they working out?\u2019 I have no idea. You don\u2019t know
\nwho\u2019s working out, who\u2019s not working out, all this stuff. But I\u2019m confident that
\nwhen our guys come back, they will be ready to roll.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Ryan and the other coaches, there can be no contact with the players
\nduring the work stoppage. They simply must rely on the professionalism of their
\nplayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf these guys don\u2019t take the initiative, I\u2019ve got the wrong kind of
\nfootball team to start with,\u201d Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said. \u201cIf they
\ncan\u2019t figure out where to work out and how much to work out, usually you\u2019ve got
\nthe wrong guy to start with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added new Raiders coach Hue Jackson: \u201cI think a pro football player knows
\nwhat his duties are and what he needs to do to prepare himself to play. There\u2019s
\na lot being made right now about guys getting together to work out. Is there
\nsome good to that? There\u2019s no question there is. But most players right now are
\nprobably preparing their bodies to get ready for an offseason program, so I
\nwould think if you play in the National Football League, you\u2019re doing everything
\nyou can do get your bodies and minds right so you can be ready to go play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whenever that is.<\/p>\n

REX ON A ROLL: New York Jets<\/a> coach Rex Ryan never has been someone who
\npasses up a good punch line, particularly at the expense of the rival New
\nEngland Patriots<\/a>. He was in fine form Tuesday during the coaches\u2019 breakfast at
\nthe NFL owners meetings.<\/p>\n

He spoke about Patriots coach Bill Belichick (\u201cI feel, like, at times,
\nwe\u2019re the only team that can beat him\u201d) and quarterback Tom Brady<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> (\u201cYou know
\nhe can\u2019t stand me\u201d), among other topics.<\/p>\n

A sampling:<\/p>\n

\u2014 On Belichick: \u201cYou know what\u2019s funny? We have conversations. We talk
\nabout baseball. We talk about anything. I personally like Belichick. And I have
\nmore respect for Belichick than any coach in this league, as you guys know. But
\nagain, I still want to beat him. And the fact that he\u2019s in our division\u2014I\u2019m
\npaid to beat him. \u2026 They lost three games last year, two to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 On Belichick benching Wes Welker<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> at the start of the Jets\u2019 playoff victory
\nover the Patriots after the receiver\u2019s verbal digs at Ryan: \u201cAt the time, I was
\nlike, \u2018That\u2019s pretty cool.\u2019 \u201d Ryan said he took that as a sign of Belichick\u2019s
\nrespect for him.<\/p>\n

\u2014 On Brady: \u201cOne day, I expect him to roll out one time and just launch a
\nball at me and take the incompletion. That\u2019s what I worry about. I do like to
\nplay with him a little bit. But what a great quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 On why three-time Super Bowl champion Brady was only a sixth-round draft
\npick: \u201cWe all saw him run that 40. Oh my goodness, that\u2019s the slowest 40 I\u2019ve
\never seen in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 On his brother, Rob Ryan, the new defensive coordinator for the Dallas
\nCowboys<\/a>: \u201cI always say this to him, and I believe it: I think they\u2019ll be second
\nin the league in defense this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 On the reaction of his father, Buddy Ryan, to Rob\u2019s job, given Buddy\u2019s
\nclashes with the Cowboys while coaching the Eagles: Buddy Ryan is \u201cstruggling
\nwith it a little bit. \u2026 He looked at Rob like he\u2019s Benedict Arnold or
\nsomething.\u201d<\/p>\n

STANFORD GUY, MICHIGAN GUY, SAN FRAN GUY: How torn was Jim Harbaugh before
\ndeciding to either remain coach at Stanford, leave for Michigan or head to the
\nNFL and the 49ers?<\/p>\n

Very.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to coach Stanford, a top five team and something I was a part of
\nbuilding up,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to coach my alma mater (Michigan). And I
\nwanted to coach the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>. I wanted all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorry, Jim, it doesn\u2019t work that way. So the Niners won the bidding, giving
\nHarbaugh a five-year deal for about $25 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, it was the chance to coach at the top level, in the NFL where
\nthere\u2019s 32 teams that have a chance every year,\u201d said Harbaugh, whose brother
\nJohn has one of those prized head coaching jobs, with Baltimore. \u201cThis is the
\nultimate challenge. I feel everything I have done before has set me up for
\nthis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming from a coaching family\u2014the Harbaughs father, Jack, is a longtime
\ncoach\u2014Harbaugh was a successful college and pro player, too. After making
\nStanford into a national power, he was contacted by Michigan after it fired Rich
\nRodriguez last year, and by the Miami Dolphins<\/a> even though they still had a
\ncoach, Tony Sparano. Following some melodrama fitting for Hollywood, Harbaugh
\nstayed in California\u2014northern California.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are lots of paths people can take to be a coach,\u201d he said. \u201cI
\ndon\u2019t think the paths and experiences I\u2019ve had preclude me from being a great
\ncoach. Playing and coaching has led me to be a coach at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n

TOP OF THE DRAFT: Coming off a 2-14 season in which they had the league\u2019s
\nworst offense (196 points, 75 fewer than any other team) and yielded 408 points,
\nthe Carolina Panthers<\/a> can\u2019t count the number of holes they must fill. With the
\ntop pick in the draft, they are leaning toward, well, who knows?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going through the whole process and we still have about eight guys
\nat various positions we\u2019re looking at,\u201d coach Ron Rivera said. \u201cWe\u2019re 60
\npercent of the way along.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carolina\u2019s most glaring needs are at quarterback, receiver, tight end, both
\nlines and in the secondary. Not that there\u2019s a particular strength on the
\nroster, either.<\/p>\n

That puts QBs Blaine Gabbert and Cam Newton in the mix for the Panthers,
\nalong with any of the dynamic defensive linemen and wideouts A.J. Green of
\nGeorgia and Julio Jones of Alabama.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have another few weeks to do more evaluations and to meet with the
\nplayers and everything that goes into making this pick,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n

AP Pro Football Writer Howard Fendrich in New Orleans contributed to this
\nstory.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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