Quote Originally Posted by moose10101 View Post

IMHO, for Vilma, this is akin to a delay because the guillotine needs to be greased.
Pretty much, but like I said, Goodell is going to be hard-pressed to keep the suspension lengths as they are, considering the arbiters rejected the claim that these players were intending to injure (or rather rejected the notion that the claim had been adequately supported by evidence).

I think the smart money is on Goodell reducing the suspensions, probably significantly.