NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ If Titans coach Jeff Fisher had a vote, he'd favour trimming some time off the draft.
Fisher, co-chair of the NFL's rules committee, won't be part of the NFL owners' talks Tuesday with commissioner Roger Goodell about shortening selection times in the first and second rounds of the league's draft. But he has been part of discussions with Goodell about picking up the pace on draft day.
``I think we could arrive at a good number of minutes whether it be 10 for the first round or seven for the second. I think it would work. I would be willing to give it a shot,'' Fisher said Monday.
The topic of trimming the current 15 minutes for a first-round selection and 10 during the second came up only days after the NFL endured its longest first round ever last month _ six hours and eight minutes.
Goodell called members of the competition committee, and the committee has had a few conference calls on the subject. The commissioner will discuss the topic with NFL owners at their spring meeting in Nashville, a few kilometres from the Titans' headquarters.
``Teams just typically use all their time, and I don't think it would affect your ability to execute trades, not only picks, but also players,'' Fisher said. ``That's the thing that's being examined right now.''
This one-day meeting is for owners only. A final decision on trimming the draft isn't expected Tuesday.
The owners will have a major vote on the agenda. They will award the 2011 Super Bowl to Indianapolis, North Texas or Glendale, Ariz., which is hosting the game Feb. 3 in the Arizona Cardinals' new stadium.
Tampa hosts in 2009 followed by a return to South Florida in 2010.
Indianapolis and North Texas are the favourites, and both are tapping into star power to make the 15-minute pitch to owners Tuesday morning, with Colts coach Tony Dungy and Hall of Famer Roger Staubach, chairman of the Texas committee.
Dungy will be joined by Tony George, chief executive officer of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Tom Jernstedt, executive vice-president of the NCAA.
``Tony obviously is such a great representative for our franchise and the league, but so is Roger,'' Colts owner Jim Irsay said.
``It's going to be competitive just like all of our games, and I know whoever gets it is going to be a deserving city. And we can't forget Arizona as well. I think they're very much in the mix as well. It's going to be competitive, and we're just going to do our best and hope things turn out our way.''
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