Kansas City, Mo. ? Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said Saturday he is confident there will be an NFL season in 2011 and that the Chiefs will be in better position to weather a long work stoppage than some other teams.

Hunt was involved in much of the negotiations last week that finally broke down when the NFL Players Association moved to decertify and then filed an antitrust suit against the league.

Hunt told the Associated Press the Chiefs will benefit from Todd Haley having two years to get his program in place and develop continuity on his staff. Hunt said the league has not focused on the possibility of using replacement players, as it did in the 1987 players strike.

“I do think the work stoppage is going to have an adverse impact on NFL teams,” Hunt said. “I personally believe that teams that changed head coaches this offseason will have a very difficult time getting ready to play football in 2011 because they’re likely to lose some or all the (offseason practices) that teams typically have the benefit of.”

The Chiefs, in Haley’s second season, made a major breakthrough with a 10-6 record and won the AFC West title for the first time since 2005.

“From the Chiefs’ standpoint, I think we’re in a very good position having a head coach who’s going into his third year,” Hunt said. “He has a lot of continuity on his coaching staff, and it will be easier to pick up and get ready at whatever point where football resumes.”