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Yes, I know there is another Peter King thread but please: Bart Scott, Matt Cassel, Chris Canty revel in free agency madness - Peter King - SI.com
Now you tell me, since Goodell doesn't care about this stuff--apparently--and since Goodell already sent a memo out on this 2 years ago, warning teams not to do this, do the Patriots run the risk of once again losing a first rounder if Goodell arbitrarily decides to investigate and find the Patriots guilty? And then he covers his tracks by saying, "There's no evidence that any other team did this."
At the Scouting Combine the previous week, when it's supposed to be against NFL rules for teams to have discussions with agents for soon-to-be free agents, Blank had spoken to a number of teams about Canty, a 6-7 defensive end in a 3-4 defense who some teams thought could play defensive tackle in the 4-3. The teams, ostensibly, were feeling out the agents, and vice versa, about what level of compensation the player might get and what other teams might be interested.
One of the parties interested in Canty was Washington. Blank thought San Francisco, Tennessee and Seattle would also want in. There were others. Teams are smart enough not to blatantly offer contracts at the combine, but some of them come close. In this case, Blank made it clear to anyone asking that he expected the money to come in between $6 million and $8 million a year, hopefully closer to eight.
Now you tell me, since Goodell doesn't care about this stuff--apparently--and since Goodell already sent a memo out on this 2 years ago, warning teams not to do this, do the Patriots run the risk of once again losing a first rounder if Goodell arbitrarily decides to investigate and find the Patriots guilty? And then he covers his tracks by saying, "There's no evidence that any other team did this."