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Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I have been trying to find more information that will clarify the NFL rules regarding tampering.

I do beleive in the case with Briggs last year, both sides were open to trade possibilities, in the case of CJ Bengals management is maintaining they have no intention of trading him. I could be wrong, but I believe we're dealing with a different set of circumstances.

I believe the essential difference was that last year Briggs was a free agent, that the Bears applied the "franchise tag" to.

So once free agency begins all parties can have discussions and try to work out essentially a sign and trade. After all, that's tone of the main purposes of applying the "franchise tag", to make sure if you're going to lose a free agent you get something in return.

There's probably more to it...but I'm tired