The Philadelphia Eagles will NOT face punishment for alleged tampering with free agent signing Saquon Barkley.
The NFL formally issued the next announcement on Thursday morning:
“After an intensive assessment of the Philadelphia Eagles signing of Saquon Barkley, the NFL immediately knowledgeable the membership that the investigation didn’t uncover enough proof to assist a discovering that the Anti-Tampering Coverage was violated.”
“In coming to this conclusion, the league reviewed cellphone logs, textual content messages and different paperwork associated to Philadelphia’s free company technique and resolution to signal Barkley. The NFL additionally interviewed a number of members of the group, together with Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni, in addition to Barkley and Penn State head coach James Franklin. As with each assessment, ought to new proof be uncovered, the league could reopen the investigation.”
There was beforehand concern that the Eagles would possibly get stripped of a draft choose after James Franklin indicated Howie Roseman talked on to Barkley through the NFL’s “negotiating window” (AKA “authorized tampering”), which isn’t allowed.
The Eagles denied any wrongdoing and Barkley stated that his communication with Roseman was permissibly dealt with by his agent. The NFL clearly didn’t discover credible proof to contradict these claims.
Excellent news for the Birds. One much less factor to fret about.
No punishment means the Eagles are nonetheless projected to have 9 picks within the 2025 NFL Draft:
1st – Eagles’ pick2nd – Eagles’ pick3rd – from Miami Dolphins3rd – Eagles’ pick4th – from Detroit Lions5th – from Houston Texans5th – Eagles’ pick7th – Eagles’ choose OR from Broncos/Falcons/Saints*seventh – Eagles’ choose OR from Broncos/Falcons/Saints*
*The Eagles owe the Pittsburgh Steelers the 2 most favorable of their 4 seventh-round picks through the Kenny Pickett commerce. The Eagles will retain the lesser two of the 4.
