He had to drop the hammer.

With the impending lawsuits this is really going to get ugly.

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Well another reader that can’t comprehend whats read. When the Saints come marching in – they only have 2 players that are on suspension. What happen to the 26-27 players that were being stated as the entire Saints defense would be missing from this season? Both of the 2 players suspended have already been replaced by the draft – so how is the hammer been dropped?
See ya in the SB Mr. Patroit, if you guys make it!

in a court of law, the defense can and will face the accuser and attempt to destroy that persons credibility….is this the other shoe that the players want to drop?

someone please explain what the options are…

Nice team you got there New Orleans. The Taints.

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Thanks. No less deserving of their ring than the equally tainted New England Spygate Patriots.

And it was still a heart warming story to see New Orleans rally after Katrina.

To hell with all you hypocrites. Who actually got hurt? So, they’ll do their time, but you are foolish to think this doesnt go on with other teams. It doesnt excuse it, but the Pats transgressions was more devious, because it was more nuanced, more subtle and ultimately effective, because their “evidence” was subsequently DESTROYED.

Who Dat FOREVER.
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How exactly is a 22 year old liberal arts major standing in plain view of 70,000 with a camera more “devious” than an intricate bounty system that violates the salary cap rules and is designed to illegally injure key players, thereby altering the outcome of a game?

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If you think that the lackey that did the filming from the sidelines was the real mastermind behind the Pats cheating scheme, then I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. Then again, you crybabies in New England have to convince yourselves of that in order to try and distract yourselves from the fact that all three of your team’s SB titles are forever tainted.

Hawthorne and Lofton are signed so
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Those guys suck. If you think either can replace Vilma then you either don’t know your own team very well at all, or you only watch the Saints and are clueless to the rest of the league.

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lolb23 for douche of the year

Vilma has the charisma of an artichoke and the morals of some lesser vegetable.

I just hope he never comes near the NFL again. Ever.

Hawthorne and Lofton are signed so
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Those guys suck. If you think either can replace Vilma then you either don’t know your own team very well at all, or you only watch the Saints and are clueless to the rest of the league.

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LOL, you are a moron. Hawthorne and Lofton are two of the top young young linebackers in the game and Vilma was awful last year and has rickety knees.

Talk about being “clueless to the rest of the league”….that’s you in a nutshell buddy.

Those guys suck. If you think either can replace Vilma then you either don’t know your own team very well at all,
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Wrong on both accusations there Sherlock. Dunbar ran MLB last season…I’m sorry is that egg on your face

Nice team you got there New Orleans. The Taints.

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Thanks. No less deserving of their ring than the equally tainted New England Spygate Patriots.

And it was still a heart warming story to see New Orleans rally after Katrina.

To hell with all you hypocrites. Who actually got hurt? So, they’ll do their time, but you are foolish to think this doesnt go on with other teams. It doesnt excuse it, but the Pats transgressions was more devious, because it was more nuanced, more subtle and ultimately effective, because their “evidence” was subsequently DESTROYED.

Who Dat FOREVER.
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How exactly is a 22 year old liberal arts major standing in plain view of 70,000 with a camera more “devious” than an intricate bounty system that violates the salary cap rules and is designed to illegally injure key players, thereby altering the outcome of a game?

Those guys suck. If you think either can replace Vilma then you either don’t know your own team very well at all, or you only watch the Saints and are clueless to the rest of the league.

And it was still a heart warming story to see New Orleans rally after Katrina.

To hell with all you hypocrites. Who actually got hurt? So, they’ll do their time, but you are foolish to think this doesnt go on with other teams. It doesnt excuse it, but the Pats transgressions was more devious, because it was more nuanced, more subtle and ultimately effective, because their “evidence” was subsequently DESTROYED.
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Get real sport. Teams are allowed to tape the other teams sidelines even to this day, just do it from specified areas. Where the Pats filmed from was totally legal until the year they got fined and lost a draft pick. Yes, they were warned and shame on them for being stupid and arrogant but cheating and getting an advantage simply doesn’t hold water when the same thing is perfectly legal to this day. As long as you’re not dumb enough to do it from a prohibited area. I will never forgive whoever it was that ordered that filming to be done there. It has ruined those 3 championships for this 50 year Pats fan. I will admit because I have to that those titles will be forever tainted.

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How do you retroactively taint championships based on a rule that was enforced years after the championships were won? i dont understand that logic.

Everyone already knew Vilma was out for the year. Now we have a new DT, two stud LBs and a better defense

Look out NFL, the Saints are coming!

Y’all know you’re scared

The NFL has actual video of Albert Haynesworth stomping on a helmet-less player’s head. The player had to have stitches. Haynesworth’s penalty was 5 games without pay.

Jonathon Vilma’s actions are not on video tape. All the evidence presented so far seem to show that his actions caused no on-field cart offs or injuries of any type. His penalty is a full year suspension.

Stay classy NFL.

1. a player suspended during the first game of a divisional series should serve the suspension during the second game of the series.

2. if not #1, the player should serve the suspension for the next divisional opponents.

3. if there are no other #1 or #2 games left in the regular season, then the next game(s).

That way a suspension that may have altered the outcome of a key divisional match-up can be served (more fairly) in the re-match later in the season or at least during another divisional game. I think that increases the fairness and impact of suspensions, particularly in the all-important divisional races.

Only four players, only three on the current roster? Sounds like the Saints got off light on this stage of the punishment. If they’re smart, they’ll take this without a peep and count themselves lucky.

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Once again, the NFL panders to the players union in order to punish the few. Remember how they appeased the players union so that they would sign off on cap punishments to the Redskins and Cowboys? In this case, the NFL is calculating in the same way. If they suspend 27 players, the union has to go full force at them. By cherry picking only 4, the NFL hopes to slide this punishment through…

Drew Brees needs an explanation please.

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And of course…Tiki=Flabergasted