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Found this while bored waiting on Frozen Planet to come on Discovery

Adam Shefter stated on ESPN that when Payton and Benson met with the league last Monday that league sources say Payton made a pretty compelling argument that he knew nothing of the bounty scandal on the defensive side of the ball.

Remember that when Gregg Williams got to the Saints, Payton handed total control of the defense to him. Shefter seems to think that the NFL is inclined to believe Payton.

They already believe Benson had no idea what was going on. It is speculated by Shefter and Glazer that Payton, Loomis, and the team will be fined, and that the team will lose a couple of draft picks.

It is the rest of the media, (insert Florio, King here; my comment), that seems to want the Saints to be slammed. This never came from the league that the Saints would be slammed.

I believe that the team already knows what the punishment will be, it is not that severe, it will be announced this week, and it will be business as usual in Saints land.

Just my gut feeling, but, after studying all of this, I believe Drew will be signed within the next couple of weeks after the Manning signing, the free agent LB signings, and the Bountygate penalty anouncement. I could be wrong, but I think the media will be ****** when it finds out that the punishment will be fines and draft picks for the Saints, but no suspensions.

There just seems to be not enough evidence, (cart-offs, ejections, unusually high personal fouls, etc) over the past three years to show that players were intentionally targeted to be injured and that suspensions are warranted. The league is not stupid enough to get into a court battle over this. The Saints have made it known about burden of proof.

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