The NFL reportedly is investigating the Atlanta Falcons' Kirk Cousins signing and the Philadelphia Eagles' Saquon Barkley signing. Here's what to know.
The probes come after some eyebrow-raising comments made by Cousins and Penn State football coach James Franklin earlier this week.Cousins, during his introductory press conference with Atlanta on Wednesday, seemed to imply he had contact with members of the Falcons organization the day prior -- before free agency officially began.
“For him now to come back and be able to play within the state in Philadelphia, he said that was one of the first things that Howie said to him on the phone as part of kind of his sales pitch to him, was not only the Philadelphia Eagles and that but obviously the connection with Penn State and the fan bases as well,” Franklin said.NFL free agency unofficially kicked off with a legal tampering period at noon ET on Monday.
There are some exceptions to the rules: teams can have early contact with their own pending free agents and released players are also free to sign with teams before free agency begins.after being found to have engaged in improper contact with pending Eagles free agent wideout Jeremy Maclin. The contact took place prior to the start of the 2015 free agency period.
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