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49ers lose fifth-round pick in Briggs tampering
Associated Press
Last Updated 5:40 pm PDT Monday, March 24, 2008
NEW YORK - The 49ers forfeited their fifth-round pick in next month's NFL draft today after Commissioner Roger Goodell deemed them guilty of tampering with Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs.
Goodell also determined the teams will switch picks in the third round of the April 26-27 draft. Chicago, which had the 12th pick, gets San Francisco's seventh pick and the 49ers get Chicago's choice.
Goodell determined the 49ers violated the NFL's anti-tampering policy by contacting Briggs' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, about his client during the 2007 season.
Briggs, who graduated from Elk Grove High School and was an All Pro in 2007, had been designated as Chicago's franchise player, signing a one-year tender that meant he could not leave the Bears.
He had been expected to leave as a free agent after last season but instead re-signed with Chicago for $36 million over six years.
Briggs will earn $21.6 million in the first three years of the deal, and $13 million of the contract is guaranteed.
There had been reports of contact between the 49ers and Rosenhaus last season, and the Bears filed a tampering charge with the NFL. Goodell said both teams cooperated with his investigation into the allegations.
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