The Detroit Lions have been found guilty of tampering with Kansas City Chiefs players and will lose a pick in April's draft, according to an NFL statement released by the team. The Lions will forfeit their seventh-round pick, acquired from the Broncos as part of the Alphonso Smith-Dan Gronkowski trade and also will swap fifth-round picks with the Chiefs. Already, the Lions were without a sixth-round choice. The tampering charges revolved around defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham, comments he made to the Free Press about the Lions' interest in acquiring unnamed Kansas City players still under contract last year, and "impermissible contact" the Lions had with safety Jarrad Page (or his agent) The Chiefs filed tampering charges against the Lions, and the matter was determined following a review and hearing, the statement said. By swapping picks, the Lions now select 23rd in the fifth round while the Chiefs select ninth.
Nice work Gunther. Hopefully now you'll shut up about how great your old Kansas City defense was.
PS - With no 6th or 7th round draft picks, it's pretty much guaranteed I'm getting black out on day 3 of the draft. Not that I wasn't gonna anyway.
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