The NFL is doing its best to make it seem as though everything is on schedule. The reports we keep hearing from the league side have them doing things like banning postgame jersey swaps and close contact, the kind of things you do if you have the actual details of games and so forth nailed down. That breezy public front has mostly kept the conversation focused on football and not on the logistical challenges the league faces, which is surely what Roger Goodell and the owners want.
All along, though, there have been signs that not everything is proceeding smoothly.