Sean Payton Suspended 1 Year, Saints Lose Pair of 2nd Round Picks

[Cornelius]

They function about as well as your brain. Just below 50%.

I'm sure they are closer to failure than that, but ok.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I'm seeing a lot of people say this now and I expect a lot more to start saying this now that we know but I don't remember anyone calling them out on here or in the media at the time. They got a couple of fines which is pretty routine these days but nobody was saying much about else about it.

Not saying you didn't suspect something, but it's easy for people to say "oh yea I knew something was up!" now when 3 years ago they were saying "holy shit the Saints are getting after it."

fwiw, It was a pretty big deal at the time, both here and as a major talking point on ESPN and the like. It didn't last very long in the media because obviously everybody moved on to Super Bowl hype due to the timing.

[RosettaStoned]

I'm seeing a lot of people say this now and I expect a lot more to start saying this now that we know but I don't remember anyone calling them out on here or in the media at the time. They got a couple of fines which is pretty routine these days but nobody was saying much about else about it.

Not saying you didn't suspect something, but it's easy for people to say "oh yea I knew something was up!" now when 3 years ago they were saying "holy shit the Saints are getting after it."

Can't remember postings here, but I do recall talking about it and seeing some media coverage after they knocked out two qb's in a row, blatantly late hitting everybody.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Can't remember postings here, but I do recall talking about it and seeing some media coverage after they knocked out two qb's in a row, blatantly late hitting everybody.

I specifically remember a long thread about Favre and the poor officiating in the Vikings game.

Not sure why any of this matters much in the grand scheme of this debate here, because it doesn't matter if the fans noticed bounty hunting taking place or not. Saying other players are trying to hurt people irregardless of bounties is a non point, too.

[NAHSTE]

Oh. My. God.

ESPN is now running a story on how the "community of New Orleans" is dealing with the fallout to Bountygate. Has a recovery slant to it, as if your football team getting punished for unethical behavior is in any way equatable to a natural disaster (that happened seven fucking years ago, but I digress).

Someone just dropped the "with all this city has been through" line on top of it, to further drive home the stupidity.

ESPN, stop doing this. New Orleans residents, stop indulging this. It's beneath you and it's beneath the great city that NO is.

[shag773]

Sometimes I have no idea why these things go the way they do lol.

I cant fathom arguing the NFL is reflective of the general population. TBU is right these guys are a bunch of wild nut jobs especially on defense. You have to be on some level to slam your body into another guy for a living. I understand completely what hes saying in regards to that desire to inflict pain. I wanted guys to tear up and not want to go my way..as a WR I wanted LBers worried sick that I was going to smash there facemask in on a run play.

BUT

I didnt want to tear an ACL , have a guy put in the hospital , or anything else serious. Im sure thats how most NFL defenders go about there business. Theres a difference between making a guy wince , fear me ,inflicting pain ......and causing injury.

Bounties skew that line. If you realize these guys are that crazy and driven to hurt all the more reason NOT to give them outside financial reasons to occasionally go that extra mile.

Another great post. I'll be honest I came in here initially thinking one way and you've done a great job presenting the other side in a way I can understand. However, there's just one last question I have..you said this:

I didnt want to tear an ACL , have a guy put in the hospital , or anything else serious. Im sure thats how most NFL defenders go about there business. Theres a difference between making a guy wince , fear me ,inflicting pain ......and causing injury.

Isn't inflicting pain and causing injury essentially the same thing? I'm sure your not talking about a skinned knee or something. You're talking about knocking the shit out of someone. I guess I don't see a huge difference between "I'm going to put this motherfucker on his ass" and "I'm going to put this motherfucker out of the game". They are both pretty extreme attitudes to have, and both put the opponents in danger of serious injury. I guess that's where I don't see eye to eye with the rest of you.

[mgoblue2290]

Oh. My. God.

ESPN is now running a story on how the "community of New Orleans" is dealing with the fallout to Bountygate. Has a recovery slant to it, as if your football team getting punished for unethical behavior is in any way equatable to a natural disaster (that happened seven fucking years ago, but I digress).

Someone just dropped the "with all this city has been through" line on top of it, to further drive home the stupidity.

ESPN, stop doing this. New Orleans residents, stop indulging this. It's beneath you and it's beneath the great city that NO is.

I'm sure there were some still shots of devastation and Drew Brees.

[shag773]

I'm sure there were some still shots of devastation and Drew Brees.

You forgot about the Chris Paul debacle, Christ when will these people catch a break...

[Maynard]

Why don't those of you who think the bounties are overblown, just admit that you enjoy violence, think the bounties are cool, and move on?

It's a better stance than claiming the bounties have no effect on play, which makes you look completely retarded.

why dont you guys who think hard hits are wrong just admit your pussies and move on.

geez dude, how old are you? you been watching football for how long? all of a sudden after having football pounded in your head since the 70ies or 80ies, now all of a sudden you think football is too violent. did you forget everything you loved about this game until the past 3-5 years since this pusification of the nfl took over

take away hard hits...yeah, great idea. thats like taking fighting out of hockey, or owning the inside of the plate in baseball. Hard hits and violence has been a staple of football since it began....but now, because the nfl is afraid of being sued and the media has created a story of public outcry, with concussions and violent hits, you have decided to take a stance against what you grew up knowing about this game.

thank you for buying into corporate greed. i bet you guys actually think the NFL cares about these players.....lmao

[NAHSTE]

why dont you guys who think hard hits are wrong just admit your pussies and move on.

LOL.

[Warner2BruceTD]

why dont you guys who think hard hits are wrong just admit your pussies and move on.

geez dude, how old are you? you been watching football for how long? all of a sudden after having football pounded in your head since the 70ies or 80ies, now all of a sudden you think football is too violent. did you forget everything you loved about this game until the past 3-5 years since this purification of the nfl took over

take away hard hits...yeah, great idea. thats like taking fighting out of hockey, or owning the inside of the plate in baseball. Hard hits and violence has been a staple of football since it began....but now, because the nfl is afraid of being sued and the media has created a story of public outcry, with concussions and violent hits, you have decided to take a stance against what you grew up knowing about this game.

thank you for buying into corporate greed. i bet you guys actually think the NFL cares about these players.....lmao

I dont think football is too violent, and I don't think "hard hits are wrong".

I think bounties are a pretty disgusting and unethical concept, and naturally lead to behavior above and beyond the natural violence of the game.

I don't think being opposed to blood money makes me a pussy. If you do, so be it.

[Maynard]

The Saints also had specific language laid out in these bounties that specified cash pay outs for "cart offs". If you don't have a problem with that, then you are sub human.

And again, yes, I think players are extra motivated to play differently when bounties are on the table. OTHERWISE BOUNTIES WOULD NOT EXIST. Are you seriously this dense?

Here's another analogy you won't understand, since you think NFL players are trained killers trying to kill each other anyway. Companies give out sales bonuses to employees to add extra motivation to increase sales. Of course, these employees are already trying to make sales, very hard in fact, but the bonus system gives them extra incentive to try harder.

In the case of the Saints, you have coaches giving players money to try harder to injure people. TO TRY HARDER TO INJURE PEOPLE. CART OFFS. How is this not registering with you? Of course liberties will be taken if money is on the table. It doesnt matter if the hits are clean, dirty, flagged, unflagged. Do you really not see the morality, sociological, and decency issues here? Drop this macho act of NFL FOOTBALL TOUGH GUY RAWR for a second.

It doesnt even matter if a single player on the Saints even went the extra mile to attempt to injure somebody, although anybody with a functioning brain who has a semblance of common sense knows that they did. Once a bounty is in place, that's it, you lose all benefit of the doubt, and it has to be assumed that they were blood hunting.

Of course, this is how it played out in your mind:

Vilma: "Here is $10 grand to take out Favre. Must be cart off. Injure that honky."

Player: "Hey that's cool! Since i'm sub human and actively trying to injure people every snap, i'll take that money if the injury happens completely organically and within the rules with a nice clean hit! I won't try any harder to injure the man, because as you know, i'm already trying my hardest to hurt people!"

Player #2: "Hmm, I dont know Jonathon. $10,000 isnt very much money. Didn't you know that we are all millionaires? Every. One. Of. Us. Plus, ROger Goodell will fine me more than $10k if my hit is dirty. Sorry friend, this simply does not motivate me."

Vilma & Gregg Williams: "Looks like bounties don't work. These trained assassins just aren't buying it. LETS KEEP OFFERING THEM FOR THREE MORE YEARS AND IGNORE THE LEAGUE WHEN THEY TELL US TO STOP, EVEN THOUGH THEY DONT WORK."

your arguement about payment is great except for one glaring flaw. take away the financial compensation and replace it with a win....kind of destroys your point doesnt it

[RosettaStoned]

Between this and that black kid getting shot.. Maynard has not let me down with his overreaching quest for ultimate stupidity.

[Warner2BruceTD]

And lol@Cornelius telling me i'm missing the point, then thanking Maynard for a post which was nothing but a strawman argument full of counter points to points I never made in the first place that have nothing to do with the argument at hand.

Cornelius might be more dense than Zoneblitz.

[Warner2BruceTD]

your arguement about payment is great except for one glaring flaw. take away the financial compensation and replace it with a win....kind of destroys your point doesnt it

Not sure what you are getting at here.

Are you saying the bounties are justified because the Saints win a lot of games? Please tell me you are not trying to make that point.