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Over the course of the past 72 hours, the lockout was lifted, a slew of undrafted rookie free agents were signed to new deals, and nearly a quarter of the league’s starting quarterback situations were dramatically altered.

Despite league-wide fears that fans would be...turned off by a 132-day work stoppage, ProFootballTalk.com—an elite destination for all things NFL rumors—had its highest day of traffic in the site’s history on Tuesday. Twitter nearly blew up from excessive Jay Glazer and Adam Schefter tweets, eight of the top trending items on Google were NFL-related, and no-name free agents—guys like five-year veteran tight end Jeff King—were linked to three different teams online.

Yet, for as crazy as the past three days might have been for NFL fans and media, it’s been even wilder for the players and their agents.

To get a look behind the curtain and into the madness, we spoke with player agent David Canter. Canter’s client, San Diego Chargers safety Eric Weddle, signed a 5-year, $40 million deal on Wednesday, one of the largest inked by a veteran safety in league history. These were his past 72 hours:

Monday

11:30 AM: Canter receives an email from the NFLPA outlining the various deal points to the proposed CBA.

1:08 PM: The NFLPA follows up with a 25-slide PowerPoint deck and a dial-in for a conference call; During the conference call, the NFL Network has Commissioner Roger Goodell and Ecutive Director of the National Football League Players’ Association DeMaurice Smith live on-air, announcing the end of the lockout.

5:25 PM: The NFLPA emails Canter specifics on the Rookie Compensation Pool, detailing an entirely new process for signing NFL rookies

6:15 PM: He receives a phone call from a team inquiring about an undrafted rookie client. Canter tells team representative,...We can’t speak until tomorrow morning at 10 am. The team representative responds by telling him they’ve been talking to agents about undrafted players since 6 pm. Canter shrugs his shoulders. Wild Wild West.

6:30 PM- 11:30 PM: Canter takes calls with every NFL team, trying to lock up contracts for three of his undrafted rookie free agents—wide receivers Dontavia Bogan and Joe Hastings, and kicker Wes Byrum. During these calls, he gauges interest in Weddle, his premier client. Of the 32 teams, he gets confirmation from 12 that are...indeed, interested in acquiring the 26-year-old safety. After several conversations, Canter agrees to terms on contracts for Bogan and Hastings, but is unable to secure jobs for his other undrafted free agents.

Tuesday

1:28 AM: Canter receives an email from Brian Hampton, Director of Football Administration for the San Francisco 49ers, with the terms to Bogan’s contract. He agrees. Bogan will be reporting to 49ers training camp.

1:58 AM: Hampton follows up with an email outlining the terms to Hastings’ contract. Hastings will be joining Bogan with a shot to make the Niners.

2:00 AM- 4:00 AM: Canter ensures all of his veteran clients have flights set up for their physicals in the coming days.

4:00-6:00 AM: Canter fades in and out of a nap, while checking Twitter and his Blackberry for emails and texts.

6:15-9:00 AM: Canter...devours the new CBA and all its parameters, while fielding calls and emails from over a dozen NFL teams.

10:22 AM: Canter receives his first...Weddle e-mail, a request from a Minnesota reporter asking about which teams were interested in his client. Canter confirms that a dozen teams had inquired about Weddle, including the San Diego Chargers.

12:30 PM: Canter picks his son up from pre-school and grabs lunch at a sub shop, awaiting a call from San Diego’s front office.