FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. � NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants to see more progress in labor talks between the league and players� union.

Speaking Friday at his annual state-of-the-league address during Super Bowl week, Goodell said fans �expect solutions ... and we should deliver� on a new collective bargaining agreement.
The NFL Players Association said Thursday it is bracing for a lockout in 2011 after the current labor pact expires. Goodell said he and the league�s owners want an agreement and it�s �absolutely false� that owners would want to see a work stoppage.
Goodell added that there is no contingency plan for the 2012 Super Bowl, on the chance that no football is played in 2011.
�We still have a lot of time and a lot of important opportunities here to structure something that makes sense for everybody,� Goodell said.
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said Thursday the union views the chance of a lockout as a �14� on a scale of 1-to-10, something Goodell said he hopes won�t become a �self-fulfilling prophecy.�
�I sure hope he�s wrong. ... Right now, we we don�t need a lot of focus on that,� Goodell said.
Goodell has also said he doesn�t agree with the union�s contention that owners are insisting on an 18 percent player pay cut.
�The players hould be paid fairly and they should be paid well,� he said. �And I assure you that they will.�