Good thing Gregg Williams didn't take the Packer Job...

[Cheesehead Craig]

Williams is suspended indefinately. Wow.
The Saints lose a 2nd round pick in 2012 and 2013.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7718136/sean-payton-new-orleans-saints-banned-one-year-bounties

[Smidgeon]

There's a fine line here and it was crossed. Im glad the league drew it again.

The AINTS are back!

And with Brees upset Sean Payton won't be there for a year, I imagine it makes him less likely to sign the exclusive rights tender...

[woodbuck27]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/21/fisher-gregg-williams-is-shocked-but-remorseful/

Fisher: Gregg Williams is “shocked but remorseful”

Posted by Evan Silva on March 21, 2012, 3:53 PM EDT

[woodbuck27]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/21/jeff-fisher-will-meet-the-media-at-330-p-m-et/

Jeff Fisher will meet the media at 3:30 p.m. ET

Posted by Mike Florio on March 21, 2012, 2:23 PM EDT

[pbmax]

Wow. Longer than I would have guessed. Wonder what the players will get. Does the suspensions start now or in Training Camp?

[Kiwon]

I told you guys that Czar Goodell would go nuclear, but still, wow!

This one is historic. No doubt, there's other coaches and players in the league who are guilty of similar infractions and messed their pants when they heard the news. It could have been them. Goodell's sending a message to everyone.

I wonder if Darren Sharper will 'fess up to any prior knowledge. He was so believable about the Vikings' 'Love Boat' experience.

[Joemailman]

Much of the severity here is due to the fact that the Saints lied to the NFL. They said it wasn't occurring, and then kept doing it for 2 more years.

[sheepshead]

I told you guys that Czar Goodell would go nuclear, but still, wow!

This one is historic. No doubt, there's other coaches and players in the league who are guilty of similar infractions and messed their pants when they heard the news. It could have been them. Goodell's sending a message to everyone.

I wonder if Darren Sharper will 'fess up to any prior knowledge. He was so believable about the Vikings' 'Love Boat' experience.

Sharper said it didnt happen. He said that because he wasnt in on it. Darren Sharper hasnt made a tackle much less put a lick on a guy in 15 years.

[Smidgeon]

Wow. Longer than I would have guessed. Wonder what the players will get. Does the suspensions start now or in Training Camp?

April 1.

[Joemailman]

Sharper said it didnt happen. He said that because he wasnt in on it. Darren Sharper hasnt made a tackle much less put a lick on a guy in 15 years.

They told him to "Take Favre Out" so he bought Favre dinner.

[Scott Campbell]

Brees has to be sick to his stomach. By the time they recover, he'll be on life support.

[smuggler]

They'll still have a chance. The thing is the Saints get hit with a now & later. They lose their coaching this year, which makes it pretty unlikely for them to be legit SB contenders. Then they lose their draft picks, which makes them suffer a year+ from now, as well. The two second round picks are easier to overcome than the coaching suspension, because the effect is spread over multiple seasons.

[Pugger]

Much of the severity here is due to the fact that the Saints lied to the NFL. They said it wasn't occurring, and then kept doing it for 2 more years.

Absolutely. I too think this more than the bounties themselves are what got them into all this trouble.

Williams got the harshest penalty because this isn't the first time he implemented this bounty business.

I'm all for big hits but hopefully this sort of brutality (advocating and rewarding trying to injure other players) will not be tolerated going forward.

[pbmax]

The wheels of justice are turning backwards again.

Gregg Williams might have a chance of getting back into the League since the League might need him to testify. Of course the NFL could turn its back on him after the sanctions are appealed, but then Gregg would fill the rest of the world in on how the bounty system worked elsewhere.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/23/for-player-discipline-nfl-needs-gregg-williams/

[smuggler]

Those suspensions are going to be this season, to my understanding.