The Saints obviously were trying to hurt Brett Favre in that game.

Favre got blasted 3-4 seconds after handing the football off…

On. A. Running. Play.

I’ve never seen cheap shots like that before at any level of football. That’s the kid of thing that pretty much had to be endorsed from the top down in the Saints organization.

So Payton, Vitt and Benson can circle the wagons all they want, point fingers and deny it till their blue in the face but it isn’t going to change the fact that every single non-Saints fan that watched that game knew what was up.

The real story though remains largely not discussed. The refs essentially handed the Saints that game on a silver platter.

To be honest, something doesn’t sound right. For Miller to come in and start treating a billionare owner like crap is just fishy.

“Btw, Captain Shakespear… When you’ve heard the attacks on you and your friends & coworkers for a year in the media, and you finally get a chance to tell your side, you’re going to protest. But Vitt didn’t whine, he went off!!”

They weren’t attacks – they were reporting on the Saints documented bounty program.

It wasn’t just Goodell that said there was a bounty program…

Taglabue said there was a bounty program.

The judge in LA said there was a bounty program.

Payton and Loomis took accountability for the bounty program.

Tom Benson spend his own money to investigate the bounty program and hasn’t released a single piece of evidence to contradict that there was, in fact, a bounty program.

But Joe Vitt is still whining that there wasn’t.

I’ll believe the team owner, the HC, the GM, the judge, the former commissioner and the current commissioner before I’ll believe a guy that got caught participating in the bounty program and was rightfully suspended for his actions.

Noring4youstill’s comments do not reflect the beliefs and wishes of 99.9% of Saints fans.

Please don’t hold his ignorant comments against us. I’m mad at Goodell but to wish him any physical is absolutely ridiculous a d disgusting.

I’ve never threatened anyone on this site. Sure, don’t like most packer fans, and disagree with about 80% of the jargon that comes out of their fingertips, but would never threaten anyone. But yet, my comments get taken down.. That guy who wrote that comment should be prosecuted to the full length!

Perfect example of why society has gotten worse over the years. People seem to think “shooting” someone is the fix for all of the problems.

You don’t like what Roger handed out to your favorite team, well, email the NFL, tell them about your displeasure and how some of the rule changes are making this the Flag Football League. But also understand that players today are stronger, faster, more gifted athletes. And at some point this sport is going to become extremely dangerous. And you could quite possibly see no insurance company want to even touch an athlete. No matter what their premiums are for health insurance. But don’t ever threaten someone! It’s disgusting to even think that someone would threaten a person over something like this.

I feel sorry for the guy that accidentally runs over your dog or cat. Or the first kid that plays a prank on your child at school or the park or playground. Buddy, you need help! And i pray for your family, friends, and neighbors, and anyone that’s close to you, that you do get help.

The NFL is already on record as paying Cerullo’s legal fees. Therefore, if Vitt takes legal action against Cerullo, he’d likely be taking on the NFL’s resources. Guess who’d have a huge advantage there?

Which begs the question, if the NFL is interested in an honest investiagtion, why hire an “independent prosecutor” that was paid by the NFL and why pay the legal fees of someone that was a witness…and proved to be a horrible one at that?

As for the bounty stuff… As far as I’m concerned it has run its course. I’m done with it. Let us all now move forward.

Btw, Captain Shakespear… When you’ve heard the attacks on you and your friends & coworkers for a year in the media, and you finally get a chance to tell your side, you’re going to protest. But Vitt didn’t whine, he went off!!

…figure I can say that since you inconsistent mods leave a comment that comes from someone who says he hopes Godell gets shot in NO…..look up.

I wonder why?

MacBull seems to have hit the nail on the head.

In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” the phrase “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” seems pertinent to Vitt’s statement. He’s whining like a little girl…

Lots of guilty people proclaim their innocence. Doesn’t mean they are innocent.

I’m still waiting for Benson to release the results of the investigation that he paid for. But then, why would he want to further incriminate his own team?

This was a case that Roger Goodell should never have pushed to this level. He could have better addressed his concerns internally, between the league and Saints management.

Instead, Roger was looking for a trophy to hang on his wall that would prove how dedicated the NFL is when it comes to player safety.

With the upcoming concussion litigation, Roger wanted to be able to point to the Saints bounty case and say “see, it is the players fault” that concussions have become a serious health issue for the NFL.

The idea of fining players for the way they tackle did not happen until word came out that the NFL had withheld concussion information from it’s players, dating back decades.

The NFL realized that lawsuits would be filed and were trying to portray the NFL as being more sympathetic to the concussion issue.

In short, Bountygate was a PR mission pursued by Goodell and the NFL.

Just as the fines are a terrible idea, so too was the NFL’s Bountygate case.

Some people just don’t get it, never have, and never will. You idiots wonder why nobody likes new orleans? Idiots like that give your whole city a bad name! WOW… Can’t believe you would stoop that low to wish that on someone, but yeah, new orleans really is the underbelly of society, so it really shouldn’t surprise me!