Vilma makes strong statement regarding suspensions and the bounty scandal

Posted by Josh Alper on May 2, 2012, 5:19 PM EDT

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We already found out that Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma found out about his suspension for the entire 2012 season while watching television.

Thanks to a statement released through his attorney on Wednesday afternoon, we found out what his thoughts were when the news came down. Vilma says that he never made the cash offers attributed to him in the original bounty report and that he plans to fight the suspension.

Video: Friend and Teammate, Lorenzo Neal understood Seau

Posted by Michael David Smith on May 2, 2012, 7:57 PM EDT

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As a friend of Junior Seau, Lorenzo Neal said that when he learned of Seau’s death today, his reaction was, “We lost a great man.” But as a player who had a lengthy career before recently retiring, Neal had another reaction to the news that Seau’s death was an apparent suicide: Neal understands the pressures that Seau was under.

Neal said in an interview on NBC Sports Talk that Seau wanted badly to please everyone, and he could always do that by playing football well, which came naturally to him. But it was harder for Seau to continue to make a difference when football was over.