NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and four of the league's most prominent agents put on a unified front at the annual scouting combine on Friday. The hope is the union and the NFL can agree on a new collective bargaining agreement before the current one expires next week. If they can't, a lockout could begin next Friday. "We want a deal and our hope is it will get done as quickly as possible," Smith said. In a text to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, one of the agents in the room, who wished to remain anonymous, wasn't optimistic about the progress of the labor talks. "Not close on one single issue," said the text, transmitted during the morning session. "This WILL go into September."