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Re: Saints Player Suspensions Announced
IMO Curtis Lofton and David Hawthorne are upgrades over Vilma anyway.
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Re: Saints Player Suspensions Announced
Probably, but it's highly likely that BOTH of them wouldn't have been signed if the Saints thought that Vilma wasn't going to be suspended for any serious length of time.
The fact that they did pretty much tells me that they were aware that Vilma was likely going to be facing a year long suspension.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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05-02-2012, 12:49 PM #16
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05-02-2012, 01:00 PM #17Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Saints Player Suspensions Announced
Two things here, if that is the case, Goodell should have come out and said it. You are expecting me to place trust in PFT. We see how accurate their portayal of Harbaugh's comments were.
Secondly, is there evidence that the players actually committed illegal hits in response to the bounties? Do the Saints have an above the league average of illegal hits during those years? Every team in the league has a 'money pot'.
1 year is outrageous. Especially considering the career length of players.
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Re: Saints Player Suspensions Announced
Not when you consider, they HAD A BOUNTY TO INJURE other players, that could in turn shorten their careers.
Have you heard the tape of Williams in a team meeting telling his guys to go after Kyle Williams' (I believe) head, and it was something to the affect that he has had concussions.
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05-02-2012, 01:33 PM #24
Re: Saints Player Suspensions Announced
I strongly suspect the reason the punishments throughout this case have been so severe is that the people involved lied to NFL investigators to cover up what was happening.
I think the *real* message being sent here, and the real distinction between what NO did and what NE did, is that Goodell will come down on you like God's hammer if you lie to investigators. If you did something wrong, fine, they'll take a 1st and a fine or something, but if you are called down to the office and lie to the principal, heaven have mercy on your soul.Last edited by festivus; 05-02-2012 at 01:38 PM.
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His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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