PLAYERS:
Jonathan Vilma,
Will Smith,
Anthony Hargrove,
Scott Fujita,
Roman Harper,
Brett Favre,
Donte` Stallworth,
Junior Galette
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings
The bounty gate waiting game may have finally met it's end. Even if you are outraged, or agree, with the latest, I think we can all find some relief in the concept that this could all be over now and we can move on. The suspensions are the following: Jonathan Vilma for an entire year, Will Smith for four games, Anthony Hargrove for 8 games and Scott Fujita for 3 games. How Roman Harper escaped suspension is a shock to me, but it also proves the NFL had little to no proof on the player. We already knew Hargrove's guilt based on the words caught on tape following Brett Favre's injury in the NFC Championship game. We already knew Vilma's guilt based on the reported bounty he made on Favre. Fujita had extended meetings with the NFL, and we all know he's honest, so all the evidence they got on him was probably hand delivered. Lastly, we can assume Smith was likely implicated due to his captaincy.
In the end the Hargrove and Fujita suspensions mean nothing since ne...
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