The NFL will have to satisfy the 10 named plaintiffs in Brady vs. NFL antitrust case in order to complete the deal for its new collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association.

As named plaintiffs, players including Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Logan Mankins and Vincent Jackson would be entitled to compensation as part of any settlement.

None, though, were expected to derail any possible deal with their demands.

One high-ranking NFLPA executive told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen: "Any media reports of a last-minute power play by players are misleading and erroneous. There are unresolved issues and we remain focused on resolving them."

Yahoo! Sports has reported that Jackson's agents have requested that the wide receiver become an unrestricted free agent when the lockout was over or receive $10 million. The Boston Globe said that both Manning and Brees were seeking to avoid the use of a franchise tag, which would make Manning an unrestricted free agent, and give Brees the same status after the 2011 season.

Manning, Jackson and Mankins all received franchise tags before the NFL locked out its players in March.

Brees denied the reports on his Twitter account Tuesday night.

"I hesitate to even dignify the false media reports with a response, but obviously they are leading people astray," Brees wrote.

The former Super Bowl MVP continued with a pair of posts an hour later.

"I want no special perks. My job is to get a fair deal for all players, and I am proud to represent them all - past, present and future," Brees wrote. "All media claims about me wanting a personal reward for this deal are false. I hope you all know me better than that."

Tom Condon, the agent for both Brees and Manning, told Mortensen on Tuesday the quarterbacks asked him to reiterate their support for all players and the NFLPA's negotiating team.

"They haven't asked for anything individually and continue to be 100 percent behind the players' efforts to resolve the negotiations," Condon told Mortensen.

A league source confirmed to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter earlier Tuesday the demands made by Jackson's agents, but Mankins and his agent, Frank Bauer, have not given their damages or repayment number to the NFLPA or its attorneys yet, according to the source.

One league source told Schefter that he doubted Jackson, in particular, would hold up a settlement, however.

"Is Vincent Jackson going to hold up the NFL season for 1,900 players, the clubs and the fans? Too smart a guy for that," the source told Schefter.

Jackson took to Twitter as well Tuesday night, also claiming he had made no demands.

"Preciate the support guys! Can't believe all u read or see in media" Jackson wrote. "I have made no demands, I wanna play ball like the rest of my peers!"

Sources told ESPN.com's John Clayton that neither Jackson nor Mankins have been contacted recently about a settlement to the Brady lawsuit. However, the NFLPA was drawing up a draft of the settlement to review Tuesday, a player source told Schefter earlier Tuesday.

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, apparently reacting to reports that some of the plaintiffs in the Brady lawsuit were stalling negotiations with their demands, voiced his displeasure Tuesday afternoon on Twitter.

"Sigh, and once again greed is the operative byword. 'Congrats Brees, Manning, Mankins, and Jackson for being 'that guy'. #d-----bags," he wrote.

If any of the plaintiffs were unhappy with settlement terms, they could object and opt out of the class action. That would not derail a settlement and would not, in itself, stop a new collective bargaining agreement.

But both the NFL owners and players have been working on a "global solution" that would include settling all legal issues surrounding their labor battle. And if the antitrust case is not settled, that could be a deal-breaker.

According to ESPN legal analyst Roger Cossack, if any of the named plaintiffs opt out, the antitrust suit would remain alive in federal court.