Suspended linebacker Jonathan Vilma praised by peers for filing lawsuit against Roger Goodell (Yahoo! Sports)

The Saints’ veteran is essentially being viewed as the brave kid standing up to the schoolyard bully.
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Nick Toon: Speed is Getting Noticed (Rotowire.com)

Update: According to interim head coach Joe Vitt, Toon displayed good hands and speed in separating himself from other players at Saints minicamp, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
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Jonathan Vilma sues Roger Goodell for defamatory statements made during bounty investigation (Shutdown Corner)

If you thought that New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was going to take his year-long suspension for his alleged part in the Saints’ bounty scandal lying down … well, think again. Just one day after the Saints got their day in front of an arbitrator to appeal their penalties, Vilma filed a lawsuit in [...]

Saints’ Vilma sues Roger Goodell for defamation (The Associated Press)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
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Brees critical of Saints in radio interview (The Associated Press)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Drew Brees said in a radio interview Wednesday night that he is frustrated by what he views as a lack of communication with the New Orleans Saints in his ongoing contract negotiations, adding the club should have shown more urgency to get a long-term deal done.
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Brees frustrated over contract standoff (Pro Football Weekly)

Drew Brees expressed frustration over the “lack of communication” between the Saints and his agent in the ongoing contract stalemate, according to a report by PFW correspondent Mike Triplett of The Times-Picayune.
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Arbitrator hears arguments on NFL player penalties (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) Arbitrator Shyam Das heard arguments Wednesday from NFL and players union lawyers on whether Commissioner Roger Goodell can discipline players for actions that occurred before the league’s current labor agreement was signed last August.
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Saints will honor suspended Sean Payton with empty chairs (Shutdown Corner)

The New Orleans Saints will honor Sean Payton this season by leaving an empty seat for the suspended head coach in their locker room and on team buses and planes.
Payton, who is in exile in a downtown New Orleans skyscraper after his season-long ban, won’t rejoin the team until after next year’s Super Bowl. [...]

Report: Saints to leave Payton’s seat empty (The SportsXchange)

Though Joe Vitt will coach the New Orleans Saints in Sean Payton’s absence, no one will sit in the suspended coach’s chair while he’s away.
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Arbitrator hearing set for May 30 in Saints case (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) An arbitration hearing into whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has jurisdiction to punish Saints players for the team’s bounties program has been set for May 30.
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