Saints' Payton suspended for season by NFL
...Friday. Laying down the hammer: NFL suspends Payton for one year The National Football League announced Wednesday that New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton will be suspended for one season without pay for his involvement in the team's bounty program....info
New Orleans hit hard by NFL penalties for Bountygate
...shock â€" rattled New Orleans and the Gulf Coast following the National Football League's harsh penalties against the beloved Saints for Bountygate, including the suspension of head coach Sean Payton for the upcoming season. A heavy downpour on the city Thursday...info
New Orleans Saints sanctioned for bounty program
...- National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell Wednesday handed down unprecedented sanctions against the New Orleans Saints for their so called bounty program. Goodell found that the team's management was in on a scheme that paid players to injure their...info
New Orleans Saints are Free Agency Losers
...still holds resentment that he didn’t get his wet dream matchup of Favre vs. Manning in SB44. In his self-diluted mind, the Saints are like Mongols led by Genghis Khan. I hope New Orleanians remember his doucheyness when he comes in February for the Super...info
New Orleans Saints Slammed in Bounty Scandal
...New Orleans Saints received heavy penalties from the National Football League in punishment for years of rewarding players for injuring opponents. The NFL came down hard on the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday. Saints coach Sean Payton has been suspended for...info
New Orleans Saints Hit Hard for Bounty-gate
...14, 2012; San Francisco, CA, USA; New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton watches from the sideline during the fourth quarter of the 2011 NFC divisional playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park. The 49ers defeated the Saints 36-32....info
AP Source: Saints staffing shuffle in early stages
...coach Joe Vitt has to sit out the first six games. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2011 file photo, New Orleans Saints assistant coach Joe Vitt walks the sideline during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...info
New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton Suspended
...without pay for the first six months of 2012. Sean Payton and Mickey Loomis, though they did not directly administer the New Orleans Saints bounty program, took full responsibility for it. Though the NFL, with its franchise model, has its own methodology for...info
New Orleans Saints Head Coach Suspended Entire Season
...Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton for the entire 2012 season, and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is banned from the league indefinitely because of the team's bounty program that targeted...info
Open thread for the New Orleans Saints madness
...had to do this, especially considering how they’ve been promoting player health the last few seasons. I don’t expect New Orleans to go to the playoffs this year and I expect them to lose Brees next year. Bye, bye Saints! Think of that coaching search in 2006…....info