New defense could be bad news for Will SmithMike Florio, profootballtalk.com With the Saints switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense and defensive end Will Smith due to receive a base salary of $9 million in 2013, the chances of Will Smith becoming a salary-cap casualty possibly have increased. While Dwight Freeney made the transi… |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) The New Orleans Saints have fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo after one season. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com The NFL announced on Tuesday that Sean Payton's season-long suspension for his role in the bounty scandal was over. He presumably spent Wednesday moving all his desk tchotchkes back into his office. Today he fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo a… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The good news for the Saints is that coach Sean Payton has been reinstated. The bad news for the Saints is that the timing of the decision delayed by more than three weeks the decision to part ways with defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and to hire… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Finally, a traditional story of fraud we can all get behind. This one doesn’t involve fake dead girlfriends which are actually guys (not that there’s anything wrong with that). This one involves former Saints kicker Russell Erxleben, $2 million and fa… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com When many NFL coaches arrive at the Senior Bowl, they’re seeing players for the first time. But for former college coaches such as Tampa Bay’s Greg Schiano or Philadelphia’s Chip Kelly, they’ve already been in some of these guys’ kitchens. That … |
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Atlanta Falcons The team is in talks with the state of Georgia over the level of public financing for a new $1 billion stadium, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports -- with Gov. Nathan Deal saying he wants the figure to be lower than the $300 millio… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com The Buccaneers beat the heck out of the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. It's not surprising that the Tampa Bay players reacted strongly when former Oakland receiver Tim Brown oddly suggested the game was rigged by his scheming head coach. Warren Sapp, a d… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com If the Panthers are looking for continuity when it comes to their offense, then their smartest move came in filling the position of quarterbacks coach, vacated when Mike Shula was promoted to offensive coordinator, with Ken Dorsey. It was Dorsey who wor… |
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