March 21st, 2012 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The Saints punishment was handed down by the league today, and it’s one that comes with a heavy price. The NFL has suspended coach Sean Payton for a full year, general manager Mickey Loomis was also hit with an 8-game suspension, and former defensive coordiantor Gregg Williams, now with the Rams, has been suspended indefinitely. [...]
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New Orleans Saints Owner and Coach In NY This Weekend – Meeting with Roger Goodell Next?
WVUE-8 reported Sunday night that Saints owner Tom Benson and Coach Sean Payton were spotted in Manhattan over the weekend, raising speculation the pair may be in New York to meet with NFL officials regarding the alleged “pay for performance” scheme the league says New Orleans employed from 2009 to 2011. Neither Saints officials nor [...]
New Orleans Saints Owner Backing GM and Coach Over “Bounty Gate”
Saints owner Tom Benson isn’t backing off his support of his general manager Mickey Loomis and coach Sean Payton, even as his team is accused by the NFL of maintaining a bounty program to injure opponents. ”The bond between Sean and Mickey and Mr. Benson could not be stronger,” a team the official told The [...]
Payton Back on the Sidelines
One month after suffering a torn MCL and tibia plateau fracture in his left leg, Saints head coach Sean Payton is returning to the sidelines on Sunday, Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports. Payton sustained the injury when tight end Jimmy Graham crashed into Payton during the first quarter of the Saints’ 26-20 loss to the [...]
Sean Payton informed NFL about Freeman’s thumb injury
Saints head coach Sean Payton admitted that his team called out the Buccaneers on Thursday for leaving quarterback Josh Freeman off their injury report with a “minor” thumb injury, according to Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Payton also admitted that “a little gamesmanship” was probably involved. “Listen, I think when your quarterback’s on [...]
Why wasn’t Josh Freeman on the Thursday injury report?
Saints head coach Sean Payton admitted that his team called out the Buccaneers on Thursday for leaving quarterback Josh Freeman off their injury report with a “minor” thumb injury, according to Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Payton also admitted that “a little gamesmanship” was probably involved. “Listen, I think when your quarterback’s on [...]
Sean Payton to return to sidelines after Bye week?
After having X-rays on his injured left knee Wednesday, Saints head coach Sean Payton hopes to be back on the sideline when his team returns from its Bye week to face the Giants on November 28, according to Sheldon Mickles of the Baton Rouge Advocate. When Payton had surgery to repair a torn meniscus and [...]
Who will call offensive plays for Saints on Sunday?
Saints head coach Sean Payton said it’s still too early in the week to reveal whether or not he will resume his play-calling duties Sunday in St. Louis, or let offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael take the reins again, like he did last week against Indianapolis, according to Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “Sunday [...]
