New Orleans Saints News and Rumors
Joe Vitt: Saints moving forwardJoe Vitt referred to himself as a “substitute teacher’’, but he sure sounded like a football coach. Speaking to the New Orleans media Tuesday afternoon, Vitt sounded like he was giving a pep talk. Yeah, he started off the session by saying he’s on… |
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Doug Tatum, nola.com Ryan Palmer is the PGA Tour player in Payton's group |
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New Orleans Saints crossed the line in word, not deed, interim head coach Joe Vitt saysApr 24, 2012
Mike Triplett, nola.com 'Understand one thing: We are not down,' he declares |
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James Varney, nola.com No word on whether Mickey Loomis or any employees have been contacted by federal or state investigators |
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Mike Triplett, nola.com Regarding bounty scandal, Vitt said he regrets words spoken in meeting but not players' actions on field |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com The hits just keep on coming for the New Orleans Saints. In the wake of their bounty scandal, there was the stranger news of general manger Mickey Loomis allegedly bugging the visitors'' locker room at the Superdome, and the family drama that has team o… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Saints interim head coach Joe Vitt said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon that, despite the findings of the NFL’s investigation into the team’s bounty scandal, the New Orleans coaching staff did not instruct the Saints to try to hurt players on … |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com There are plenty of very good reasons to question ESPN's report that Saints GM Mickey Loomis was able to eavesdrop on opposing coaches during the first three seasons of his tenure. There's the lack of a named source. The dearth of evidence beyond said u… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The NFL will let the legal process run its course before deciding on any punishment in relation to allegations that Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis eavesdropped on the communications of coaches on opposing teams. Mark Maske of the Washington Post r… |
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Goodell: Saints players embraced bountiesApr 24, 2012
We still haven’t heard any word from the NFL on player punishments in the Saints’ bounty program. But we’ve got a pretty big clue as to how severe they might be. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that evidence is clear that players embrace… |
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Report: Goodell says Saints OK with bountiesApr 24, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Commissioner Roger Goodell said he expects discipline for Saints players to be announced soon and that he rejects any defense that they were merely following orders, according to Twitter postings from NFL Network's Rich Eisen. |
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Louisiana police, FBI probing Saints allegationsApr 24, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com A joint Louisiana state police and FBI task force is investigating allegations that the New Orleans Saints set up general manager Mickey Loomis' booth in the Superdome so he could listen in on opposing coaches. |
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Peter King, CNNSI.com One of Mickey Loomis' best friends, Cortez Kennedy, was sitting in a model's chair in Alpine, Utah, of all places, Monday afternoon, while a sculptor worked on his Pro Football Hall of Fame bust. The session lasted for four hours, and Kennedy kept busy … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Tuesday’s edition of PFT Live featured a conversation with Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. During the discussion, a light bulb finally flickered over my toupee-covered head. If Saints G.M. Mickey Loomis truly used an eavesdropping syste… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Patriots receiver Wes Welker is among those who believe that former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams went far outside the bounds of what is normal and acceptable in an NFL locker room when he encouraged his players to injure players on the 49… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Mike Florio welcomes free agent running back LaDainian Tomlinson and Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune on Tuesday’s PFT Live. Tomlinson has expressed interest in continuing his career after a so-so 2011 season with the Jets and we’ll find … |
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Roger Goodell: Bounty discipline coming soonApr 24, 2012
The Times, nola.com More on the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal: NBC Sports/PFT report says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that the "program was not simply ordered by defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, but celebrated by the players who participated in it."Th… |
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New allegations against Saints must be investigatedApr 24, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The NFL has a new cheating scandal on its hands, thanks to an ESPN report based on unnamed sources about whom the rest of us know nothing. What we do know is that the information regarding alleged espionage by G.M. Mickey Loomis has come to light eight … |
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Jeffri Chadiha, ESPN.com Saints owner Tom Benson will be in a tough spot if the latest allegations about his GM prove to be true, Jeffri Chadiha writes. |
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Around the NFC SouthApr 24, 2012
Let's take a quick look at the early-Tuesday-morning headlines from around the NFC South. As you might expect, many of them include the New Orleans Saints and their various problems. Free-agent defensive tackle Aubrayo Franklin, who spent last season wi… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com In clear and unequivocal terms, Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis has denied the ESPN report that he had his box in the Superdome wired so he could eavesdrop on opposing coaches during games. “This report on ESPN is absolutely false,” Loomis wrote … |
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About Last Night: Slipping Them a MickeyApr 24, 2012
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Sources reported that Saints General Manager Mickey Loomi... |
