Comments on: Brees submits affidavit in Vilma litigation

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:58:31 +0000

my guess is that most D’s in the league wont say this outright… but everytime they line up against Brees, they’ll be thinking about how hard Brees is playing the violin and how hard the Saints D was on their own QBs and key players….

Brees will start taking some real shots… nobody is gonna say anything outright, but it’s gonna happen…

what goes around comes around….

By: jerlee7

jerlee7 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:57:52 +0000

If he were suspended, wouldn’t that allow him more time work in the community?

By: mwindle1973

mwindle1973 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:58:01 +0000

I thought he needed an explanation? Now he’s explaining it?

By: samapoc

samapoc — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:00:32 +0000

What’s the difference between knocking the crap out of another player do you can get a higher salary versus knocking him out to get $100? Not a lot. This is only about salary cap.

Nevertheless, Brees is an amazing leader for the Saints. Who else would go to this much effort for a teammate? And for offense to support defense like this. It’s how players and teams should act.

By: tjbucs

tjbucs — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:57:02 +0000

What else is Brees going to do? I appreciate him supporting his team mate but what Vilma did (even though he denies it) is wrong on any level. Wrong is Wrong and stupid is stupid. He should get the book thrown at him. A years suspension is too little punishment for someone who is that irrational. There is no place for that kind of thinking or behavior period.

By: joejoe81

joejoe81 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:55:34 +0000

Brees is probably the biggest target in the league right now. There are a lot of players with a bone to pick with the Saints, and right or wrong, he will get to answer for the team on the field.

By: cwwgk

cwwgk — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:14:48 +0000

“Largely meaningless as to most of the legal issues that will determine whether the suspension is delayed and/or overturned…”

Exactly. The affidavit is another example of the lack of substance to Vilma’s lawsuits.

By: bucfandango

bucfandango — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:57:38 +0000

They should change the Venue to Minneapolis so Vilma can get a fair trial.

By: saintsfan26

saintsfan26 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:55:08 +0000

Brees is doing what any TRUE LEADER would do. Man I’m so glad he is a Saint.

By: packhawk04

packhawk04 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:17:39 +0000

“Vitt and brees are putting their freedom on the line here”

Which is probably why the farthest both went is they will testify that the bounty program didnt exist. If this ever gets to court (which it wont, players dont want that anymore than NFL does) all they have to do is say to their knowledge, one didnt exist. Regardless of what happens, they did what they said theyd do.

By: cgsuddeath

cgsuddeath — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:45:32 +0000

My take on this is,please take a look at how Goodell handled spygate and you will see his true motivation.

By: silentcount

silentcount — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:07:35 +0000

If Goodell is willing to make the harshest accusations and hand out the most severe punishments in the history of the NFL, then he should be willing to show why to a higher authority. Brees, Vitt and Vilma are man enough to testify under oath in a real court of law, but Goodell is not. Perhaps the picture isn’t exactly like Goodell painted.

By: nowillrepeat

nowillrepeat — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:30:30 +0000

What you idiots dont get is an affidavit is punishable by perjury if the subjects who submit it are determined to be lying.

Vitt, and Brees are putting their freedom on the line here.

Will Goddell do the same thing?

By: rhodeislandpatriotsfan

rhodeislandpatriotsfan — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:16:51 +0000

If Vilma can’t show a “substantial likelihood of success on the merits,” does it matter whether he can satisfy the other substantive requirements—including the “public interest” element—of the four-prong test for obtaining injunctive relief? That aside, I would argue that an injunction here disserves the public interest in that it would have a substantial and adverse impact on the collectively bargained authority of the one person who is best positioned to police “…the integrity of, or public confidence in, the game of professional football,” as per Article 46, Section 1(a) of the 2011 NFL CBA. If not the NFL Commissioner, then who is better suited for that role? The Executive Director of the NFLPA?

By: geauxjay

geauxjay — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:03:51 +0000

Put your thumbs down if you like, but where is your proof that you know that they are guilty.

Besides the:

Ledgers that we’re proven to be bogus and not even offered as evidence

“confessions” which were proven to never have been uttered but actually forged by the NFL

The Hargrove video where the NFL knew he said it because they falsely said you can see his lips moving

Bogus emails and confessions by Ornstein?

Seriously, is there anything else?

By: huskylawyer

huskylawyer — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:15:06 +0000

I’m sorry, but if I had a choice of trusting Goodell, or the Saints 4 (Vilma, Fujita, Hargrove, Brees), I’d choose the Saints 4 anytime.

Whereas time and again Goodell has shown to be a vindictive, 2-faced, and in some cases, outright liar “(we care about the players..but let’s play more games), the Saints 4 have by and large been known as “good guys” for years (I think Vilma has had like 3 personal fouls his ENTIRE CAREER).

I think the anti-saints sentiment has more to do with bashing the opposing team than rationale thought.

I will say this, the Saints coaching staff is shady, so if I had to choose between Goodell and the staff, it would be a toss-up.

By: kchiefsfan

kchiefsfan — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:07:01 +0000

I am not a Saints fan so maybe I am just stupid like every other non Saints fan, but I think Drew Brees just admitted a bounty program.

‘ If a good, clean, legal hit kept the person who absorbs the good, clean, legal hit from playing, then the player delivering the hit received extra money for a “cart-off” (if the player returned to the game later) or a “knockout” (if he didn’t return at all).”

So do I understand this? If a person applies a “good clean hit” that does not prevent the person from playing, he gets nothing, yet if a person applies a “good clean hit” that prevents a player from coming back then they get paid extra money. This should not be considered a bounty program, or a pay for injury program……why?

How are the Saints fans going to spin this one? And who is ignorant enough to believe in a locker room some coach said “If you injure someone from a good clean hit, you will get money” (especially Greg Williams)?

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:56:01 +0000

Breed chiming in is classic… He’s got legally nothing to do with it and he can’t control himself to keep his mouth shut….

They did it, everybody knows it, they are just acting like some 12 year olds trying to whine their way out of it

By: gridassassin

gridassassin — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:55:24 +0000

Mentor to young teammates? Perhaps Vilma should have thought about that prior to offering up large sums of money as bounty.

This is nothing more than Brees trying to pander to the New Orleans community and Saints fans.

You pay the crime ….you do the time.

By: silentcount

silentcount — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:54:28 +0000

It takes a man of integrity to recognize that virtue in another man. A man who plays with honor will defend another man who does the same. There’s more to football than who scores the most points. Goodell treats NFL players as meaningless pawns to his big picture. However, they are real people just like the rest of us who take pride in who they are on and off the field. I’ll take the word of Brees, Vitt and Vilma over Goodell’s any day.

By: nflfan555

nflfan555 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:26:42 +0000

May now be most hated sports team in the world!!!!

By: bigassbiscuit

bigassbiscuit — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:23:47 +0000

Brees has turned out to be a first class ahole.

By: nflfan555

nflfan555 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:22:42 +0000

I would be embarrassed to be a Saints fan after all the crying, whining and acting like completely selfish donks!!!

By: brownsfn

brownsfn — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:19:24 +0000

Stay out of it big mouth!!

By: 3octaveFart

3octaveFart — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:12:53 +0000

mojosmagic says:
Jul 21, 2012 3:30 PM
“I will be submitting Affidavit that clearly states 99.9% of NHL fans don’t give a flying F*ck about this BS.”

Yeah, I can certainly understand why hockey fans wouldn’t be interested…

By: 1075thefan

1075thefan — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:59:38 +0000

Even Bono thinks Drew Brees is a douche

By: TxGrown

TxGrown — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:59:26 +0000

larryjames836 says:
” …but we can’t let the NFL commissioner pull us down.”
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They are capable of doing it themselves.

By: 49erstim

49erstim — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:58:17 +0000

Drew just does not get it. Somebody should explain it to him again. Ugh.

None of that rambling says “Vilma didn’t do anything”. Why? Because he is GUILTY!

@larryjames836….that is just precious. I remember my first beer.

By: mrpowers88

mrpowers88 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:56:24 +0000

“Brees says that the suspension prevents Vilma from ‘continuing to fulfill the leadership position he has assumed with our team since 2008…’”

Funny- because the thought the signings of Lofton and Hawthorne did that

By: be4bama

be4bama — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:51:34 +0000

What’s the NHL??? (wink wink)