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Now that week 1 in the NFL is in the books, it is time to get prepared for week two. As in most situations every single year, there are some teams that begin off like a cannonball becoming shot out of a cannon, then coming crashing quickly back down to earth. On the other hand, there are teams tripped more than their shoelaces at the beginning line, then rapidly catch up to speed. Only time will inform this season who those teams are.

Last week, I went 11-five in my predictions. Since I didn’t make an official short article, I’ll recap my Week 1 predictions:
Giants more than Cowboys
Bears over Colts
Falcons more than Chiefs
Eagles more than Browns
Saints more than Redskins
Lions over Rams
Patriots over Titans
Bills more than Jets
Texans more than Dolphins
Seahawks more than Cardinals
49ers over Packers
Panthers more than Buccaneers
Broncos more than Steelers
Ravens more than Bengals
Chargers more than Raiders

Right here are my week 2 predictions:

Packers 31, Bears 27
In a very close game that could go either way, I feel the Packers will edge out the Bears. The Bears have enhanced in the offseason, but we need to see them beat a critical contender 1st, rather of a rebuilding Colts team.

Bills 31, Chiefs 29
Yet another extremely close game that could go either way. Last year, the Bills demolished the Chiefs 41-7 in the season opener, but that was last year. Each the Chiefs and the Bills lost convincingly to their week 1 opponents, and appear to redeem themselves in week two.

Saints 38, Panthers 20
Are the Saints 1 of the week 1 teams that tripped themselves up at the beginning line? That is extremely attainable. I see the Saints rebounding this week over the Panthers.

Bengals 30, Browns 19
Neither team looked good final week. The Bengals had the daunting activity of taking on the defending AFC North division champs, the Ravens on the road in Baltimore, and were beaten soundly in all three phases of the game. The Browns on the other hand were in “the battle of the interceptions” as Browns rookie QB Brandon Weeden and Eagles QB Mike Vick had 4 interceptions every single. I like the Bengals at property on this 1.

Vikings 27, Colts 23
Each the Colts and Vikings are rebuilding, so this is another game that could go either way.

Texans 31, Jaguars 13
Texans are proving that they are a leading contender in the AFC, whilst the Jaguars hired former Bills HC Mike Mularkey, who was not too long ago fired as the Falcons Offensive Coordinator (OC). Texans will prove to be also significantly for the Jaguars.

Raiders 20, Dolphins 12
Both the Raiders and Dolphins continue their HC and QB carousel. The Dolphins have lost also considerably in the offseason and look to have a single of the worst records in the NFL this year. Advantage: Raiders.

Patriots 40, Cardinals 13
The Patriots have arguably one of the greatest offenses in the NFL, which will prove to be as well a lot for the Cardinals on Sunday.

Giants 20, Buccaneers 17
The Giants look to rebound after finding beat by division rivals, the Cowboys in the season opener. Can the Bucs take benefit of the injuries to the Giants secondary? In a game that could go either way, I’m hunting for the defending Superbowl champs to rebound this week.

Ravens 41, Eagles 10
Anticipate a Baltimore beat down of epic proportions on Sunday. If Eagles fans had concerns about their team going into the season, they must be very concerned this Sunday. In a town that booed Santa Claus, anticipate Eagles fans to be calling for the whole coaching staff and Mike Vick to be fired!!

Cowboys 27, Seahawks 15
Are the Cowboys legit this year? For Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ sake, they better be as Jones place a lot of resources into the team in the offseason.

Redskins 34, Rams 27
Redskins QB Robert Griffin III (RGIII) showed in week 1 that he was worth the very heavy investment the group put into him in this year’s draft. Are Rams fans going to be second guessing the trade with Redskins for RGIII? If Rams QB Sam Bradford doesn’t turn out to be a probowl player that leads the group to multiple playoff wins, then Rams fans will start off their grumbling.

Jets 27, Steelers 23
The key to this game will come down to whoever can get the most pressure on the opposing QB. I like the Jets in a close one.

Chargers 20, Titans 18
In a game that could go either way, I see the Chargers squeaking by on this a single.

49ers 31, Lions 20
49ers look to be a single of the more dominating teams in the NFC this year. The 49ers currently beat the Lions division rivals the Packers in week 1, and appear to do the very same against them. I like the 49ers at property.

Falcons 31, Broncos 27
Each the Falcons and Broncos have produced substantial upgrades in the offseason. The Falcons hired Dirk Koetter as their OC, and Mike Nolan as their Defensive Coordinator. The Broncos acquired arguably 1 of the very best QB’s in the game this offseason, Peyton Manning. In a game that could go either way, I give the edge to the Falcons, only since of the limited quantity of time Manning has had so far with the Broncos. If this game took location towards the finish of the season, I would lean far more towards the Broncos.

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NEW ORLEANS (NFL/Wyche) — As lawyers for the 4 suspended New Orleans Saints players await evidence from the NFL on Friday that will — at the least — outline the league’s position heading into Monday’s appeals hearings, the NFL Players Association sent a letter to the league Thursday claiming existing, former or suspended Saints staff worry “retribution” from the NFL if they give truthful testimony into the “bounty” scandal.

Those witnesses’ fears could be alleviated ought to the NFL compel them to attend the appeal hearings and testify, according to a letter sent from the NFLPA’s legal counsel to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who will hear the player appeals.

On Friday, the NFL declined to comment on the NFLPA’s requests and its claim witnesses feared retribution.

In a June 11 letter to Goodell, the NFLPA requested that Saints coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis, assistant head coach Joe Vitt, former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams (all have been suspended for different roles in the “bounty” system) appear and testify at the appeals hearing. 4 others, including two members of NFL security, Joe Hummel and Jeff Miller, had been also requested to attend and testify.

Most, if not all, of those requested by the NFLPA have currently spoken with Goodell in the course of the investigation that charges the Saints with running a “bounty” system from 2009 to 2011 in which players pledged income to other individuals to injure opponents. League security tried to arrange interviews with players before discipline was handed down, but all refused.

Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma (2012 season), defensive end Will Smith (4 games), and former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita (3 games) and defensive finish Anthony Hargrove (eight games) have all been suspended. They will appeal their instances to Goodell. They have lost two grievance hearings difficult Goodell’s jurisdiction to rule on the bounty system. One particular of these rulings has been appealed.

A supply involved with the players side said that even after Monday’s appeal, the legal maneuvering most likely isn’t more than, meaning far more suits could be filed in courts.

It’s not but clear if the NFL can compel or will even try to have those requested witnesses at Monday’s appeal. The NFL is bound to supply players Friday with the plan it intends to employ at the appeals hearing.

It is not required to turn over all of its evidence, which the NFLPA asked for in its letter to the NFL on Thursday. Element of that evidence the NFLPA requested was a written declaration from Duke Naiphon, who the NFLPA mentioned spoke to the NFL in the course of the investigation and provided evidence from many team and defensive meetings throughout the 2010 season. Many league sources have acknowledged the existence of financial documentation of pledges into a “bounty” program.

Players have denied being involved in a “bounty” plan and have argued that the league has supplied no evidence linking them to a pay-for-efficiency program in which they intentionally tried to injure opposing players. The NFL stated it has important evidence linking the players to the system and initially said 22 to 27 players had been involved but narrowed those being punished to Vilma, Smith, Hargrove and Fujita simply because of their supposed leadership roles in the system.

(About:) This report was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For a lot more NFL news see: NFLPA: Saints employees worry retribution for ‘bounty’ testimony.

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New Orleans (NFL/Newsfeed) — The 2012 season shapes up as a crucible for the New Orleans Saints defense. Among the stigma of the league’s “bounty” findings and the loss of linebacker Jonathan Vilma (suspened for the complete season) and defensive finish Will Smith (suspended for the 1st 4 ganes), maybe no NFL defense has ever gone into a season with much more of a chip on its collective shoulder.

The man charged with rallying the troops is Steve Spagnuolo, the former St. Louis Rams coach and New York Giants coordinator who led Big Blue’s defense to a Super Bowl victory in 2007.

That resume, and Spagnuolo’s air of self-confidence, seem to be winning over the Saints’ veteran players, according to The Instances-Picayune.

“He speaks with so much confidence, you have absolutely nothing to do but believe in this guy and know he’s going to be wonderful for us,” safety Roman Harper stated. “He’s been a head coach in this league, had a lot of good results as a defensive coordinator, and you’ve got to respect this guy. I’m seeking forward to operating with him a lot more and more.”

The man the players call “Spags” has a hard act to comply with: His predecessor in the job, Gregg Williams, may well have suffered incalculable damage to his reputation — along with an indefinite suspension from the league — for his function in the “bounty” saga, but Williams nevertheless enjoys the fierce loyalty of his former players.

“You know, Gregg lit a fire that a lot of us aren’t going to let burn out. A sense of intensity,” Harper mentioned. “And now we realize what it takes to win. Just before I don’t think we understood it, and we didn’t have that complete feeling. But now we’ve been to the leading of the mountain. We know what it takes to get there. And that’s what we’re attempting to do now.

“It’s either Super Bowl or bust. And we won’t take anything much less this year, no matter what our circumstances are.”

Spagnuolo has a distinct tactical method than Williams, who was well-known for his indulgence in blitzes. And he brings a distinct leadership style as nicely.

“It’s a lot quieter,” safety Malcolm Jenkins said. “And there’s a lot more teaching and other stuff going on. But Spags nevertheless has a way … there’s not a lot of cursing or something like that, but he has a way of letting you know when he’s significant and when he’s disappointed. It gets across.”

(About:) This post was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For far more NFL news see: Harper wants Saints, Spagnuolo to keep Williams’ intensity.

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NEW ORLEANS (NFL/Newsfeed) – Former Saints defensive finish Anthony Hargrove was instructed to deny the existence of a bounty system by Saints assistants Gregg Williams and Joe Vitt in 2010, according to a signed declaration Hargrove submitted to the NFL.

Jason Cole of got his hands on the document, which was submitted by the NFLPA in hopes of displaying that players had been only acting beneath orders from coaches to maintain the existence of the bounty plan quiet.

“Those [expletives] have been trying to get me for years,” Williams allegedly told Hargrove, referring to the NFL. “Stay on the very same page, and this will blow more than.”

Assistant head coach Joe Vitt and Williams reportedly told Hargrove numerous instances to deny the existence of any bounty program to the NFL, with Vitt reminding Hargrove that he brought Hargrove into the NFL and to the Saints, and both guys telling Hargrove to “play dumb.”

Hargrove did just that in his 2010 meeting with NFL Security. A week later, Williams asked Hargrove: “Did you stick to the story?”

The answer was “yes.” That helped stall the NFL’s investigation for two more years till the bounty scandal exploded this offseason. Hargrove’s statement wound up becoming a central piece of evidence the league utilized when handing down player punishments.

Vitt strongly denied the allegations in a story reported by the New Orleans Instances-Picayune on Monday.

“At no time did I ever tell Anthony Hargrove to lie or deny the existence (of the alleged bounty system),” Vitt mentioned. “He can say whatever he wants to say. It just didn’t happen.

“We had a pot for huge plays, the very same issue everybody else in the league has, now they call them spend-for-efficiency. But we never ever paid for dirty hits,” Vitt stated. “I’ll say it once again, the exact same factor I told the commissioner, our players in no way crossed the white lines with an intent to maim or injure. They never threatened the integrity of the game when they crossed the white lines.”

Just when you consider the Saints bounty plan story is winding down, we discover a small a lot more. The whole story has yet to be told.

(About:) This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For far more NFL news see: Saints’ Williams allegedly told Hargrove to ‘play dumb’.

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NEW ORLEANS (NFL/Wyche) – Even though Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a letter stating his intent to appeal his season-extended suspension Monday, 3 other players suspended in the Saints bounty scandal, jointly filed, by means of the NFLPA, a “reservation of rights” letter to the NFL.

Scott Fujita, Anthony Hargrove and Will Smith, filed notice that they reserve the appropriate to appeal following a grievance filed by the NFLPA on their behalf challenging commissioner Roger Goodell’s authority regarding these suspensions is heard. The NFLPA states that no appeal must be heard till an arbitrator or arbitrators rule on two grievances that were filed final week are resolved. Vilma’s lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, also said that protocol also applies to Vilma.

“I look forward to the chance to confront what evidence they claim to have in the appropriate forum,” Fujita mentioned in a statement emailed to The Connected Press. “I have by no means contributed income to any so-named ‘bounty’ pool, and any statements to the contrary are false. To say I’m disappointed with the league would be a large understatement.”

Players had until the end of enterprise Monday to notify the NFL of their intent to appeal their suspensions. Fujita, a linebacker with the Browns, was suspended 3 games Smith, a defensive finish with the Saints, four games, and Hargrove a defensive lineman now with Green Bay, eight games. Vilma’s suspension was to take impact right away but he is allowed to participate in offseason workouts at-least till his appeal is heard.

The NFL has not set a timetable as to when Vilma’s appeal will happen. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello stated the league is reviewing the players’ filings from Monday along with the grievance filings and will determine the next steps in the method.

The NFL meted out punishment against the players for participating in what it said was a spend-for-efficiency plan in which players were paid out of a pool they funded to injure opponents from 2009-2010. The league says it has a preponderance of evidence to help its discipline. The players and the NFLPA said they’ve yet to see any evidence linking players to the program.

Saints Coach Sean Payton has been suspended for the season, assistant head coach Joe Vitt for six games, Common Manger Mickey Loomis for eight and former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely for their roles in the system. All appealed to Goodell and did not get their suspensions decreased. The Saints also were docked two second-round draft picks and fined $ 500,000.

The NFLPA, in its grievance, argues that Goodell does not have the authority to judge, rule – and hear appeals — against the players. The NFLPA states that based on negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, that no players would be punished for actions prior to final season. The league disagrees, arguing that such an agreement was not produced and that Goodell, according to labor pact agreed upon by the league and its players, has authority to rule and hear the appeals for “conduct detrimental.” The bounty rulings fall beneath the “conduct detrimental” element of the CBA, according to the NFL.

(About:) This post was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For more NFL news see: Fujita, Hargrove and Smith file ‘reservation of rights’ with league.

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It may possibly be a tiny to soon to actually tell if there’s actually a thing behind this new rumor, but it seems that the poor news keep on creating up against the New Orleans Saints. This has been a troubled offseason for the Saints, almost certainly it’s roughest ever. And we are talking about a team in a city that in 2005 was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. When the Saints General Manager Mick Loomis and the head coach Sean Peyton and beginning quarterback Drew Brees were able to guide this team into winning a Super Bowl a couple of season ago, the squad reached it’s highest point.

But the bounty scandal took it’s very first blow against the team and now, a second rumor hit’s the aura of a team that is certainly seeking a small less virtuous and angelic. According to the news cable that was released earlier right now, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in the Eastern District of Louisiana was anonymously told Friday that the New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis had an electronic device in his Superdome suite that allowed him to monitor the visiting coaching staffs for almost 3 NFL seasons. Evidently the technique had been secretly re-wired to his private suite in the stadium.

Certain adequate, ever given that then, they have been a dominant squad in their league and just final season they broke some mayor offensive NFL records, but they just couldn’t make it to the Super Bowl. Then once more, the NFL ultimately found the organization guilty of establishing and continuing (despite a initial warning call from the league) to help a hurt-for-pay bounty system.

From there on it was up to the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell to make an example of the Saints and gave them the most sever punishment ever recorded. New Orleans’ head coach Sean Payton was suspended without having pay for the whole subsequent season and indefinitely banned the team’s former defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams, from coaching in the league. Goodell also banned Saints general manager Mickey Loomis for the first eight regular-season games subsequent season. And just to finish them off, the NFL fined the Saints $ 500,000 and took away their second-round draft picks for the subsequent two years. So yes, so far, this has been a single heck of a preseason for New Orleans.

The large concern here is that the Saints, or at least Loomis, as it appears that the accusations are placed upon him, could not only be facing and investigation by the NFL, but he could effortlessly be accused of a federal crime, for inflicting with the regulations set upon the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 which explicitly prohibits any person from intercepting communications from another individual making use of an electronic or mechanical device. According to the rumors, Loomis was able to listen to the opposite team’s conversations from 2003 all the way up to 2005, the season when the Saints had go let go of the Superdome as it initial worked as a shelter and then had to undergo many repairs right after the hurricane damaged the structure. It is nevertheless uncertain if an investigation is going to be opened by either the federal, state, or neighborhood government. As far as we know it’s uncertain whether or not the NFL is going to make theirown investigation. A single thing is for certain, the rumor is out there and spreading quick.

(About:) This report was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For far more news see: NFL – New Orleans Saints are involved in yet another scandal.

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Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith wasn’t shocked at all when the New Orleans Saints’ bounty system came to light this offseason. The longtime NFC South rival mentioned he’s “always identified” Gregg Williams’ defenses attempt to hurt opposing players.

“I really had an altercation with a guy who told me firsthand,” Smith stated Tuesday on NFL.com’s “Dave Dameshek Football Program,” though he didn’t name the Saints player. “I was going out of bounds, and the guy went for my ankle. I mentioned, ‘Hey, man, cut that out.’ He’s like, ‘Well, we get fined if we don’t go following your legs when you go out of bounds.’ … And in fact this past year, this last game when we played them, I had a little conversation with Gregg Williams. … He took responsibility, he was saying it wasn’t appropriate, but that’s who he was.”

We’re past the point of being shocked by the Saints’ activities at this point. Would it appear out of character for Williams to have his players pay modest fines if they didn’t play with an edge?

The Carolina-New Orleans rivalry was re-ignited final season by a scuffle following a Smith touchdown celebration (not to mention a late hit by Saints safety Roman Harper). We won’t have to wait extended to see if Smith’s words further inflame the matchup: The Saints head to Carolina in Week 2 subsequent season.

The Saints just have to hope they have adequate non-suspended players to field a defense that day.

(About:) This write-up was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For much more NFL news see: Steve Smith: Saints player admitted he targeted me.

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New Orleans (NFL/Newsfeed) – State and federal law officials have opened an investigation to establish if New Orleans Saints common manager Mickey Loomis violated wiretapping laws right after allegations that a rigged device in his stadium suite allowed him to listen to opposing coaches’ conversations.

“The FBI invited us to come into their investigation,” Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, mentioned Tuesday. “We assigned a trooper that performs with the FBI to adhere to their investigation. These are allegations at this point. We deal with facts. We’ll look at every little thing to establish if there is anything to stick to and see if state laws are violated on our end. The FBI is investigating federal laws.

“With all allegations, we’ll see if state laws were violated, and if so, we’ll check out with the district attorney to see exactly where we proceed.”

The FBI declined to say if it was investigating the allegations, which Loomis has vigorously denied. Nearby FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorne would only say the bureau is “in receipt of the allegations” and would “have no further comment.” She also declined to say who created the allegations.

ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” reported Monday that an unidentified supply claimed Loomis ordered a device in his Superdome suite be re-wired so he could listen to opponents’ conversations by way of his own earpiece from 2002 to 2004. The report said it is unknown if Loomis ever employed the device, which was positioned in front of his seat.

The Superdome was re-wired and remodeled, following the harm it sustained following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and other upgrades created to the city’s landmark domed stadium, so that could make locating evidence of these allegations hard.

Loomis could have violated state and federal wiretapping laws if he did listen to opponents without having their information, but the statute of limitations to prosecute him if he’s found to have used the device could have expired, based on the timeframe of the allegations. The federal statute of limitations is five years in such circumstances, and it’s six years according to Louisiana state law.

Even so, Loomis could face sanctions from the NFL if law enforcement or its own investigation finds wrongdoing. The league mentioned the ESPN report was the 1st they’d heard of the wiretapping allegations but declined to say if it’s opening its own investigation.

“We heard the reports just as you did yesterday, and it’s some thing that U.S. lawyer’s office will make a determination on and we’ll make a judgment from there,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday on “The Rich Eisen Podcast.” “We changed our technologies a handful of years ago to exactly where this would be impossible or near impossible to do in this day and age.”

Loomis, the Saints and other former team officials adamantly denied the claims. A team supply stated he wasn’t conscious if law enforcement had interviewed Loomis about this recent accusation.

“This report on ESPN is absolutely false,” Loomis said in a statement e-mailed by the team. “I have a monitor in front of me in my booth that gives the league issued stats for the game. I have a tiny Tv with the network broadcast and I have an earpiece to listen to the WWL-AM radio (flagship broadcaster) game broadcast. To believe I am sitting in there listening … and or doing one thing with the offensive and defensive play calls of the opposing teams tends to make this story and the unnamed sources that offered the false info that significantly more less credible … it just didn’t occur.”

Edmonson mentioned he hasn’t place a timeframe on the investigation, but “we owe it to the folks involved to do an expeditious investigation but do a thorough investigation and fair investigation that maintains the highest level of integrity and professionalism.”

The allegations against Loomis come during an ugly offseason for the Saints, who are embroiled in a “bounty” scandal that resulted in coach Sean Payton getting suspended for the season, Loomis for eight games and assistant head coach Joe Vitt for six. The team also was fined $ 500,000 and docked second-round draft picks this year and in 2013 for a bounty system that financially rewarded defensive players for hits that injured opponents.

Adhere to Steve Wyche on Twitter @wyche89.

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