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beta.profootballtalk.com - 2/25/2008
SMITH TO 49ERS?
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With four days to go until the explosion of 2008 free agency and plenty of scouts and agents in Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine, plenty of contract talks that shouldn’t be happening are happening. The result? Rumors are flying that verbal deals — deals that clearly violate the tampering rules — already are in place. Geoff Hobson [...]

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Did 49ers Tamper With Justin Smith?
FanHouse — Filed under: 49ers, Bengals, NFL Free Agency, Cincinnati, San FranciscoLast week FanHouse's Josh Alper wrote that the 49ers were being accused of tampering with Bears linebacker Lance Briggs. And now the 49ers may have done it again. The Bengals' official web site is carrying an item (via PFT) that quotes an unnamed source saying the 49ers and Bengals defensive end Justin Smith are close to a contract agreement and were "working on the deal last night." That, of course, would be tampering, as Smith ...

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