Prior to final game, Gregg Williams urged Saints to injure 49ers
Prior to his final game as defensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints, Gregg Williams stepped ahead of his players and urged them to physically hurt players on the 49ers.
Audio of Williams’ speech to the Saints’ defense was captured by filmmaker Sean Pamphilon, who is operating on a documentary about former Saints player Steve Gleason, who is suffering from ALS. Pamphilon has put component of the audio of the profanity-filled speech on YouTube.
Pamphilon also passed on the audio to Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports since, he said, he was very uncomfortable with what Williams mentioned about attempting to hurt 49ers quarterback Alex Smith and other players. Williams, who masterminded the Saints’ bounty program, hinted that he would financially reward a Saints player who hurts a 49ers player.
“At one particular point Williams says, ‘We hit [expletive] Smith right there’ – then he points under his chin [and continues] – ‘remember me.’ Then he rubs his thumb against his index and middle fingers – the cash sign – and says, ‘I got the first 1. I got the very first one particular. Go get it. Go lay that [expletive] out,’” Pamphilon told Silver.
Williams has extended loved the phrase, “Kill the head and the body will die,” and he utilized that phrase in talking to his players. He also particularly told them to go for the head of 49ers running back Frank Gore.
“We’ve got to do almost everything in the planet to make sure we kill Frank Gore’s head,” Williams told his players. “We want him running sideways. We want his head sideways.”
Williams also talked about attempting to inflict a knee injury on 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree and referenced 49ers receiver Kyle Williams, who has had many concussions.
“We need to have to discover out in the initial two series of the game, the small wide receiver, No. ten, about his concussion,” Gregg Williams told his players about Kyle Williams. “We need to [expletive] place a lick on him, move him to make a decision. He demands to choose.”
Gregg Williams has already been indefinitely suspended by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. This audio could make it challenging for Williams ever to get reinstated. This is the smoking gun that makes crystal clear that Williams wanted his players not just to play tough, physical defense, but to injure their opponents.
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A speech not as opposed to the a single each defensive coordinator in the background of football has produced before a huge game.
Hold in mind the 49ers are recognized to have named this a “body bag game.” The players know the score, even if the commissioner and a bunch of the fans want to hide their collective heads in the sand.
Wow man what a d*ck.. Dude is just evil.
Instead it was Pierre Thomas who was taken out by a helmet-to-helmet hit.
Oh yeah, absolutely nothing wrong with that. Absolutely nothing at all. Just a little incentive. All the teams do it. Proper. Sure they do.
OK Saints fans … let’s see you justify this one particular.
he is a pig. the who dat crowd really should be ashamed for attempting to assistance this punk.
I recognize that football is going to test a player’s recovery for injuries as players go all-out to win, but to go out and order such certain hits, to attempt to finish careers, it’s just sickening.
Sick, just flat out wrong. Williams must in no way set foot in a football locker room for the remainder of his life.
You’re damn right I referred to as the code red!!!
Goodell must send a copy to the Louisiana Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs…
What a total douche. And the Saints’ fans will continue to say they had been also harshly punished? Give me a break.
There’s a huge distinction between becoming aggressive and being malicious. There’s no space in the game for a guy like this. Just make it official and slap a lifetime ban on him.
Wow. Just listened. What a D-Bag. There is your proof kool-aid drinkers.
Who paid Donte Whitner?
I knew it was bad.. but damn
Banned for life.
Actually surprised no 1 in the locker space spoke out against this.
This guy is carried out
That’s just as well far.
Can’t wait for a lot more Saints fans to continue to claim that they’re still the victim despite this evidence.
All of you worthless TROLLS must have enjoyable beating this dead horse!!!!! DISGUSTING!
Greg Williams, you are the weakest link!
Stuff like that opens pandora’s box for players injured by Saints suing in civil court…
What a mess, Greg Williams is gone for very good, rightfully so..
Thank goodness the NFL brand is so powerful it will polish away this blemish..
It’s a violent game, and people will be injured. “The QB need to go down challenging ” is element of the game..but NOT with “attempt to injure” head and knee shots!