As hectic as the last four days have been around the NFL, it’s unlikely anybody involved in the final hours of the lockout can match Sean Considine’s recent activity.

The former Byron High School All-Stater and NFL free agent has had a lot more on his mind than where he’ll land next season. His wife, Nicole, gave birth to triplets – two boys and a girl – Friday in Rockford.

“The hard part of this offseason was taken care of Friday, and my wife did a wonderful job delivering three healthy babies,” Considine said Monday by phone. “The rest is fun stuff. Football’s just a game, and I never get too stressed out over it, especially when you keep the big picture in mind.”

Cohen, Corben and Hadley join brother Caden, 4, in the Considine household, and mom and the triplets are doing just fine.

Now, Considine will turn some of his focus to his NFL future. A six-year veteran with the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars, Considine become a free agent at the end of the 2010 season when the Jaguars chose not to re-sign him.

But during the lockout, strict rules forbade players or their agents from talking to teams until a new collective bargaining agreement was reached.

As a result, Considine doesn’t know where – or even if – he’ll play football in the fall.

“I have no idea what’s out there for me,” said Considine, who can’t officially sign with a team until Friday. “It’s just beginning for me now. My agent, Rick Smith, is going to start contacting teams [Tuesday], tell them ‘I’ve got No. 37 here, Sean Considine, are you looking for him for your team?’”

Considine wasn’t surprised at the timetable for the end of the lockout. After NFL owners approved a new CBA last Thursday, many expected the players to turn around right away and approve it, too.

But that didn’t happen, throwing some confusion back into the labor dispute and causing some fans to lash out – and some players to respond.

Everything has been smoothed over now, however. The players agreed to the owners’ proposed deal Monday to end the lockout after 136 days.

“It was chaotic scenario, kind of a miscommunication,” Considine said. “With a document as long as the CBA, you can’t just look over it real quick and say yes; lawyers had to look it over word-for-word and make sure the language was right, so we knew it was going to take the weekend to resolve everything.

“Guys were antsy, ready to play football, and some of them were speaking off the top of their head in frustration. But the NFLPA kept us informed, told us to relax and stay out of the media, and the Monday afternoon timetable was what we expected.”

Whatever happens for Considine football-wise, he’s ready for it. With six years under his belt already, he has far surpassed his own expectations of a professional football career.

“My wife and I feel very blessed with the additions to our family, and we have a lot to be thankful for,” Considine said. “If I have the opportunity to play a couple more years of football, that’s just icing on the cake.

“If there’s nothing left for me in football, that’s how it goes. I’ll just have to get back to reality, go out and find a real job.”

Considine file

Born: Oct. 28, 1981 in Dixon

Hometown: Byron

Family: Wife Nicole, son Caden (4), newborns Cohen, Corben & Hadley

High school: Byron (grad. 2000)

College: University of Iowa (grad. 2005)

NFL teams: Eagles (2005-2008), Jaguars (2009-10), currently free agent