Falcons tampering for Cousins could gift the Bears Dallas Turner 👀

[JordanSigler]

Chicago Bears could leapfrog Atlanta Falcons to draft Dallas Turner if NFL insider is correct about tampering

The Chicago Bears are stuck behind a DE-needy Atlanta Falcons team in the draft. That could change if the NFL hands out a punishment.

www.chicitysports.com

 

[Butkus34]

no to helping the Vikings

 

[Black Rainbow]

Doesn't Alabama run a 3-4?

 

[baselman1974]

Yes please.

 

[BradyJay]

Wouldn't they be penalized next draft season?

 

[DefNextYear]

Wouldn't they be penalized next draft season?

I was going to ask this same thing. I can't imagine they'll conclude this investigation that quickly with that high of a price to pay... and even if they did, I can't believe they'd penalize them this year. I feel like they'd push it to next year regardless.

That said, I don't care much about Turner specifically. I like a lot of players. And if the Vikings were to swap with them, I'd be more worried that a division rival is being handed more draft capital for free.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Doesn't Alabama run a 3-4?

You must be on Bing, and not Google.

 

[Myk]

We're moving up for MHJ.
Oh look, the NFL is moving us up for free. Well then we'll get defense for the new QB.
If we get moved up wouldn't that make your former article about moving up for MHJ more attainable???

I want to know what you're on to cause these elevator highs.

 

[KittiesKorner]

Go get ‘em!

 

[playthrough2001]

I was going to ask this same thing. I can't imagine they'll conclude this investigation that quickly with that high of a price to pay... and even if they did, I can't believe they'd penalize them this year. I feel like they'd push it to next year regardless.

That said, I don't care much about Turner specifically. I like a lot of players. And if the Vikings were to swap with them, I'd be more worried that a division rival is being handed more draft capital for free.

The investigation should be pretty easy. Cousins admitted he was tampered with weeks ago because he’s an idiot.

This isn’t the Warren Commission.

I don’t want Turner but the “investigation” is not rocket science.

 

[brundleflyguy]

Off topic, but doesn't Jonathan Gannon have an erection in that picture?

 

[DefNextYear]

The investigation should be pretty easy. Cousins admitted he was tampered with weeks ago because he’s an idiot.

This isn’t the Warren Commission.

I don’t want Turner but the “investigation” is not rocket science.

Yea, I'm not saying it is some deep and difficult investigation, but even easy things have a lot of hoops to jump through. You have multiple people who are involved and probably all going through lawyers... who all don't care about being expeditious. Depending on the reluctance of people to cooperate, I'd be pretty stunned if they penalize them in this draft considering it's 2 weeks away.

And I get the nature of a penalty isn't to be kind to anyone... but also the months of planning the Falcons have been doing and continue to do, only to have that gone at the last minute would be rough. I guess it's not "gone", but whatever. And again, I get it's a penalty... but I just feel like the league won't do it so rapidly (relatively speaking of course)... and I just really think they'll end up deciding what to do months from now cause everything moves at a snail's pace.

 

[JordanSigler]

We're moving up for MHJ.
Oh look, the NFL is moving us up for free. Well then we'll get defense for the new QB.
If we get moved up wouldn't that make your former article about moving up for MHJ more attainable???

I want to know what you're on to cause these elevator highs.

The Bears wouldn’t be getting moved up by the NFL?

 

[Chicagosports89]

Usually tampering punishment just involves taking away picks from the offender. I don't think they'd be helping out Minnesota like Florio (a Vikings fan) would like to think

 

[hebs]

CCS will complain about Turner like they did about Leonard Floyd if the Bears draft him.

 

[KittiesKorner]

Should CCs not have complained about Leonard Floyd?

 

[Myk]

The Bears wouldn’t be getting moved up by the NFL?

Huh?

If Falcons forfeit #8 then the Bears will have traded the a 1st round pick at #32 again. But at least Sweat wasn't a blown pick.
But had we kept it we would've had 3 1st round picks.

My point was if we were trading up for MHJ which isn't that realistic why wouldn't a shorter trade up be the same MHJ? Why would it become a LB?

 

[JordanSigler]

Huh?

If Falcons forfeit #8 then the Bears will have traded the a 1st round pick at #32 again. But at least Sweat wasn't a blown pick.
But had we kept it we would've had 3 1st round picks.

My point was if we were trading up for MHJ which isn't that realistic why wouldn't a shorter trade up be the same MHJ? Why would it become a LB?

Did you not read the article or do you suck at reading comprehension?

 

[playthrough2001]

Huh?

If Falcons forfeit #8 then the Bears will have traded the a 1st round pick at #32 again. But at least Sweat wasn't a blown pick.
But had we kept it we would've had 3 1st round picks.

My point was if we were trading up for MHJ which isn't that realistic why wouldn't a shorter trade up be the same MHJ? Why would it become a LB?

The article suggests the punishment would be a pick swap between the Falcons and Vikings.

Also, the Bears didn’t trade 32 for Sweat. It was pick 40.

 

[KittiesKorner]

I need some Xanax just reading this thread!