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The Lions are scheduled to begin their off-season program April 16, about a month later than organized team workouts would have resumed under the old collective bargaining agreement. "That's a long time," guard Rob Sims said. "They can hurt you in a month." Under the new CBA, off-season programs have been scaled back five weeks, and organized team activities have been reduced from 14 to 10. Teams are now allowed to have nine consecutive weeks of off-season workouts, with the first two weeks limited to strength and conditioning and the final four weeks designated for OTAs and a three-day mandatory veteran minicamp. Sims said he doesn't think the more compact off-season will negatively impact play next fall, and he pointed to last year's lockout as proof. "It'll be fine," he said. "You can tell by the way this last off-season went. We weren't there at all, we came back and there was a few growing pains, but we figured it out. And I feel like this year it'll just be better because we'll have a little bit more time together, but not that much time together."
Source: Detroit Free Press
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