NFL Bounties - Gregg Williams Tape

I have, until today, avoided discussing the bounty investigation and penalties laid against the New Orleans Saints. Today, a documentary film maker release audio of a pre game speech delivered to his team by the Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams. Who has been banned from the NFL indefinitely. At the time of announcing the original penalties it was stated that this penalty would be reviewed in a year. Fat chance of that after this came out.

Also, consider the backdrop...the league has changed rules of the game and fined players substantial amounts of money for hits to the head. There is a group of former NFL players suing the league in regard to their handling of concussions. Then here is Williams...'kill the head'. NICE. That's going to go over well...not so much.

In the audio Williams gives much more than the typical ra ra speech. In my short time playing football I heard a number of speeches where coaches talked about getting the other team or whatever but nothing like is on this tape. I think a certain amount of knock them cold, or on their ass, or pound them into tomorrow is par for the course. What is not is hey #10 has an outer ACL issue. Comments like 'kill the head and the body will die'. Imploring the players to take head shots during or after a play?  All of this is way out of line. Sure plenty of players current and former will say they want to hit a guy as hard as they can or lay them out but to have a coach, coaching up players to aim for the head and debriefing on injuries to target players is way over the line.

It is RIDICULOUS.