Saints happy to have Vilma back

Welcome Back, let's see what all the players on the other side think about you?

Interim-interim headcoach Kromer's opinion about what makes a good practice carries no weight at all.

They admittedly celebrated hits that knocked players out of games and caused injuries, awarded money for doing so, but don't think that they should be penalized for it? Makes no sense. Somebody needs to tell the Union that the guys that Vilma and company were targeting are members, too. I'd love to see Drew Brees react to having a similar bounty on his head/legs and to seeing players attempting to hurt him the way the Saints went after Brett Favre in that NFC title game.

Vilma reminds me of a jailhouse lawyer who is absolutely certain that he has uncovered a loophole that will be his get-out-of-jail-free card.

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Originally posted 04:25 PM ET  10.17 by Hoffa The Great

They admittedly celebrated hits that knocked players out of games and caused injuries, awarded money for doing so, but don't think that they should be penalized for it? Makes no sense. Somebody needs to tell the Union that the guys that Vilma and company were targeting are members, too. I'd love to see Drew Brees react to having a similar bounty on his head/legs and to seeing players attempting to hurt him the way the Saints went after Brett Favre in that NFC title game.

The union is all about who can pay their dues. Union members not collecting game checks aren't of much use to them.

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Originally posted 05:31 PM ET  10.17 by Melman

The union is all about who can pay their dues. Union members not collecting game checks aren't of much use to them.

Frank Gore is still collecting a game check. Again, I'd LOVE to hear Drew Brees' opinion on the matter from the other side. If he had been illegally hit all game and was injured, then later found out that there was money on his head, I'd love to hear him defend the tactics. It's a complete joke. I'm not a huge fan of Goodell's by any means, but this crap needed struck down and struck down HARD. Football is dangerous sport when playing legally. There's no reason to make it worse by offering money to hurt people. The Saints aren't denying this. Their argument is that it shouldn't be a salary cap issue, which is how they won the first appeal. They're just trying to spin it and claim that it proves that they're innocent, which simply isn't true. They're lucky that they're even allowed to continue playing after that. You're risking a guy's career with that crap.

Maybe someone will take out Vilma's knee pro bono!

Maybe someone will take out Vilma's knee pro bono!

stupid spinny thing....

oh boy...time to make those pansy bucs cry...

Vilma might just have a target all over his jersey and had better have his neck on a swivel.

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Originally posted 05:12 PM ET  10.17 by Traded to Seattle

Vilma reminds me of a jailhouse lawyer who is absolutely certain that he has uncovered a loophole that will be his get-out-of-jail-free card.

If this case was the slam-dunk it was supposed to be then it would have gone away by now and they'd all be serving their suspensions quietly...but I have to guess that it isn't so simple?

Vilma-fied.

There does seem to be something that hasn't come out yet

I am confused though, I thought Goody re suspended him

This scumbag better stay suspended and serve out his sentence. Its disgusting he keeps trying to sue his way out of his deserved punishment... and he got off easy too, should have been suspended for life.