Darren Sharper is thinking it's a Vendetta!
 

Former Saints safety Darren Sharper today told WWL's Bobby Hebert and Deke Bellavia that the NFL "bounty" investigation is the result of what Sharper calls a "vendetta" by a disgruntled former team employee.

Responding to our question about if he thinks this is a vendetta, Sharper said, "I definitely think so, and I actually know so.* Someone who was formerly hired and was formerly working for the saints and that was relieved of his duties (who) has a vendetta...Trying to get back, upset about the fact that he was let go by the saints, and is trying to make an issue about something that was in-house, something that we did.* There was no ill intent in what we did, it was just about playing football, but now they're trying to make it into an issue to try to put a black mark on the Saints organization."

Sharper categorically denied that there was ever an incentive program that rewarded and encouraged players for injury-causing hits.*

"I don't like the term "bounty" being used about the program that we had,"* Sharper said.**"Was it overseen and controlled by the coaching staff? Yes, it was.* But this is something that the players came up with. We wanted to give guys an extra motivation, an extra reward of making big plays in big games.* And those big plays included sacks, interceptions, scoring touchdowns on defense...things we did throughout my time there that allowed us to win in the fashion that we won."

The*former Saints*star*pointedly*said that there was never a "cash for injuries" system that is being described in the media.

"In no way...did we come into the room before the game, and say, 'if a guy hurts this player, their best player...we're going to reward that guy for doing that.'* At no time was that said during any of the meetings that I was a part of in the New Orleans Saints organization."

Darren Sharper audio clip:
http://www.wwl.com/topic/play_window...udioId=5721736

WHOA and thank you Sharper.
Now, if he can say this on NFL Network.


As for the traitor ....hmmmm. Later on that.

Why won't he name the dude who spilled his guts? Sharper intimates that he knows who it is.

Why not say it? Is there more "honor" in not naming someone who has demonstratively violated the "code of honor"?

To me, it seems like the former players and "journalists" are running their mouths lying as if they know something in an attempt to save face.

I am done with this poop until something tangible is reported.

By tangible, I mean JAY GLAZER! That dude is the only person that is always accurate and he's usually ahead of the rest.

Maybe he has more courage because he is retired, but it seems like the rest of the Saints Defense, Fujita, Shanle and others are ho hum about the situation and not willing to sound off about this like Sharper has!!!

Darren Sharper just said something that I said earlier. Like little stickers on the back of helmets to award "good plays" in highschool and college. I got these stickers for laying the sh*t out of people and was congratulated.

Former Saints safety Darren Sharper today told WWL's Bobby Hebert and Deke Bellavia that the NFL "bounty" investigation is the result of what Sharper calls a "vendetta" by a disgruntled former team employee.

I herad this today too.

Could you see what would happen if they named the whistle-blower? Would be the most hated person in NOLA and parts beyond. They'd have to go into the witness-protection program with Casey Anthony.

It's gonna' come out sooner or later.

Bobby McCray? Just a shot in the dark lol

Remi Ayodele is my guess!

Didn't Ayodele leave as a FA with a pretty nice contract?

I could see this being that longsnapper that got everybody involved in some shenanigans and then got the ax and got sued.

But would a long snapper have access to the documents/evidence, because he certainly didn't participate in the defensive meetings?

I'm still leaning towards Alex Brown.

McCray's name keeps popping up.

Alex Brown makes sense too, but not as much.

It could also be some obscure special teamer or practice squad guy we don't even remember.

For me it doesn´t even matter. We did wrong, we should get punished for that but hopefully not this years draft and without any player suspensions!

... it's all Greg Williams, the motive & the timeline fits. The investigation was beginning to close in, so he turned himself in hoping for leniency. He's a H/C now, he's trying to protect his future in the league.

like that LS that was cut? ... forget his name now. Sharper says he knows the name of the snitch.

I would add Charles Grant to that list.
As far as the LS, Kevin Houser I believe was already cut before we hired Greg Williams.

Look. Before ya'll go through the rest of the roster and throw every single defensive player on the team that won your Super Bowl under the bus, keep in mind, the only problem with all these speculations of yours is that it's not a player, it was an employee of the Saints. Sharper specifically said employee, not player. When have you ever heard an NFL player refer to another fellow player, as an "employee" of the team.

When Darren Sharper said it? ... :lol: ... sorry, didn't mean to be a smart-ass ... I see your point and if it's not Williams, a non-player employee would make sense to me. I can't see a player violating the unwritten code among athletes, "what happens in the locker room, stays in the locker room", regardless of how disgruntled they are.

One question I would have is, "how would a non-player employee have knowledge of or a connection with a bounty-pool?

IDK, what kind of employee positions on an NFL team would place someone privy to that kind of information?

So, I know I know...

But I know a guy who knows someone who went to School with Remi. I have been told that he's a pretty stand up guy. I know that's not exactly straight from the horses mouth or anything - just for whatever it's worth.

Someone in security or IT. From what is being said, it was emails that the league got there hands on as proof to all of this.

Will Gregg Williams have a job next year.