The league promptly launched an investigation. It wasn’t resolved before the draft, even though it could have been — and arguably should have been. The resolution reportedly will be announced this week, which means that multiple people behind the scenes surely know what’s coming.The most anyone has said as to what might happen to the Falcons came with this line in the report from Adam Schefter of ESPN.com: “One league source indicated that the Falcons’ alleged transgressions are considered more significant,His admission that he spoke to the team’s head athletic trainer is a bright-line, no-brainer. If, as it appeared from his comments, Cousins also spoke with director of player personnel Ryan Pace before 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 13, that compounds the violation. It also raises fair questions about who else he spoke to — questions that the league either did or didn’t fully explore. (We don’t currently know, and perhaps might never know, whether the league went #Deflategate-style scorched earth in tracking down evidence.)
