PLAYERS:
Chris Kluwe,
Jonathan Vilma,
Gregg Williams,
Brett Favre
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints
Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe seems irate over the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal. He told “Judd & Phunn” on 1500 ESPN that he would like to see Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams banned from the NFL.
“I was pleased,” Kluwe said when asked about Goodell’s actions per ESPN1500. “My position has always been that I think Vilma and Gregg Williams should be banned for life and then Payton should get a year, their GM should get a year and anyone who knowingly took money after a hit that injured someone should get a year as well.”
During the 2009 NFC Championship game, Kluwe clearly saw the Saints defense going after former Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, but didn’t want to believe it.
“Me and Ryan (Longwell) were kind of looking at each other on the bench going, ‘Are they really going after Brett?’” Kluwe said. “Like, ‘Is this really what they’re doing?’ But you don’t want to believe that something like that is h
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