"Although GM Jerry Angelo apologized for the botched trade between the Bears and Ravens, it exposed a flaw in the NFL's draft procedures by which one team conceivably could deceive another and cause time to expire on a selection, and team executive are concerned.

"I would hope nobody would ever do that intentionally ... but even accidentally is really bad," an NFC team executive said. "You're talking about people's jobs being on the line. That embarrasses everybody involved."

One solution to the problem could be to set the deadline to report trades at 30 seconds before the actual deadline to make a pick."