Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and NFL writer Frank Schwab react to the Falcons forfeiting a 2025 5th-rd draft pick after NFL finds the team had improper contact with free agents, including Kirk Cousins. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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The Falcons have, uh, they’ve been punished now for tampering, tampering including the signing of Kirk Cousins and a couple of other free agents.
They were fined 250 grand.
Now, mind you 250 grand to a billionaire is like what you and I spend when we go to Starbucks, but that’s fine.
They were fined a billionaire.
Starbucks, Arthur Blank’s lost his starving money for the week.
They were also their GM fined 50,000.
That’s not nothing.
And then the team lost 1/5 round draft pick.
So Frank, let me just ask you this if all you’re gonna give up is a little bit of cash and 1/5 round pick.
Why would you not tamper every single year?
Yeah, I, I just feel like if this is the tampering fine and penalty, but why does just do it every time?
I look, we all know NFL teams tamper if you tell them, hey, ok, we’re gonna add three days where you could legally tamper.
They’re gonna push that out.
Ok?
Now a week before we’re gonna start tampering.
So everybody in the league knows everybody tampers, right?
But if you’re dumb enough to get caught.
You should be punished like that.
That’s just how it goes in many aspects, life and the Falcons were dumb enough to get caught.
Kirk cousins.
Kinda let it slip that.
Hey, yeah, they had been talking to me for a while and for the NFL to just say, yeah, fifth round pick and the money is nothing you talked about.
Yes, it is.
Sticker shock to maybe me or you and, and that’s a few Teslas to other people.
Arthur Blake just writes that check and doesn’t care.
He doesn’t think about it twice.
So fifth round pick $250,000.
I I I’d do this all day if I was an NFL team and you really, really want a guy.
Kirk cousins got the most money…
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Publish date : 2024-06-13 18:53:44
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