Roger Goodell has made it clear that he wants a new CBA in place by the time the 2019 season kicks off, and according to one source on the player’s side, they are taking baby steps towards getting that done. Peter King wrote in his Football Morning in America article that the two sides are working towards getting the deal done, but that doesn’t mean it’s a done deal.

According to King, the two sides are going to meet again on Wednesday and try to get closer to a deal being reached.

The owners and players meet Wednesday in another formal bargaining session for a new CBA. A three-day meeting is scheduled between the NFL’s Management Council and the NFLPA’s Executive Committee (a 10-player unit including president Eric Winston and VPs Richard Sherman, Benjamin Watson and Adam Vinatieri). This will be the fourth bargaining session between owners and players this spring/summer, with the hope being the two sides can reach an agreement on a new bargaining agreement in 2019. (The CBA has two more seasons to run, and expires in the spring of 2021.)

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One of the significant issues being discussed is an 18 game season, and depending on how much owners push for it to be in the new CBA, it could be a sticking point. According to King, one of his sources thinks it’s something that needs to be kept out if a new CBA is going to be agreed upon. The sense around the league is that players don’t want it and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith has said before he doesn’t see any real benefit for the players from it.