The NFL determined there was no tampering with Barkley.  No punishment to be handed down.

Always seemed like super-flimsy evidence of tampering. Would have been complete BS to lose even a mid-rounder for something like that.

Amazing the Falcons only lost a 5th round pick

They said the Falcons tampered with Cousins "and other free agents".  I haven't heard who else they tampered with.

 

Not surprising after what Barkley described it as miscommunication

After an extensive investigation, my findings have concluded that James Franklin is still a massive dick bag.  

25 minutes ago, weko said:

Amazing the Falcons only lost a 5th round pick

 

20 minutes ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

They said the Falcons tampered with Cousins "and other free agents".  I haven't heard who else they tampered with.

 

If that's the penalty for that much tampering, I fully support going all in on tampering next year.

James Franklin should be punished for starting this BS Rumor. 

Much ado about.... NOTHING. It's about time the NFL got off of the Eagles D_I_C_K. 🤣

14 minutes ago, Talonblood said:

Much ado about.... NOTHING. It's about time the NFL got off of the Eagles D_I_C_K. 🤣

Help me out here.  Being on their D is a good thing or bad thing?

3 hours ago, jsdarkstar said:

James Franklin should be punished for starting this BS Rumor. 

And for being a lousy coach. 

2 hours ago, eggs said:

And for being a lousy coach. 

how TF does he still have a job lol. he's the epitome of a choker lol

18 hours ago, paco said:

 

If that's the penalty for that much tampering, I fully support going all in on tampering next year.

In all seriousness, what is the point of having tampering rules if all you lose for multiple proven violations is losing a 5th round pick?  It's no deterrent at all.

1 hour ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

In all seriousness, what is the point of having tampering rules if all you lose for multiple proven violations is losing a 5th round pick?  It's no deterrent at all.

What it sounds like to me is that the Falcons handled the normal stuff like talking only to the agent for negotiations, but the part where they violated the rules was when whoever works for the team in charge of travel logistics contacted the players directly to make arrangements. Probably because the agreement to sign had already been done properly at that point, the NFL didn't feel it was as serious as contacting a player directly before an agreement is reached (in an attempt to have an edge in negotiations). 

The only thing that is stupid to me is that it took 3 months to investigate. 

1 hour ago, brkmsn said:

The only thing that is stupid to me is that it took 3 months to investigate. 

Well if they did it quickly, people would assume they are just sweeping it under the rug

The NFL loves the Eagles. Tush push play. Tampering with Saquon Barkley.

Deflate the footballs a bit. Film the other team during walk throughs. We can do whatever we want.

The best part of this story is how much its really bothering Florio