Houston Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was on KILT in Houston with Josh Innes and Rich Lord, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. He was asked to give his thoughts regarding the audio of former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams’ speech before last season’s playoff loss to the 49ers. “Well I mean it made me sick. I just don’t believe in that,” [...]
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Mike Freeman drops possible bombshell amidst Bountygate controversy
Among sports columnists, Mike Freeman of CBS Sports has been one of the Saints’ harshest critics in the wake of the bounty scandal. He even went so far as to call Jonathan Vilma’s defamation lawsuit against Roger Goodell “arrogant” in a column he wrote a few days ago. But now, it seems Freeman is slowly [...]
READ MORE »Roger Goodell blasted for lack of transparency
In a recent radio interview on AM 790, Mike Florio criticized Roger Goodell’s handling of the punishments handed down to the players allegedly involved in the Bountygate scandal. He began by pointing out that when the Saints’ coaches didn’t vigorously challenge their suspensions (or in Gregg Williams case, not at all), he assumed that everything [...]
READ MORE »Anthony Hargrove is “disappointed” the document he signed was leaked
Former New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove signed a declaration stating that both former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and linebackers coach Joe Vitt told him to deny any existence of a bounty program. Hargrove is upset that the declaration that he signed was somehow leaked and he believes the NFL has “grossly mischaracterized” his [...]
READ MORE »Report: Gregg Williams never admitted a bounty program was in place
According to Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, a source told him that the NFL has misrepresented what former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams said in his interviews with the league. Triplett’s source told him that Williams never admitted that a “bounty program” was actually instituted and that the NFL “rephrased his [...]
READ MORE »Report: Gregg Williams, Joe Vitt told Anthony Hargrove to lie about bounty program
According to Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports, former New Orleans Saints defensive end Anthony Hargrove claims in a sign declaration that both Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and linebackers coach Joe Vitt told him to deny any existence of a bounty program to NFL security when they interviewed him back in 2010. You can read [...]
READ MORE »Fran Tarkenton: Gregg Williams should be banned and imprisoned
Former NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton made an appearance on ESPN Radio in Chicago and gave his take on Gregg Williams and the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal. “I think that the facts, when they first came out, I took a strong position,” said Tarkenton. ”I was outraged by it. The players I talked to from [...]
READ MORE »Antonio Pierce sounds off on Gregg Williams
Former NFL linebacker Antonio Pierce played under former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams when they were both a part of the Washington Redskins organization in 2004. Pierce, who now works for ESPN, sat down with Rachel Nichols and gave his thoughts on the Saints bounty scandal and talked about his time with Williams. [...]
READ MORE »Cris Carter believes Gregg Williams should be banned for life
Former NFL wide receiver Cris Carter indicated during today’s NFL Live show that former Saints defensive coordinator should receive a lifetime ban from the NFL. “I believe that Gregg Williams, he shouldn’t be able to coach football any more, and the reason why is because we have given him our best athletes. We have given [...]
READ MORE »Kyle Williams’ dad comments on Gregg Williams’ speech
Gregg Williams clearly wanted to target San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kyle Williams during their divisional playoff game. He made it obvious that his plan to see if Williams was ready to go after suffering multiple concussions during the season. “We need to find out in the first two series of the game, that little [...]
READ MORE »Michael Irvin “almost threw up” after hearing Gregg Williams’ speech
Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin chimed in on the NFL Network with his thoughts about the incriminating audio that’s been released that clearly sounds like former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams encouraging his defense to injure opposing offensive players on the San Francisco 49ers. “Every football player that’s ever played the [...]
READ MORE »Sean Pamphilon released a statement regarding the Saints bounty audio
Sean Pamphilon, the filmaker who released the damning audio of former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams talking about hitting 49ers receiver Kyle Williams hard enough to see if he can take a hit after suffering multiple concussions during the season and then told his team to essentially take out Michael Crabtree ‘s ACL, [...]
READ MORE »Carlos Rogers confirms Gregg Williams issued bounties with the Redskins
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Carlos Rogers played for Gregg Williams when they were both a part of the Washington Redskins organization. Rogers recently told KNBR that players were paid to hit opposing players hard enough to knock them out of the game. The money that players received was from fines that were collected by Williams [...]
READ MORE »Gregg Williams bounty audio leaked
Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports has obtained some audio from a pre-game speech from the night before the New Orleans Saints divisional playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers in 2011. The audio was captured by Sports by Pamphilon, who’s working on a documentary about former Saints player Steve Gleason who’s currently retired and suffers [...]
READ MORE »Saints fans hold protest outside of the Superdome
According to WWLTV 4 in New Orleans, Saints fans gathered outside of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to protest the penalties that the NFL handed out to the New Orleans Saints and members of their staff. Most notably, head coach Sean Payton. “It’s just wrong what they doing to the coach,” said one protester. Protesters were wearing [...]
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