INDIANAPOLIS – The NFL is investigating a charge by the
Chicago Bears that the
San Francisco 49ers tampered last year by making overtures to linebacker
Lance Briggs, three league sources said.
Chicago and San Francisco discussed a trade in October that would have sent Briggs, a Northern California native, to the 49ers. However, the Bears’ grievance claims that San Francisco held contract talks with agent Drew Rosenhaus during the season, thus interfering with a player under contract.
