"We've been monitoring the NFLPA talks in D.C. from a far.

I figured that I better take a break from planking on the deck and pass along a blog.

ESPN is citing sources that the NFLPA's executive committee will recommend approval of the labor deal on Monday. The owners approved the deal last Thursday at a hotel near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The union membership would then have to approve the deal in a majority vote and then re-certify as a union.

Falcons player representative Tyson Clabo was asked Sunday night via text if we should expect some good news on Monday and he sent a text back saying, "I hope so."

Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez senses that the 131-day labor strife is coming to an end."