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	<title>Comments on: Report: Williams put $15,000 bounty on Brad Johnson in 2006</title>
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		<title>By: psousa1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[what a scumbag.  you can tell he never laced them up..............]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what a scumbag.  you can tell he never laced them up&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: dellis07</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with most of the comments on here. I think it&#039;s Gregg should get prepared for a pinkslip from the NFL.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with most of the comments on here. I think it&#8217;s Gregg should get prepared for a pinkslip from the NFL.</p>
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		<title>By: pizzon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[simple solution here just ban the guy from working ever again in the league in ANY capacity. now lets move on please and not beat this story to death.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>simple solution here just ban the guy from working ever again in the league in ANY capacity. now lets move on please and not beat this story to death.</p>
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		<title>By: hatesycophants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@sonofsamadam,

That crack about Willie Roaf&#039;s wife and Joe Horn is one of the funniest, lowest posts in the history of this site.  I am not prone to hyperbole.  Absolutely hilarious!

Go Lions!  Go Badgers!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@sonofsamadam,</p>
<p>That crack about Willie Roaf&#8217;s wife and Joe Horn is one of the funniest, lowest posts in the history of this site.  I am not prone to hyperbole.  Absolutely hilarious!</p>
<p>Go Lions!  Go Badgers!</p>
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		<title>By: NakedCowboy!</title>
		<link>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/23/report-gregg-williams-put-15000-bounty-on-brad-johnson-in-2006/#comment-1674389</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NakedCowboy!]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[when you hear the details it looks like it was being done very openly... but when you hear the players speak (even the ones who are x saints or retired players), they flat out deny...

IMO this would have been a very common practice in entire NFL... you think about steelers vs raven games... they are clearly trying to injure each other...

the saints are just poster child for this problem... but the problem exists in entire system...

a statement had to be made... well done!
but what took you guys so long!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>when you hear the details it looks like it was being done very openly&#8230; but when you hear the players speak (even the ones who are x saints or retired players), they flat out deny&#8230;</p>
<p>IMO this would have been a very common practice in entire NFL&#8230; you think about steelers vs raven games&#8230; they are clearly trying to injure each other&#8230;</p>
<p>the saints are just poster child for this problem&#8230; but the problem exists in entire system&#8230;</p>
<p>a statement had to be made&#8230; well done!<br />
but what took you guys so long!</p>
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		<title>By: lnfinite</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lnfinite]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[nolarules says: Mar 23, 2012 2:02 PM

move along….nothing to see here….this is a big market team with a rich and powerful owner and therefore untouchable


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Nothing to see until your team hands over your tainted trophy.  I really feel for Saints fans who thought their team was great until they find out what kind of shortcuts they took to win it all.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nolarules says: Mar 23, 2012 2:02 PM</p>
<p>move along….nothing to see here….this is a big market team with a rich and powerful owner and therefore untouchable</p>
<p>____________________________________</p>
<p>Nothing to see until your team hands over your tainted trophy.  I really feel for Saints fans who thought their team was great until they find out what kind of shortcuts they took to win it all.</p>
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		<title>By: bamasleeper13</title>
		<link>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/23/report-gregg-williams-put-15000-bounty-on-brad-johnson-in-2006/#comment-1674058</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bamasleeper13]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW, how out of control was this guy? Pretty scary,he really hated the Vikes. How about incentives for take aways,or interceptions? Why really, really hurt a guy? Win! Doesn&#039;t it hurt more to lose?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW, how out of control was this guy? Pretty scary,he really hated the Vikes. How about incentives for take aways,or interceptions? Why really, really hurt a guy? Win! Doesn&#8217;t it hurt more to lose?</p>
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		<title>By: paulieorkid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@ jennstergersburnedretinas says: 
Mar 23, 2012 3:29 PM 

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Bingo!  So I wasn&#039;t the only one thinking that duuurking clown was confused.  

The real kiss was Sheldon Brown in the flat - lit up Reggie good.  Where&#039;d he get Sheppard on a pop like that?

Duuurking should do less posting, and more luuurking.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ jennstergersburnedretinas says:<br />
Mar 23, 2012 3:29 PM </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>Bingo!  So I wasn&#8217;t the only one thinking that duuurking clown was confused.  </p>
<p>The real kiss was Sheldon Brown in the flat &#8211; lit up Reggie good.  Where&#8217;d he get Sheppard on a pop like that?</p>
<p>Duuurking should do less posting, and more luuurking.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Wright 212</title>
		<link>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/23/report-gregg-williams-put-15000-bounty-on-brad-johnson-in-2006/#comment-1674014</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr. Wright 212]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your tears sustain us!

Signed,
2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints
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Whatever &quot;tears&quot; I&#039;m &quot;crying&quot; are tears are joy. We just hoisted a LEGIT Lombardi, boy boy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your tears sustain us!</p>
<p>Signed,<br />
2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>Whatever &#8220;tears&#8221; I&#8217;m &#8220;crying&#8221; are tears are joy. We just hoisted a LEGIT Lombardi, boy boy.</p>
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		<title>By: spliffbunker</title>
		<link>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/23/report-gregg-williams-put-15000-bounty-on-brad-johnson-in-2006/#comment-1673951</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spliffbunker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[has anyone asked where all this money was coming from ?

Gregg Williams is paying $15000 out of his own pocket ? somehow I doubt that...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>has anyone asked where all this money was coming from ?</p>
<p>Gregg Williams is paying $15000 out of his own pocket ? somehow I doubt that&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: detroitcityryda</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[G-Dub what a gangsta name I can picture him speaking to his soldiers &quot;bj doesn&#039;t finish this game ya hear we gonn hit em hard playas pop pop pop aim 4 the head ,aight now errybody G-Dub on 3 ,,,1,2,3, G-dubbbbbbbb]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>G-Dub what a gangsta name I can picture him speaking to his soldiers &#8220;bj doesn&#8217;t finish this game ya hear we gonn hit em hard playas pop pop pop aim 4 the head ,aight now errybody G-Dub on 3 ,,,1,2,3, G-dubbbbbbbb</p>
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		<title>By: mike8016</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Injured Brad Johnson? He wasn&#039;t even relevant in 2006]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Injured Brad Johnson? He wasn&#8217;t even relevant in 2006</p>
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		<title>By: sb50</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sb50]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bounties are horrible, I get that. However, how can you tell if someone is going full speed and making a huge hit on a quarterback to a player intentionally trying to break the QB&#039;s back and ruining his career?

 ‘Brad Johnson doesn’t finish this game,’ Does this mean &quot;i want him brain dead and never walk again&quot;? or does this mean &quot;I want him on the ground every pass play and make him never want to play us ever again. Make him feel pain and make him crawl off the field&quot; 

Because my High School Defensive Coordinator always used to say &quot;put a huge hit on the guy with the ball&quot; or &quot;Go out and knock someone the f*ck out&quot; but that never meant one guy go low and the other go high and tear his legs off it was just simple football.

I am a huge Eagles fan and the Redskins and Eagles game with Buddy Ryan, the game that was called The Body Bag Game. Was that a bounty or was that just a plain old-fashioned football game? If we had a game like that now-a-days that team would have been out of the league because of how big this one story got.

I understand bounties are a disgrace to the game but there is a difference between a coordinator telling his team to knock the piss out of the opposing offense to where as a coordinator telling his MLB to break every QB&#039;s neck

But I feel like all NFL players are going to be playing two hand touch from now on because of how big this story got from the media.

It&#039;s just my opinion about it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bounties are horrible, I get that. However, how can you tell if someone is going full speed and making a huge hit on a quarterback to a player intentionally trying to break the QB&#8217;s back and ruining his career?</p>
<p> ‘Brad Johnson doesn’t finish this game,’ Does this mean &#8220;i want him brain dead and never walk again&#8221;? or does this mean &#8220;I want him on the ground every pass play and make him never want to play us ever again. Make him feel pain and make him crawl off the field&#8221; </p>
<p>Because my High School Defensive Coordinator always used to say &#8220;put a huge hit on the guy with the ball&#8221; or &#8220;Go out and knock someone the f*ck out&#8221; but that never meant one guy go low and the other go high and tear his legs off it was just simple football.</p>
<p>I am a huge Eagles fan and the Redskins and Eagles game with Buddy Ryan, the game that was called The Body Bag Game. Was that a bounty or was that just a plain old-fashioned football game? If we had a game like that now-a-days that team would have been out of the league because of how big this one story got.</p>
<p>I understand bounties are a disgrace to the game but there is a difference between a coordinator telling his team to knock the piss out of the opposing offense to where as a coordinator telling his MLB to break every QB&#8217;s neck</p>
<p>But I feel like all NFL players are going to be playing two hand touch from now on because of how big this story got from the media.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just my opinion about it.</p>
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		<title>By: ilovefoolsball</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think Congress needs to get involved and investigate all other 31 teams and see how deep this bounty behavior went.

Make sure you &quot;fans&quot; wear helmets so you don&#039;t hurt your heads jumping off those white high horses so fast.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Congress needs to get involved and investigate all other 31 teams and see how deep this bounty behavior went.</p>
<p>Make sure you &#8220;fans&#8221; wear helmets so you don&#8217;t hurt your heads jumping off those white high horses so fast.</p>
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		<title>By: duece5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[duece5]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cwmorga says:Mar 23, 2012 4:14 PM 

@thermalito says: Mar 23, 2012 1:57 PM
 
Saints are tainted champions with a big fat asterisk next to their NFC Championship game “victory.” This kind of cheating can’t be tolerated.
 
@wtfru2 says: Mar 23, 2012 2:41 PM
 
There should be an asterisk next to their Super Bowl win, marked * — *CHEATED.
 
@Mr. Wright 212 says: Mar 23, 2012 3:16 PM
 
Asterisks forever, the Saints STILL don’t have a Super Bowl win.
 ————————
 
Your tears sustain us!
 
Signed,
 2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints


duece5 says:

You forgot to add: 

The team with the  MOST DISGUSTING SCANDAL to ever hit the NFL!!

Trust me your &quot;championship&quot; is tarnished forever, whether you like it or not.......join the patriots as a &quot;classy&quot; franchise!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cwmorga says:Mar 23, 2012 4:14 PM </p>
<p>@thermalito says: Mar 23, 2012 1:57 PM</p>
<p>Saints are tainted champions with a big fat asterisk next to their NFC Championship game “victory.” This kind of cheating can’t be tolerated.</p>
<p>@wtfru2 says: Mar 23, 2012 2:41 PM</p>
<p>There should be an asterisk next to their Super Bowl win, marked * — *CHEATED.</p>
<p>@Mr. Wright 212 says: Mar 23, 2012 3:16 PM</p>
<p>Asterisks forever, the Saints STILL don’t have a Super Bowl win.<br />
 ————————</p>
<p>Your tears sustain us!</p>
<p>Signed,<br />
 2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints</p>
<p>duece5 says:</p>
<p>You forgot to add: </p>
<p>The team with the  MOST DISGUSTING SCANDAL to ever hit the NFL!!</p>
<p>Trust me your &#8220;championship&#8221; is tarnished forever, whether you like it or not&#8230;&#8230;.join the patriots as a &#8220;classy&#8221; franchise!!</p>
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		<title>By: duece5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[duece5]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cwmorga says:Mar 23, 2012 4:14 PM 

@thermalito says: Mar 23, 2012 1:57 PM
 
Saints are tainted champions with a big fat asterisk next to their NFC Championship game “victory.” This kind of cheating can’t be tolerated.
 
@wtfru2 says: Mar 23, 2012 2:41 PM
 
There should be an asterisk next to their Super Bowl win, marked * — *CHEATED.
 
@Mr. Wright 212 says: Mar 23, 2012 3:16 PM
 
Asterisks forever, the Saints STILL don’t have a Super Bowl win.
 ————————
 
Your tears sustain us!
 
Signed,
 2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints


duece5 says:

You forgot to add: 

The team with MOST DISGUSTING SCANDAL to ever hit the NFL!!

Trust me your &quot;championship&quot; is tarnished forever, whether you like it or not.......join the patriots as a &quot;classy&quot; franchise!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cwmorga says:Mar 23, 2012 4:14 PM </p>
<p>@thermalito says: Mar 23, 2012 1:57 PM</p>
<p>Saints are tainted champions with a big fat asterisk next to their NFC Championship game “victory.” This kind of cheating can’t be tolerated.</p>
<p>@wtfru2 says: Mar 23, 2012 2:41 PM</p>
<p>There should be an asterisk next to their Super Bowl win, marked * — *CHEATED.</p>
<p>@Mr. Wright 212 says: Mar 23, 2012 3:16 PM</p>
<p>Asterisks forever, the Saints STILL don’t have a Super Bowl win.<br />
 ————————</p>
<p>Your tears sustain us!</p>
<p>Signed,<br />
 2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints</p>
<p>duece5 says:</p>
<p>You forgot to add: </p>
<p>The team with MOST DISGUSTING SCANDAL to ever hit the NFL!!</p>
<p>Trust me your &#8220;championship&#8221; is tarnished forever, whether you like it or not&#8230;&#8230;.join the patriots as a &#8220;classy&#8221; franchise!!</p>
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		<title>By: thevalsalvamanouvre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thevalsalvamanouvre]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s not very nice, Greggggggg.  I wonder if Lemon Lips was standing there when that cash got dropped on the table.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s not very nice, Greggggggg.  I wonder if Lemon Lips was standing there when that cash got dropped on the table.</p>
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		<title>By: duece5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[duece5]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[spammerhead says:Mar 23, 2012 2:24 PM 

I hope that the media will begin to make a bigger deal about the other teams where player have admitted to this behavior. What the Saints did is wrong and they should be punished, but all Saints fans and many other NFL fans are disgusted and irate at the disproportionate treatment of only punishing the Saints for this. I realize this is the biggest fear of the NFL because of potential liability issues and they wish it woul just go away, but is it fair to wreck one team and bury your head in the sand concerning other teams that are just as guilty?
 
Only if the media will start to focus on other examples will the NFL be forced to look at other teams and dispense some form of penalty on all guilty parties. Let’s be honest. The behavior is despicable and any team where it’s happened should be penalized as well. 

Saints fans have a right to be upset because they are being made a sacrificial lamb while others get off scot-free. Any teams fan base would be mad about that. However, Saints players, coaches, and front office should be accountable for their part in a larger league problem. This isn’t just a Saints issue, even though God-dell wants you to think that so the NFL doesn’t get sued.


duece5 says:

spammer, you are trying to suger-coat this into the &quot;everyone is doing it model&quot; like many other taints fans!

It has totally destoyed the &quot;feel good&quot; taints story, but too bad. The taints are the only team to LIE to Goodell for 3 years, told him they WEREN&#039;T doing it (LIES), the GM told the owner he would take care of it (LIES), the head coach said he had no idea it was going on (LIES), Vilma offered 10k to knock Favre out, they hit him high low-ILLEGAL-on and on.

The problem is, you want the NFL to investigate the &quot;probability&quot; that it went on with other teams. Not the way it works. The taints actions were so bad, with an &quot;eff you&quot; to the Commissioner in the form that they continued it, FOR 3 FREAKING YEARS, were told to END IT----they DIDN&#039;T!!!!

They were the most pmpous, effyou team in the league.

Now, your super bowl &quot;win&quot; is tarnished FOREVER.

Live with it.

If a whistleblower can bring to the NFL office with credible evidence of other bounties, then an investigation , can , and will happen. Why? Because if it IS credible, then the NFL could be held liable for not doing anything.

Could there be 31 black eyes? Doubtful.
But, until other evidence comes up that other teams were as aggressive as the saints, you&#039;re just assuming (and hoping).

HANDLE IT!!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>spammerhead says:Mar 23, 2012 2:24 PM </p>
<p>I hope that the media will begin to make a bigger deal about the other teams where player have admitted to this behavior. What the Saints did is wrong and they should be punished, but all Saints fans and many other NFL fans are disgusted and irate at the disproportionate treatment of only punishing the Saints for this. I realize this is the biggest fear of the NFL because of potential liability issues and they wish it woul just go away, but is it fair to wreck one team and bury your head in the sand concerning other teams that are just as guilty?</p>
<p>Only if the media will start to focus on other examples will the NFL be forced to look at other teams and dispense some form of penalty on all guilty parties. Let’s be honest. The behavior is despicable and any team where it’s happened should be penalized as well. </p>
<p>Saints fans have a right to be upset because they are being made a sacrificial lamb while others get off scot-free. Any teams fan base would be mad about that. However, Saints players, coaches, and front office should be accountable for their part in a larger league problem. This isn’t just a Saints issue, even though God-dell wants you to think that so the NFL doesn’t get sued.</p>
<p>duece5 says:</p>
<p>spammer, you are trying to suger-coat this into the &#8220;everyone is doing it model&#8221; like many other taints fans!</p>
<p>It has totally destoyed the &#8220;feel good&#8221; taints story, but too bad. The taints are the only team to LIE to Goodell for 3 years, told him they WEREN&#8217;T doing it (LIES), the GM told the owner he would take care of it (LIES), the head coach said he had no idea it was going on (LIES), Vilma offered 10k to knock Favre out, they hit him high low-ILLEGAL-on and on.</p>
<p>The problem is, you want the NFL to investigate the &#8220;probability&#8221; that it went on with other teams. Not the way it works. The taints actions were so bad, with an &#8220;eff you&#8221; to the Commissioner in the form that they continued it, FOR 3 FREAKING YEARS, were told to END IT&#8212;-they DIDN&#8217;T!!!!</p>
<p>They were the most pmpous, effyou team in the league.</p>
<p>Now, your super bowl &#8220;win&#8221; is tarnished FOREVER.</p>
<p>Live with it.</p>
<p>If a whistleblower can bring to the NFL office with credible evidence of other bounties, then an investigation , can , and will happen. Why? Because if it IS credible, then the NFL could be held liable for not doing anything.</p>
<p>Could there be 31 black eyes? Doubtful.<br />
But, until other evidence comes up that other teams were as aggressive as the saints, you&#8217;re just assuming (and hoping).</p>
<p>HANDLE IT!!!!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: bozosforall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[lbpackfan says: 
Mar 23, 2012 2:27 PM 
Gregg should’ve taken that $15k and dropped it on the Vikes to win. Probably should’ve worried more on beating opponent than injuring their QB. Lifetime ban for Gregg…and everyone else involved.

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If he had done what you suggested, then he would have gotten &quot;Pete Rose-d&quot;, triggering the lifetime ban long before gettting his Super Bowl ring with the Saints.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lbpackfan says:<br />
Mar 23, 2012 2:27 PM<br />
Gregg should’ve taken that $15k and dropped it on the Vikes to win. Probably should’ve worried more on beating opponent than injuring their QB. Lifetime ban for Gregg…and everyone else involved.</p>
<p>__<br />
If he had done what you suggested, then he would have gotten &#8220;Pete Rose-d&#8221;, triggering the lifetime ban long before gettting his Super Bowl ring with the Saints.</p>
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		<title>By: bmfandre</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So when does Washington start getting penalized draft picks?  Or Green Bay for that matter?  How about looking at Buffalo?  This guy was a head coach there.  If he ran bounties at programs when he was just a coordinator, I&#039;d hate to see what he kind of programs he spear-headed as a head coach.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So when does Washington start getting penalized draft picks?  Or Green Bay for that matter?  How about looking at Buffalo?  This guy was a head coach there.  If he ran bounties at programs when he was just a coordinator, I&#8217;d hate to see what he kind of programs he spear-headed as a head coach.</p>
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		<title>By: alaricsrevenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gregg Williams is the NFL&#039;s Pete Rose now...]]></description>
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		<title>By: fwippel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this is the kind of person Williams is, he should be banned from the NFL for life, period.

How long did this guy do this?  Didn&#039;t Peyton Manning also get hurt against Washington that same year?  That may have been the beginning of his neck troubles.

Williams should be gone, permanently.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If this is the kind of person Williams is, he should be banned from the NFL for life, period.</p>
<p>How long did this guy do this?  Didn&#8217;t Peyton Manning also get hurt against Washington that same year?  That may have been the beginning of his neck troubles.</p>
<p>Williams should be gone, permanently.</p>
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		<title>By: magnumpei</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the sort of thing you&#039;d expect to find in one of those old Blitz videogames.]]></description>
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		<title>By: nebster21</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got to love a class act like LaRon Landry saying something like this on his way out.  Come on Sapp call Landry out on it.]]></description>
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		<title>By: mattolikesthevikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guy is horrible for the game. He made the saints look terrible and now the skins and not to mention the idiots that he got to go along with this bonehead idea. I hope he gets a lifetime ban. NFL needs to make an example out of this guy. This is 1000 times worse than the Pete Rose scandal.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This guy is horrible for the game. He made the saints look terrible and now the skins and not to mention the idiots that he got to go along with this bonehead idea. I hope he gets a lifetime ban. NFL needs to make an example out of this guy. This is 1000 times worse than the Pete Rose scandal.</p>
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		<title>By: colonellingus439</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is really sad how pussified this country and this planet is becoming.  It&#039;s freaking FOOTBALL for f&#039;s sake!  Are you trying to tell me Lawrence Taylor or James Harrison or Jack Lambert weren&#039;t trying to knock the QB out of the game WITHOUT a bounty every single time they made a tackle?  So why is it different when these players get paid a couple extra grand by their coach for trying to knock players out of games when they already get paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS for trying to knock players out of games?  And if you think everyone on defense isn&#039;t trying to knock key play-makers out of games as a strategy to increase their odds of winning, then you don&#039;t know anything about football.  Everyone needs to grow up and stop acting like football is NASA or a Cure for Cancer, because it&#039;s not!  It&#039;s entertainment.  Our lives are so sh*tty that we have to pretend to be appalled and disgusted that there&#039;s organized violence in a sport based on violence, just to make ourselves feel better.  They&#039;re trying to fundamentally change this game that we all love right in front of our eyes and you are all supporting this change by voicing your disgust over this &quot;scandal&quot; and asking for harsher penalties because it&#039;s only going to lead to the league enforcing even more their BS &quot;player safety&quot; agenda (While trying to extend the season another 2 games... figure out that conundrum).  This is all about the league protecting their investments in their most popular players (the QBs) and avoiding future lawsuits from players suffering concussions.  The league doesn&#039;t give a sh*t about player safety.  Once again, THIS IS FOOTBALL!  If the players don&#039;t want a giant neanderthal running full speed at them trying to take their head off, then THEY SHOULDN&#039;T HAVE MADE A CHOICE TO PLAY FOOTBALL... go collect trash or work in an office or flip burgers like the millions of other people in this country who weren&#039;t blessed with physical gifts!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really sad how pussified this country and this planet is becoming.  It&#8217;s freaking FOOTBALL for f&#8217;s sake!  Are you trying to tell me Lawrence Taylor or James Harrison or Jack Lambert weren&#8217;t trying to knock the QB out of the game WITHOUT a bounty every single time they made a tackle?  So why is it different when these players get paid a couple extra grand by their coach for trying to knock players out of games when they already get paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS for trying to knock players out of games?  And if you think everyone on defense isn&#8217;t trying to knock key play-makers out of games as a strategy to increase their odds of winning, then you don&#8217;t know anything about football.  Everyone needs to grow up and stop acting like football is NASA or a Cure for Cancer, because it&#8217;s not!  It&#8217;s entertainment.  Our lives are so sh*tty that we have to pretend to be appalled and disgusted that there&#8217;s organized violence in a sport based on violence, just to make ourselves feel better.  They&#8217;re trying to fundamentally change this game that we all love right in front of our eyes and you are all supporting this change by voicing your disgust over this &#8220;scandal&#8221; and asking for harsher penalties because it&#8217;s only going to lead to the league enforcing even more their BS &#8220;player safety&#8221; agenda (While trying to extend the season another 2 games&#8230; figure out that conundrum).  This is all about the league protecting their investments in their most popular players (the QBs) and avoiding future lawsuits from players suffering concussions.  The league doesn&#8217;t give a sh*t about player safety.  Once again, THIS IS FOOTBALL!  If the players don&#8217;t want a giant neanderthal running full speed at them trying to take their head off, then THEY SHOULDN&#8217;T HAVE MADE A CHOICE TO PLAY FOOTBALL&#8230; go collect trash or work in an office or flip burgers like the millions of other people in this country who weren&#8217;t blessed with physical gifts!</p>
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		<title>By: therpol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please people, get your facts straight. One, the NFL TOLD the Saints, we have heard about a bounty program, end it now. The Saints response was we DON&#039;T have a bounty program. So they lied to Goodell and continued the program. Two, when the NFL got concrete evidence (emails, etc.) and confronted the Saints, they lied about it again. Three, not only did the Saints have a program but a twice convicted felon (fraudulently selling NFL jerseys! (who is a friend of Payton&#039;s and supposed to be banned from the Saints facility)) was sending emails to Payton offering money [$5K] for the pool; it also soesn&#039;t help that the Vicodin issue (Payton and Vitt, on tape) was settled last week (more lies). Fourth, Safety of players/100+ concussion lawsuits is reason enough for this to stop. Those lawsuits will target the NFL, and should target the NFLPA as well. If I was one of those players I would be suing whoever Goodell names on the Saints personally if I can. The Saints got slammed because they lied, plain and simple.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please people, get your facts straight. One, the NFL TOLD the Saints, we have heard about a bounty program, end it now. The Saints response was we DON&#8217;T have a bounty program. So they lied to Goodell and continued the program. Two, when the NFL got concrete evidence (emails, etc.) and confronted the Saints, they lied about it again. Three, not only did the Saints have a program but a twice convicted felon (fraudulently selling NFL jerseys! (who is a friend of Payton&#8217;s and supposed to be banned from the Saints facility)) was sending emails to Payton offering money [$5K] for the pool; it also soesn&#8217;t help that the Vicodin issue (Payton and Vitt, on tape) was settled last week (more lies). Fourth, Safety of players/100+ concussion lawsuits is reason enough for this to stop. Those lawsuits will target the NFL, and should target the NFLPA as well. If I was one of those players I would be suing whoever Goodell names on the Saints personally if I can. The Saints got slammed because they lied, plain and simple.</p>
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		<title>By: janpage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vilma, Fujita, McCray - like the 3 stooges.  Williams should be banned from the NFL for life and, as far as I&#039;m concerned, he can take the other three with him.

These folks are seriously bad for football and I hope they get what&#039;s coming to them.

As a Vikings fan and a Brett Favre fan forever, these 4 make me sick.  They didn&#039;t need the money to try and disable other players for life or worse.  I guess they just did it for fun.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vilma, Fujita, McCray &#8211; like the 3 stooges.  Williams should be banned from the NFL for life and, as far as I&#8217;m concerned, he can take the other three with him.</p>
<p>These folks are seriously bad for football and I hope they get what&#8217;s coming to them.</p>
<p>As a Vikings fan and a Brett Favre fan forever, these 4 make me sick.  They didn&#8217;t need the money to try and disable other players for life or worse.  I guess they just did it for fun.</p>
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		<title>By: sdtex</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you sure he didn&#039;t pay that much to make sure Brad Johnson STAYED in the game???  That would make more sense the way Johnson was playing]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you sure he didn&#8217;t pay that much to make sure Brad Johnson STAYED in the game???  That would make more sense the way Johnson was playing</p>
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