NFL to 'look into' Falcons for potential tampering with Kirk Cousins signing
The Atlanta Falcons could be in serious trouble following the latest NFL report. According to ESPN's Dan Graziano, the NFL will investigate the Atlanta Falcons for potential tampering related to their free-agent signing of quarterback Kirk Cousins. The Falcons are not alone as Graziano also reported that the league will look into the Philadelphia Eagles […]
The Atlanta Falcons could be in serious trouble following the latest NFL report.
According to ESPN's Dan Graziano, the NFL will investigate the Atlanta Falcons for potential tampering related to their free-agent signing of quarterback Kirk Cousins.
The Falcons are not alone as Graziano also reported that the league will look into the Philadelphia Eagles and their free-agent signing of running back Saquon Barkley.
"Per a league source, the NFL is looking into potential tampering by the Eagles and the Falcons related to the free-agent signings of Saquon Barkley and Kirk Cousins," Graziano wrote on X/Twitter.
The NFL prohibits teams from making direct contact with players (unless they do not have an agent) during the legal tampering period, which started at noon ET Monday and ended at 4 p.m. on Wednesday
If the league finds evidence that the Falcons are guilty of tampering then there's a chance that they receive a massive fine or lose out on future draft capital.
The reported tampering investigation comes just a day after Cousins held his introductory press conference where he may have slipped up.
Cousins talked about how Falcons' tight end Kyle Pitts had been recruiting him to Atlanta over the last few months, which is okay.
"Kyle was probably the first, if I can remember, back a few weeks, he was recruiting," Cousins said Wednesday. "It's always fun to be wanted and so I appreciated that and he did a great job kind of leading the charge."
Where it gets a little messy is what exactly Cousins said that Pitts texted him "weeks" ago: "'We're ready for you to take us to the promised land.'"
The way Pitts worded his text hints at the possibility Atlanta and Cousins were speaking when they shouldn't have been.
