MMQB’s Albert Breer’s Takeaways from Falcons Kirk Cousins Tampering Punishment | The Rich Eisen Show

The MMQB’s Albert Breer tells Rich Eisen if the rest of the league should be concerned about the punishment for the Falcons’ Kirk Cousins tampering.

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what happened with the uh League investigation of the Falcons that caused them to as they say dock them a fifth round selection I believe in next year’s draft and find the general manager Terry font 50 grand for tampering is that officially the what they’re calling it with their yeah what do we yeah so yeah so I I I this has sort of been a big process and I I think you know part of the issue here and I I feel like I can speak a little bit more freely about this now is there are situations in the NFL I’m just talking broad Strokes here right there are situations in the NFL where everyone agrees that it would be good for things to go one way right and for certain things to happen at a certain speed and I do think like for everyone involved in the Kirk Cousins situation through those weeks in March there was an agreement that the best thing for everybody whether it was Kirk’s Camp whether it was the Falcons whether it was the Vikings whether it was anybody else Denver whoever thought about dipping their toe in those Waters the best thing for everybody in that in in that circumstance was for kurk cousins to agree to terms as close to noon on that Monday as possible and so sometimes when there’s an agreement that that’s the best thing there’s some looking the other way that goes on right and the league does have to come down on that stuff but this feels like one of those situations to me where there was a lot of I think people in all spots there agreed that the best thing for the Falcons the best thing for the Vikings the best thing thing for every team involved was for Kirk to make a decision quickly so everybody could move on and because it did happen quickly it helped the Vikings pivot and go get Sam darnold it affected the way the Falcons were planning going forward from there as well um it helped everybody it helped Kirk right like it helped Kirk so um you know I do think that this is one of those scenarios where this is a little bit of a victimless crime and this stuff happens more than people know and I don’t know that the league really wanted to open some Pandora’s Box where it’s like okay you know now we’re coming down really hard on this and now are we going to be chasing a half dozen cut cases you know like it every single year so they just ticketed him for going jaywalking yeah is it JW right tamper walking or something like that because because every because why because cousins basically decided I I don’t want to go here anymore I feel like this is this is simply because of the pr part of it because it got out there right and because some of the things there were some people that slept and because some people slipped and said some things it just like I I think that’s why is like because it’s out there and I I think this almost feels to me like the league saying you know what we have to do something all right guys like let’s figure out something we will we will we will handle it the way we need to handle it we know that these things happen sometimes we just we can’t everybody knows where the line is and everybody knows like that you can you know take a couple steps over that line just don’t dance over it just don’t spit on the line you know what I mean like so like that’s what it feels like a little bit to me where this is Jay walking but it’s just a a reminder to everybody just don’t be blatant about it when you do it but we understand that these things happen sometimes and in a lot of cases they’re victimless crimes that benefit the parties involved so what was it they reached out to him too soon is that what it was they yeah I mean it was just it was the communication part of it yes is is is what was an issue here and I mean look like I I I do think again like the to me um you know like the Vikings I guess if you want to you know put this in the the the the terms of a court of law the Vikings would be the plaintiff right um I think the pl the plaintive like I I I I don’t think that this was like something that they were fervently like yes I want charges pressed here you know what I mean like now maybe there were some people in building that felt that way but I know a lot of people didn’t you know like I I I just I don’t think this this was that big a deal to the Vikings which is probably a pretty big part of the League’s decision- making here too um and you know again like I I think you look at the end result the end result is that like the Vikings wind up you know being able to move very quickly on another quarterback because the Kirk thing got done fast and the Kirk thing doesn’t get done that F I mean no one’s under the illusion that the Kirk deal or any of these other deals that get reported at like 1222 or 1234 or whatever else on that Monday no one’s under the illusion that everybody just snapped their fingers and made those deals come to life well I mean there is a a a window if you will that is now legal in which to talk to somebody and I guess what what you’re saying essentially is that the fact that cousins left Minnesota isn’t because the Falcons reached out too soon it’s just that cousins was gone based on the knowledge of their conversations with him and that was the end of it unless there’s people in the building that think otherwi I think it was I think it was it was down the line right like I don’t think I don’t think anything was done no um but like I think I think everybody I I would say I would say like I think everybody had a good idea of what the landscape was right um and I think the Falcons were able to push it over the goal line afternoon on that Monday but like again like I I mean look when I was young covering the league you probably remember this combine um You Know Rich like like you remember like how like the combine used to be right before free agency right remember like it was like it was like the combine like ended on like Wednesday and then like Friday at midnight the free agency started um I remember like like there was this one Steakhouse I think it was like I can’t remember if it was like it was it was not prime or one of those S Elmos but it was like it was Rose Chris it was somewhere like relatively out in the open yeah like Dan Snider was out to dinner with like you know Albert hanworth Albert haworth’s agent you know what I mean like everyone saw it and it’s just like all right like and then he gets and then it gets done like in the we hours of that Friday morning it’s I mean we all know what happened so uh last one on this one uh I guess you have to remember that right oh sure I mean come on man um and especially especially since the the combine I mean everybody everybody just goes out and about um so I guess if they they they lost the draft choice in 2025 uh it’s a good thing they got their quarterback to the Future already huh Albert yeah that the hope of getting Tom Brady in the fifth round in 2025 is now gone for the Falcons so good thing they took Michael penic uh e overall I couldn’t I couldn’t 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