Packers coach Mike McCarthy has admitted that a lengthy work stoppage could end up helping the team. Green Bay's season lasted longer than most teams, cutting down on their offseason. "I think when it's all said and done it may even help us," McCarthy said this week of the delayed start to the new league year. "It takes the focus away. When you win, you want to be like everybody else, just get back into your routine." He was already thinking about delaying the team's offseason programs. "I wasn't going to bring these guys back until the second week in April," McCarthy said. "I'm not as concerned about our players. The hypotheticals (of a lockout), I'm not even worried about that. "I just want to make sure we're ready, staff-wise. We played six playoff games. I'm telling you, that's a lot of football. I'm worried about it. I'm looking at our training camp schedule already. I've already adjusted that. I'm in tune with it."