RayClay
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Those rules are actually a simplification of the CBA, which is posted in its entirety on NFLPlayers.com. [You can browse it section-by-section here; near the upper left is a link to download a 3MB PDF file.]
In any case, this provision in Article XIV, on contracts in general, is the closest I can find in the CBA to such a rule:
(b) A Club extending a Required Tender must, for so long as that Tender is extended, have a good faith intention to employ the player receiving the Tender at the Tender compensation level during the upcoming season. It shall be deemed to be a violation of this provision if, while the tender is outstanding, a Club insists that such a player agree to a Player Contract at a compensation level during the upcoming season below that of the Required Tender amount.
That settles that. As long as they don't try to weasel out of paying him 14.6 mil, they are in compliance. Of course they can trade him to avoid that possibility.