Who JJ would hire in a second and you would pee in your pants with joy.Originally Posted by HogDawg
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Who JJ would hire in a second and you would pee in your pants with joy.
BREES SAYS SAINTS ARE “HOPING FOR THE BEST”
Posted by Mike Florio on March 31, 2012, 11:18 AM EDT
Getty ImagesSaints quarterback Drew Brees addressed the team’s bounty scandal with reporters on Friday. (The folks at WDSU grossly oversell the event as Brees “breaking his silence” on the subject; the truth, however, is that he has written an open letter on the subject and addressed it during several radio interviews in conjunction with one of his paid endorsements.)
“The entire team loves our coach,” Brees told reporters at an event in New Orleans on Friday. “We’d do anything for him and certainly are with him during this time. Just understanding how difficult it is and we’re all trying to get through it. We’re hoping for the best.”
But what really is “the best” in a situation like this? Reduced punishment for Sean Payton, the head coach whose team, according to the NFL, brazenly continued to use bounties for two years after the NFL investigated the situation? Or would it be an eventual decision by the league that the bounties never happened?
Given Brees’ position on the NFLPA Executive Committee, he’s necessarily conflicted. He owes it to players from every team to ensure that players aren’t involved in a cash-for-cripplings scheme, even if those players play on his own team — and even if those activities were permitted and/or organized by his own team’s coaches.
“It’s really tough, because we’re all a family,” Brees said. “To have some of the things said about us as a team and our coach and our accomplishment, those things hurt.”
We haven’t chronicled everything that has been said about their team and their coach and their accomplishment, but the facts as determined by the NFL make it fair game for folks to criticize the team for using bounties and the head coach for not stopping it and/or covering it up and the accomplishment as being tainted by the deliberate targeting of Brett Favre for injury in the 2009 NFC title game.
None of this has caused Brees to sour on the Saints. Though currently unsigned and subject to the exclusive version of the franchise tag, Brees reiterated that he fully intends to stay with the Saints.
The real question is whether the two sides can work out a new deal by the time the Saints start offseason workouts, presumably with someone other than Payton running the show.
WOW!!!!And now the Saints sign a true beast at MLB!!!!!
Saints lift MLB Curtis Lofton from Falcons
Posted by Mike Florio on March 24, 2012, 10:03 PM EDT
One way for the Saints to minimize the impact of suspended defensive players in 2012 is to sign defensive players who didn’t play for the Saints from 2009 through 2011, the three years in which the team used a bounty system.
That’s precisely what the Saints did Saturday night.
Per a league source, the Saints signed former Falcons middle linebackerCurtis Lofton to a five-year deal.
Coincidentally (or not), Jonathan Vilma plays middle linebacker for the Saints. He’s widely believed to be facing a significant suspension for his role in the bounty program, which included (according to NFL Security’s confidential report of March 2) offering $10,000 to anyone who knocked former Vikings quarterback Brett Favre out of the 2009 NFC title game.
UPDATE 10:20 p.m. ET: The Saints have announced the deal with Lofton. “Curtis is a versatile, hard-working player that has displayed a knack for being around the football, and more importantly, making plays on the ball,” G.M. Mickey Loomis said in a team-issued release. “He has the ability to play all three linebacker positions and we feel that he’s just entering the prime of his career. We think he can come to New Orleans and fit in well and provide us with a significant contribution to our defense.”
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/24/saints-lift-curtis-lofton-from-falcons/
The New Orleans Saints announced Saturday night that the club has agreed to terms on a five-year contract with unrestricted free agent LB Curtis Lofton.The 25-year-old Lofton led the Falcons with 147 tackles in 2011 and is a stout run defender, but new Atlanta defensive coordinator Mike Nolan's intention to remove Lofton from passing subpackages and the fifth-year pro's contract demands paved the way for Lofton's exit from Atlanta.
Lofton, 6-0, 241 pounds, was originally picked by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round (37th overall) of the 2008 NFL draft, starting 63 of the 64 games he has appeared in.
The Saints met with Lofton and his representatives earlier this month, and with the team already reeling from the year-long suspension handed down to head coach Sean Payton and the very real possibility that Vilma could be facing a lengthy suspension of his own, bringing Lofton on board was imperative, according to WLW's Kristian Garcic.He's a four-year veteran out of Oklahoma, and for those Who Dats wearing a #51 jersey, I think the writing is on the wall.Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but for the New Orleans Saints the details aren't as important as the deal itself, as not only has the team softened the impact of the loss of Vilma on the Saints defense, but for the first time in quite a while there's football news coming out of the Big Easy that is positive.
Vilma is five years older than Lofton, both are middle linebackers, and I don't see a scenario where you'd move either one of them to the outside. I think common sense says they don't have Vilma in their plans, but you never know.
Also, this is a good sign of things still clicking on Airline Drive. Even with the "bounty gate" black eye, this front office is still making New Orleans an attractive landing spot for free agents. You can clearly see that Mickey Loomis is intent on improving the football team, despite all the distractions of the scandal.
DAVID HAWTHORNE SIGNS WITH SAINTS
Posted by Josh Alper on April 3, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
Getty ImagesThe Saints linebacking corps is going to look very different next season.
They signed Curtis Lofton earlier this month and now comes word that they have signed former Seahawks linebacker David Hawthorne as well. The team announced that it is a five-year deal via Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. No financial details have been announced.
Hawthorne has started 41 games for the Seahawks over the last three years and finished with more than 100 tackles in all three seasons. He got his first shot in the starting lineup after an injury to Lofa Tatupu in 2009 and did good work inside for the Seahawks, including a career-high three interceptions last season. He first joined the team as an undrafted free agent out of TCU in 2008.
Just pay the man!!! This is getting really stupid.
Brees, Saints playing franchise tender chicken
Just pay the man!!! This is getting really stupid.
Brees, Saints playing franchise tender chicken
can't believe this, they better get moving.
Jerry Jones has his pen poised.
Good old Memorial Gym
Jerry Jones can't sign him for two years.
You are interfering with my stick jabbing.
You have to do way better than that weak attempt.
Ha ha ha
Signed.
5-yr $100M
$60M guaranteed
$40M in first year
Damn...
Wow, glad he is signed, but that shore is gonna makes things tight in dealing with other Saints players.
They definitely had to have him signed and happy to have any shot at a decent season this year, though.
Deal is done. Here are some details:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/81...ecord-contract
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