Well, I'm not going to say that I'm the biggest Mike Florio fan, but he is one of the few in the media that didn't rush to judgement re: the Bountygate Beatdown...

In fact, he has continued to reference it and pretty much called bullshinski on what Goodell did and how he did it; he still references it, not allowing it to die...

That said, I feel his article re: what's happened is timely and his analysis re: Brees and Tom Condon and their motives for leaking his willingness is dead on...

Among his valid points - if Brees was so interested in signing an team-first, accommodating contract, why did he not leak that or state that publicly before free agency began...

Or even last season when a left guard Clint Boling was available at a reasonable salary...

And don't think it doesn't affect the locker room - Junior Galette's tweet to Josh Norman of the Jimmy John's delivery car was a veiled suggestion to some of the resentment, valid or invalid, but very real toward's the Brees/Condon contract that limited the Saints in retaining players and acquiring needed fresh troops via free agency...

And for Florio, who has amassed a very credible media reputation to publish such a column, you can bet he verified there's definitely fire from this smoke...

Junior may be the only person in the world I really wish serious harm upon... and there are plenty of people who I don't much care for. That a**hole though.. if he stepped out into traffic and got smashed into pieces I would probably laugh.

Has Junior played a down since we cut him?

Has Junior played a down since we cut him?

I hear he said this year he plans to buckle down and belt out extra reps during off-season work-outs.

Because I'm a Brees fan first and want him to get another ring before he's done, regardless of where he's at.

So it is Brees' fault the team has so much cap tied up in players that are gone, i.e. Gallette, Browner, Graham, or players that haven't produced, i.e. Byrd?

Brees is in a no win situation: If he says up front he will re-structure to bring in a player, he will get slammed for ringing his own bell.

If he doesn't say anything publicly but the Saints know he will re-structure and for whatever reason can't get the deal done he will get slammed for being greedy.