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In 2012, ESPN reported that former New Orleans Saints defensive assistant Mike Cerullo contacted the NFL regarding a bounty program after the 2009 postseason. [19] Cerullo was released after the 2009 postseason for poor performance and lying about personal leave according to the New Orleans Saints. [ 20 ]
What followed was a months-long, crisis-communications blitz orchestrated by the New Orleans Saints’ president and other top team officials, according to hundreds of internal emails obtained by ...
Thomas Milton Benson Jr. (July 12, 1927 – March 15, 2018) was an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner. He was the owner of several automobile dealerships before buying the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) in 1985 and the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2012.
New Orleans eventually lost in overtime to the Rams. Asked why he waited so long to address the controversy publicly as fans in New Orleans boiled, Goodell not-so-subtly appeared to point the ...
NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre was once a target of a bounty hunting scheme by the New Orleans Saints and opened up 15 years later about that experience in a thread on X Friday.. In 2009, the ...
The Saints received ball to start the game, and drove 56 yards before a 37-yard Wil Lutz field goal gave them an opening 3–0 lead. On the ensuing drive, Rams quarterback Jared Goff's check-down pass went through the hands of running back Todd Gurley and was intercepted by Saints linebacker Demario Davis at Los Angeles' 17 yard line.
New Orleans Saints bounty scandal (2012) – the NFL discovered that the New Orleans Saints had operated a secret slush fund from 2009 to 2011 that paid "bounties" to defensive players for big plays during games, most controversially for injuring opponents.
The Saints nearly fell victim to the very rule spawned by last year's pass interference controversy in the NFC championship.