The league’s long and winding investigation into whether or not the Atlanta Falcons tampered with Kirk Cousins has come to a close at last, and it turns out all the drama over the draft picks they’d lose and the punishment they’d face was predictably a bit overblown. Even I’m a little surprised just how overblown.
The NFL has taken a 2025 fifth round draft pick from Atlanta, leaving them with just five selections next year, and fined the franchise $250,000. An additional $50,000 fine was levied at general manager Terry Fontenot specifically, although the league has yet to announce what he did besides presiding over the process that apparently violated the league’s anti-tampering rules.