Sean Peyton suspended for a year

[DrumNFeather]

So, Taglibue vacated the suspensions of all the players yesterday, and placed the blame on both the Saints organization and on Goodell for the way he went about investigating this bounty situation.

He was obviously trying to walk a very fine line to not give Vilma more ammo for his defamation lawsuit against Goodell.

Drew Brees is continuing his act, when he should really just focus on football. Yeah Drew, Rog caused those 5 picks in ATL.

All in all this is a very interesting ruling and semi-end to this story.

[Surfah]

So, Taglibue vacated the suspensions of all the players yesterday, and placed the blame on both the Saints organization and on Goodell for the way he went about investigating this bounty situation.

He was obviously trying to walk a very fine line to not give Vilma more ammo for his defamation lawsuit against Goodell.

Drew Brees is continuing his act, when he should really just focus on football. Yeah Drew, Rog caused those 5 picks in ATL.

All in all this is a very interesting ruling and semi-end to this story.

Mike Florio made a decent argument this morning that the coaches should shoulder most of the blame. In a "it's my way or the highway" business the players really have little choice to stand up to their coaches and defy them. Could you imagine what would happen if a player stood up and said I think these bounties are wrong? They'll be replaced with someone who would follow orders. Besides, it's a pretty gray area. The bounties aren't a huge leap from atta boy stickers these guys got for their helmets in college. I got atta boys for big hits. And if you took someone out of a game, you definitely got one.

Roger definitely overstepped his bounds here. The investigation wasn't very transparent and I am glad Paul put him back in his place.

[DrumNFeather]

He gets a contract extension, making him the highest paid coach in the league. Man, this bounty-gate saga really hurt his bottom line.