Saints Defense maintained a Bounty Program

[Warner2BruceTD]

Fisher is a dirtball, always has been.

[Tailback U]

Fisher is a dirtball, always has been.

You really don't think there's a chance that this is more common than we know? Pinning this stuff on a few guys is naive.

@shawnemerriman: Why is this a big deal now? Bounties been going on forever. A "Bounty" left me with a torn PCL and LCL in my knee ...
-- Bills LB Shawne Merriman

@ChrisWarcraft: I mean seriously, think about it. You're talking about paying someone to INTENTIONALLY injure someone else. They put people in JAIL for that
@ChrisWarcraft: And let me make it perfectly clear - it doesn't matter WHAT team you play for. That kind of thing should NEVER happen.
-- Vikings P Chris Kluwe

@jayfeely: No place in NFL for bounties. Physical play is an attribute but malicious intent should be removed
-- Cardinals K Jay Feely

@damienwoody: This 'bounty' program happens all around the league...not surprising
@damienwoody: The bigger question w/ this 'bounty' issue is.....WHO SNITCHED?!?!
@damienwoody: @joey0314 I'm just speaking from a guy that was in the lockerroom....these things happened, not saying it was right, but it happened
-- Ex-Pats OL Damien Woody

@ChrisHarrisNFL: Football is a violent game n just because someone is hit very hard doesn't mean it's malicious
-- Lions S Chris Harris

@ShaunPhillips95: I think people forget that football is a contact sport. If you don't wanna get hurt don't play. I was always told keep your head on a swivel
-- Chargers LB Shaun Phillips

"I'm not pissed. It's football. I don't think anything less of those guys. Said or unsaid, guys do it anyway. If they can drill you and get you out, they will." - Brett Favre.

Funny how the only two guys that come across shocked and appalled by this are the kicker and punter. Favre's quote basically summs up my exact thoughts on all of this.

[KNUBB]

No TB those are all meatheads that are barbarians and wastes of life.

[Rayman]

Lol @ purposely blocking the qb hard. Have you guys ever played football? Should they have blocked him softly? Have you lost your cock and balls?

Hitting near the head/neck when a player is clearly down is illegal.

I would love to see your few ways of a dirty hit that is legal.

Is a crack back block now dirty? Are we not allowed to let receivers in motion blind side DEnds anymore too?

Quoted because I found myself laughing and nodding at the same time.

[Rayman]

This thread is about a coach encouraging players to injure people, through the incentive of cash, so nobody cares about your high school exploits or how many shoulders you dislocated.

But you've already established, that like Gregg Williams, you are a creep who has no issue with putting out Tony Soprano hits on people's health, so again, my bad for even engaging you in this.

You know I respect the hell out of you, but I think you're way overreacting here.

Where are these "Tony Soprano hits"? Where were the flags? Where were the fines?

[Houston]

Anyone putting up a bounty is paying people to injure other people...when is that ever ok?

[Woy]

Well Warner, at least when Williams gets canned, you won't have to worry about the Rams' new DC doing this type of thing...

...because his defenses never have hit anyone.

[Woy]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Titans-Washington-calls-Saints-Harper-dirty-player.html

http://www.nfl.com/videos/auto/09000d5d824efdcb/Williams-54-yard-catch-and-run

[Blade]

I don't condone this but isn't this kinda ridiculous to go crazy over? I mean this type of shit has been happening since football was invented. It's not just football every sport in the world has a secret bounty to either injure your competitor or take advantage of a pre-existing condition.

As for football, the whole point of the sport is to kick the ever living shit out of you opponent, so to be surprised that players have this sort of mentality while being a fan is kinda lame. Football players aren't Gandhis of the sports world they are Genghis Khans of the sports world.

I don't care if they decide to regulate here or regulate dirty hits/illegal hits that's the league's call. But to be a fan of the sport that has violence as a key ingredient and then cry like a girl over this crap is downright hypocritical.

[Rayman]

There was a bounty on Chad Clifton when Warren Sapp took him down.

[Blade]

Sheldon Brown sez......fuck your bounty!



Buddy Ryan called.....

[Fappin Raptor]

Can we just ban bucky already? His Alzheimer's is really getting bad.

[Blade]

lot of talk this originates under Jeff Fischer

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/59964/saints-bounty-system-and-the-rams

Fisher with the Titans. Schwartz with the Lions. Williams with the Marching Saints.
Schwartz and Williams came from Fisher.

Ummm....it's didn't start with Fisher. Fisher coached for Buddy Ryan, who coached for Mike Ditka and Hallas and before that Walt Michaels all the way back in the 60s. Each coach learns from their previous tutor/coach, whoever Walt Michaels learned from was most likely of similar mentality. To act like this is something new is just dumb.

Like I said earlier it's football, and if you are fan of a violent sport you need to accept the mentality and attitude of these players. Otherwise you are hypocrite.

[EmpireWF]

Srs question. Is this bigger than spygate?

Odds are the penalties doled out by the league will be tougher, so make of that what you will.

[Houston]

I love when people start talking about how football is suppose to be, how it's always been, that anyone who doesn't like it shouldn't watch and blah blah blah

If this "pussification of football" is true, then clearly you're the one who needs to find a new sport. Not the ones who are fine with the new direction of the league.