Saints in BIG trouble...

[Proudiddy]

This just in, breaking news!

The NFL just realized that the Saints are dirty.

Cool Superbowl Katrina Gaiz.

Seriously though, this is awesome.

[BBQ&Beer]

I'm just hoping the hammer that comes down is bigger than anyone would have thought. Because on that day the meltdown at SR should be greater than fuggin Chernobyl by several orders of magnitude.

[panthers55]

This just confirms what I believed all along. When the story broke that they had a bounty going on I remember lots of discussion around here and I think the disappointing thing was that they couldn't prove it. I am glad it has come out finally. For me I hope that WIlliams gets the biggest part of the punishment. After all Saints management should have addressed it for sure but it wasn't happening before Williams got there. He was the scumbag who put in in place and continued it even after warnings. He shouldn't be allowed to skip town to St Louis and get off with an apology about learning his lesson. He didn't learn crap. He has always been a scumbag who thinks he is above the rules and a badass. Maybe suspending him for a season with no pay along with a 250,000 fine will help reinforce the lesson.

[vorbis]

the schadenfreude is pretty thick with this story. however, so long as something crazy doesn't happen and the saints lose the franchise tag/brees, i don't see this having a huge effect on the team in the long run. next season, however? i really do think it's going to have a huge effect.

not surprised to learn of this bounty system. deangelo talked at length in his ustream about how the saints were easily the dirtiest team he'd faced, going after knees on the sideline, trying to take players out. this is a clear corroboration of his statements. i for one hope a statement is made with the penalty for this that scares any other teams that might have similar setups (let's not be naïve here) from continuing that process.

and let's not be too quick to jump on the high horse either, panthers fans. how many of you remember during the fox years about the "black glove" award for big hits, big plays by the defense. sure, we can convince ourselves that that award had a squeaky clean intention, but it's hard to say for sure what meaning it had behind closed doors. all that matters to me is that this crap stops, less players are injured intentionally, and people/teams that are caught doing it are punished appropriately. oh, and that 89 has a microphone near him when he scores a TD(s) in the superdome next season.

[SmootsDaddy89]

[Proudiddy]

Whodat gonna lose they draft pick! Whodat? Whodat?

[Ruff]

I know you guys don't like PFT, but they are absolutely destroying the Saints right now. I love it so much. After seeing outlets like the world-wide leader saying that the Saints didn't lead in personal fouls, it's refreshing to see a widely viewed football news source basically say: "The Saints are a bunch of dirty players. This is what they deserve."

[rico6]

Link please?

[Proudiddy]

So, their coach was investigated for popping pills and abusing drugs and now they get popped for trying to injure players and possibly end their careers.

Sean Payton still has a job?

The Superdome was cleaner during Katrina. Just sayin.

[Jangler]

and let's not be too quick to jump on the high horse either, panthers fans. how many of you remember during the fox years about the "black glove" award for big hits, big plays by the defense. sure, we can convince ourselves that that award had a squeaky clean intention, but it's hard to say for sure what meaning it had behind closed doors. all that matters to me is that this crap stops, less players are injured intentionally, and people/teams that are caught doing it are punished appropriately. oh, and that 89 has a microphone near him when he scores a TD(s) in the superdome next season.

It's one thing when team mates buy dinner or whatever...but when outside people are basically betting on players, somethin nefarious going on.

that's right....I added a dictionary to my toolbar.

[Ruff]

Link please?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/02/league-should-consider-taking-saints-franchise-tag/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/02/bountygate-possibly-taints-saints-super-bowl-win/

Some definite nuggets in there, especially PFT saying that the league should take the Aints' Franchise tag.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Saints are about to get raped so bad they'll be referring to Hurricane Katrina as "the good ole days"

[Proudiddy]

You have no idea how pissed off I was when they beat the Vikings, and did so in such a filthy fashion.

To think those sh*tbags get to celebrate a Superbowl win that shouldn't have ever happened. On top of the dirty shots, there were so many questionable calls in that NFCC game.

[Keep Pounding]

I would punch the next Saints fan i see in the mouth, but that would be my 12 year old nephew, and I don't want to get charged with child abuse, so i decided never to get him a christmas present again. LOL