Comments on: NFL tells Vilma: Williams confirmed you put a bounty on Favre

By: bigblackanvil

bigblackanvil — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:56:27 +0000

How can the head (Greg Williams) pass blame on the hand ( Vilma) if it moves???? Why do so many of you assume or want Vilma to be the the fall guy??? do you honestly believe Vilma had that much pull in the locker room??? And why didn’t Williams sign this affidavit IN THE BEGINNING???? He signed it Sept. 14 2012??? WTF ????A ton of lawyers involved and no one said ” Hey Gregg since you are confessing and saying your players ran the show, sign this affidavit about your involvement with bounty gate???” WTF???

By: vegasvinnie

vegasvinnie — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:55:12 +0000

Let all the players suit up and play the 09 championship all over again. Then, let’s tee off on Drew Bree’s like they did to Favre. Let Jared Allen Drive him into the ground any time he wants to until the whistle blows. All the other defenders can just go and jump on him too after he’s down. Then, while he’s under four Vikings players, we can try to twist his ankle till it snaps, just like they tried with Adrian. If they try to breath on Favre, they get a personal foul. Come on, what do ya say?
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I say that if the Vikings weren’t trying to get to Brees back then, they didn’t deserve to win the game. You see, the Saints offensive line was blocking that day. Maybe if the Vikings had tried that.

By: ronaldmexico7

ronaldmexico7 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:36:41 +0000

Vilma now has the tears of a clown. BLAM!

By: unlost1

unlost1 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:32:32 +0000

tomorrows headline: “i mispoke”
it never fails.

By: cwwgk

cwwgk — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:17:02 +0000

@gameproper: Judge Berrigan stated from the bench that what Vilma admitted to in her courtroom was the same thing Goodell accused him of participating in.

By: footballer4ever

footballer4ever — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:13:48 +0000

It’s not what you know… it’s what you can prove.

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:52:56 +0000

Ban him for life.

By: gameproper

gameproper — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:18:11 +0000

dadindebt6 :

payments were made when who was carted off? where is the evidence supporting this claim? The only thing the judge and Goodell agreed on, is that suspensions would continue after solid evidence is produced….so far..none

By: dadindebt6

dadindebt6 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:21:17 +0000

So the affidavant was signed recently. Big Deal. They had his verbal admission prior to that and base the suspensions on that. Now he just formalized his earlier verbal admission.
As for him stating that their was no intent to injure, there may not have been, but, payments were made when an injury (cartoff) occurred. Goodell and the judge both agreed that this type of pay for performance constitutes a bounty. So admitting to a pay for performance program is an admission of guilt and those eight other affidavants will actually bolster Goodell’s case.

By: semperfiguy1011

semperfiguy1011 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:49:22 +0000

The longer this goes on, the worse it becomes for all concerned. Vilma and the others would do well to shut up, take their medicine, and come back next year. No matter what they do or what lawyers they hire, they are not going to win and are only digging a deeper hole for themselves. It is over guys! Shut up, suck it up, and move on!

By: rafterman11

rafterman11 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:19:52 +0000

Does Vilma really think people are going to believe that there was a bounty system going on and the defensive team captain was NOT involved?

By: gameproper

gameproper — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:51:18 +0000

To all the arrogant snobs who commented above saying things like “game over, vilma” Or “checkmate vilma” and “enjoy your time off”…..you idiots realize that this affidavit was signed 4 days ago. So besides the fact that this goes against all 8 other affidavits he signed previously, even in his “confession” no PAY-TO-INJURE (because thats what a bounty program is. As opposed to PAY-FOR-Performance which gives money for football related goals such as sacks, interceptions etc) program was mentioned anywhere. Meaning yet again the NFL has nothing.

By: cowboycjn

cowboycjn — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:07:10 +0000

Funny the league could not produce evidence, then 3 1/2 month later AFTER suspension was handed down, they all of a sudden have a signed affadavit that was just signed this past Friday. Doesn’t this all seem odd??? GW signs it, yet in the same article he says he didn’t encourage any illegal hits/injury – man what won’t this guy do to save his hide? What did the league promise you, that one day you may work in the coaching staff somewheres or was there a pay-off from the league for him to sign this paper to save the leagues butt? Maybe it was Goodell himself that made the pay-off to save his butt??
The whole thing stinks no matter how you look at it.

By: florida727

florida727 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:31:17 +0000

The thing I don’t understand is Williams’ rationale for talking. What player will now trust him? What team will now trust him? Once you break that bond of trust within your team and among your players, you’re finished in coaching. Did he really think that by admitting what went on, he’d get himself off the hook and be welcomed back? There’s just no logic in his actions. I hoipe he enjoys his future in Pop Warner, because right now, that’s the only level in football that’ll welcome this guy… heck, maybe not even them.

By: dman6015

dman6015 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:56:36 +0000

Good. Now there can be criminal charges brought. This is no different than “the mob” ordering a “hit” on someone. If they can go to jail, so can the players involved.

By: pmars64

pmars64 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:15:15 +0000

Seriously?!?!? Williams signs an affidavit three days ago and this the smoking gun the NFL produces after YEARS of investigation and 50,000 PAGES of evidence? Is this a joke? Wow, the NFL and Goodell REALLY must be in real trouble if this is the fast one they are trying to pull. It’s so obvious they never really had anything. Otherwise, they would have produced it A LONG time ago.

It is truly stunning the depths of stupidity of the fans who fall for this crap. And George W actually won the 2000 election, too. Maybe there really is a Santa Claus, too.

Will the Vikings fans crying ever stop?!?!? I can never get enough of their whining. It is hilarious. As if they would never have celebrated a Vikings win if they had won like the Saints in 09. Of course, they would have wanted the Vikings to give the NFC trophy to the Saints if the Vikings had won like that. What total freaking hypocrites.

By: silentcount

silentcount — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:35:01 +0000

“I’ll do anything to coach again. So what is it I’m signing this time?”

By: The Prophet

The Prophet — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:34:13 +0000

I KNEW the NFL was trying to do people a favor by handing out the punishments and trying to move on, but NOOOOO everyone had to question it and demand more proof and the NFL tried to hint to you it had rock solid proof but didn’t want to outright “out” the guy who had it, but you all kept pushing and now here we have the sworn signed affidavit from Gregg Williams himself, and I’m sure they have even more. Everybody just lay off or you’re going to find out even more things you won’t want to hear. Jsut let it go, the Saints were 100% wrong and stop digging.

By: AlohaMrHand

AlohaMrHand — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:33:15 +0000

Oh when the saints go marching in.marchin into last place that is

By: bigbluebruiser

bigbluebruiser — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:21:57 +0000

“Victory is Mine!” – NFL

By: sixjak

sixjak — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:47:45 +0000

snoilog says:
Sep 17, 2012 7:44 PM
mdd913 says:
Sep 17, 2012 7:29

except, oh wait, this is America, where we blindly believe any piece of crap we’re told, as long as it comes from a rich white guy in a position of power.

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This the statement of a life time

Mitt Romney anyone!!!

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Maybe we should believe anything the buffoon in the Whitehouse tells us. 3 1/2 yrs later we’re all do much better off. Oh I know things were so bad that not even Bill Clinton could fix our problems. And yeah I’m not selling the Islam YouTube video BS either. More idiotic White House BS to take the focus off of what a crappy job the pResident is doing. My yorkie could do a better job,

By: commitment2excrement

commitment2excrement — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:37:17 +0000

Its only ok because the target was Farve.

By: n001363

n001363 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:28:23 +0000

By: jimw81

jimw81 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:18:58 +0000

goodell sunk Vima’s battleship.

By: truetrue85

truetrue85 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:06:13 +0000

So… what was that about everyone owing New Orleans an apology Saints fans?

By: houndofthebaskervols

houndofthebaskervols — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:03:31 +0000

The NFL is lying, pure an simple. You’d have to be an idiot not to see this.

By: vikesfansteve

vikesfansteve — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:42:41 +0000

Now it’s clear why there were hits below the knees against Favre but the ref not flagging for the hit is why is kept happening. The refs blew that game as much as the Saints cheap shots and the Vikings miscues.

By: gadzod

gadzod — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:37:23 +0000

Bigger conspiracy theorists and apologists? Penn State fans OR New Orleans Saints fans? They are both pretty close…..

By: defscottyb

defscottyb — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:34:34 +0000

In the words Jimmy Conway (Burke) to a young Henry Hill in Goodfellas “two rules, never rat on your friends and keep your mouth shut” haha.

By: defscottyb

defscottyb — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:31:59 +0000

Wow, sounds like Williams snitched to try and save his own butt. Or… he has the mentality: if I’m going down I’m taking people with me because it wasn’t all my doing. Keep you mouth shut Gregg and take it like a real man.