The NFL and the players union received the same audiotape showing Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill and his fiancee discussing injuries to their child that a TV station aired last week and have heard it, a source told ESPN's Dan Graziano.
The league has historically declined to use the Commissioner's Exempt List in the offseason, but is considering making an exception in this case, likely as early as this week, because of Hill being in the middle of an ongoing criminal investigation. The designation is utilized as a way to keep a player off the field during the time period while the league reviews a charge or allegation and reaches a final conclusion on discipline, and it usually waits until the legal system concludes its process, which was just reopened in Kansas City last week after prosecutors received the audio from a local TV station.