The Atlanta Falcons tampering case with then Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins appears to be coming to a conclusion.
The Falcons’ tampering allegations arose after Cousins, who was speaking at his introductory press conference March 13 after signing his contract on the first official day of free agency, said he had contact with Atlanta’s head athletic trainer the day before.
Cousins unintentionally admitted to breaking this rule. Now, the Falcons may have to pay a price in addition to Cousins’s four-year, $180 million contract. The NFL took Miami’s 2023 first-round pick 2024 third-round pick while issuing a $1.5 million fine to owner Stephen Ross and $500,000 fine to vice chairman/limited partner Bruce Beal.with receiver Jeremy Maclin in 2015 and forfeited their 2016 third-round pick and 2017 sixth-round pick.
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