Titans Convince the NFL to Look into Redskins Tampering

The Tennessee Titans have asked the NFL to consider tampering charges against the Washington Redskins in the signing of free agent defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, The (Nashville) Tennessean reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.

The Titans have not filed the grievance over the strangely speedy signing of Albert Haynesworth to a complicated contract just hours after the free agency gates opened. Instead, the team provided the league with newspaper articles and audio from a Washington, D.C.-area radio station, evidence the Titans say implies Washington had improper contact with Haynesworth before free agency began at 12 a.m. on Feb. 27.

Apperently the Titans nudging was enough for the NFL to poke their nose into the situation.

"There are issues of tampering that come up from time to time and if we need to take some action then of course we announce that," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said, "Until then we don't comment on it.''