PHOENIX — Commissioner Roger Goodell put the finishing touches on this year’s NFL annual meeting Wednesday saying “I feel very good” about what was accomplished during the week, while acknowledging that a lot of work is still to be done in the weeks ahead in regards to various issues facing the league.

Front and center is a seemingly galloping race to Los Angeles that features two dueling stadium proposals that are coupled with three markets trying to keep their teams from moving.

Several owners talked openly this week concerning their belief that at least one and perhaps two teams could be in Los Angeles in 2016.

While the current rules mandate that teams filing for relocation have a window from Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 to state their intentions, NFL senior vice president Eric Grubman ramped up the intensity when he told the Orange County Register, “We’re setting all this up to go earlier than that and we’ve told the home markets they ought not to depend on that Jan. 1 date. That they ought to go faster than that. We may feel like the right thing to do is to make that decision earlier so that everybody knows where they stand.”

Grubman intimated it could happen by the October league meetings. Goodell did nothing to refute that Wednesday, saying that the subject has been discussed, while adding, “We’re focused on doing this right. If we go back to the Los Angeles market, we want to make sure we succeed for the long term and we have a lot to do to get to that place. We’re not focused on ’16. Right now, our focus is on the process, making sure we’re evaluating the opportunities in the existing markets and making sure we understand what it takes to be successful long-term in that (Los Angeles) market.”

Speaking specifically to quickening the time frame, Goodell said, “We’ve had some discussions within our (Los Angeles opportunity) committee. Whether that time frame — if there was a relocation — whether that’s the appropriate time frame to do so. There’s a lot to do when you relocate a franchise.”

But the commissioner acknowledged getting it all accomplished sooner would help the transition, which, he said “is the goal if there is a relocation. So that’s been discussed. We certainly have not come to any conclusion on that.”

It is expected that more information on stadium plans in Los Angeles will be presented at the May 18-20 meetings in San Francisco, as well as updates on progress in St. Louis, San Diego and Oakland. The league is also conducting assessments of all four markets, which will be an important component coupled with the stadium feasibility plans.

Asked a wide-ranging series of other questions, Goodell said:

–A decision on discipline of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy will be made in “the near future.” Hardy remains on the commissioner’s exempt list, where he spent 14 games last season with the Carolina Panthers.

–There is no time frame on receiving the results of the investigation by Ted Wells into the belief that the New England Patriots were involved in deflating 11 footballs prior to their AFC Championship Game win over the Indianapolis Colts.

“We have not put a time frame on Ted Wells,” Goodell said. “We have asked him to be thorough, complete. And when he’s finished with that, he’ll give that to us and to the public in general.”

Asked whether he regrets the way the situation was handled at the start, Goodell said, “I think we made it very clear at the Super Bowl that we were not making any judgments, that we were obligated as part of our rules to make sure we understand the facts. Whenever there’s a charge potentially of a violation of our rules, we take it very seriously, and that’s our obligation, it’s our obligation to the other 31 clubs. Ted Wells will be going through the report — if there’s anything that we as a league did incorrectly, we will know about it in that report.”

–In the aftermath of the “legal tampering” period that occurred in the three days before the opening of the league year March 10, Goodell said “several teams” and “several situations” are being investigated to learn if improper agreements were made. Once the agreement that the Miami Dolphins had with defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh became public on the second day of the three-day period, the floodgates opened and numerous others also became public.

–Regarding the incident during the season when Cleveland Browns general manager Ray Farmer sent texts to the sideline during games, Goodell said, “Any violation of our rules is something we take seriously. It affects the integrity of the game. All 32 teams need to be operating under the same rules. I think our clubs expect that and our fans expect that. So any violation of that is treated seriously. I have not been brought up to speed on that in the last couple of days. Obviously, I’ve been here. But I’m sure there’ll be a focus on it in the next couple days.”

–With the draft five weeks away, Goodell was asked about his recent meeting with Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, who appears headed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the first pick of the draft, and who has been on the wrong end of several negative situations while in college.

Goodell said, “This is a young man who understands his responsibility,” while emphasizing that “I think we were incredibly clear about our expectations of anybody who enters the NFL.”