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New Orleans Saints Coach Told Players to Injure Opponents

HeadlineApr 06, 2012

In sports news, an audio recording emerged Thursday revealing a football coach for the New Orleans Saints openly urged his players to injure the heads and other body parts of opposing players. Gregg Williams worked as defensive coordinator the Saints. He was recently suspended from the league indefinitely for being the architect of the Saints pay-to-injure bounty system.

Gregg Williams: “We’ve got a lot of guys up at the top. Kill the head, and the body will die. … Make sure we kill Frank Gore’s head. We want him running sideways. We want his head sideways. Little 32, we want to knock the (expletive) out of him. He has no idea what he’s in for.”

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