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Former Bill says players ran bounty pool

Retired NFL safety Coy Wire says he was part of a small group of Buffalo Bills players who pooled money on a weekly basis and rewarded themselves for hurting opponents during his rookie season in 2002. Though the Bills were at that time coached by Gregg Williams, Wire insists the ''pay-for-play pool'' was solely player-driven. ''It wasn't a whole team...
Via AP on Fox
March 08, 2012  |  Discuss

Former Bill says players ran a pool themselves

Retired NFL safety Coy Wire says he was part of a small group of Buffalo Bills players who pooled money and rewarded themselves for hurting opponents during his rookie season in 2002. Though the Bills were coached by Gregg Williams then, Wire told The Associated Press on Thursday the ''pay-for-play pool'' was solely player-driven. Wire says he was wrong and crossed...
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March 08, 2012  |  Discuss

No Bounty System in Atlanta

Coy Wire, former Atlanta Falcons linebacker and prankster, confirmed in an interview yesterday that Atlanta did not conduct a bounty system under the current regime of Mike Smith. Wire confirmed that the Buffalo Bills had a bounty system under former HC and current St. Louis Rams' Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams, but he also confirmed that under Dick Jauron and former...
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March 05, 2012  |  Discuss

Report: Williams had bounty system in Buffalo

More fuel has been thrown on the fire involving St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator Greg Williams and his alleged bounty program, this time stemming back to his tenure as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills.Four former Bills players have come forward, telling the Buffalo News that Williams paid them cash bonuses for injuring opponents with what they called “knockout hits”. Williams...
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March 04, 2012  |  Discuss
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