Comment 6 on this thread refers to a Stephen A Smith quote.
It was becoming SO OBVIOUS it had to be collusion.
Goodell must have given the okay.
Remember his daddy was a United States Senator, and the most scurrilous folk on Earth find their way into the snake pit which is the United States Senate.
Stephen A is an idiot. It was NOT a bad look for the league. It is NOT collusion. Goodell works for the owners, not the other way around.
No NFL team is going to pass on a franchise QB even if he behaved a like prick in interviews.
But, they will if a QB isn't guaranteed to be starter.
Sanders came and still could fall into the Colin Kaepernick and Tim Tebow category. If he isn't good enough to start, no team is going to tolerate him being a distraction.