Some free agency stories (bonus tampering stuff)

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Seriously, nobody seems to give a ****.

NFL Network analysts: How teams won us over in free agency

NFL.com article about why some guys chose the places they did as free agents.

Amazing that right off the bat, there's a story about Nate Burleson who met with a Lions rep in a meeting that could only happen via tampering. On the NFL website. Nobody cares.

Burleson had just finished a four-year stint with the Seattle Seahawks and originally planned to re-sign with his hometown team. But on the night free agency opened, Burleson, who wanted to keep his options open, went to the spot where he had heard a Lions representative might be.

"The moment the clock struck 12:01 a.m., (then-Lions offensive coordinator) Scott Linehan was sitting down at the restaurant ready to negotiate," Burleson said. "That was the ultimate sign. He made me a priority and that was the selling point. Regardless of the negotiations and the money, when I walked in the restaurant and he was there, I knew I was going to sign with Detroit."

Like really? "He had heard a Lions representative" might be at that restaurant? How?

Also has former Patriots Willie McGinest and Heath Evans for those who are interested in reading more.