Former Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey shared on his Twitter account a warm text message exchange he had Wednesday with Saints head coach Sean Payton, a brief conversation that Shockey says should serve as final proof that he was not the whistleblower in the Saints illegal bounty system.
The NFL handed the Saints unprecedented punishments Wednesday following a two-year investigation into the Saints’ bounty system, which found that Saints defensive players, under the direction of former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, were given incentive pay for injuring players from opposing teams.
Amid the controversial punishment announcement Wednesday, NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp told the Twitter world that the whistleblower who brought the scandal to light and prompted a one-year suspension for Payton and an indefinite suspension for Williams is Shockey.
But Shockey adamantly denies the accusations, according to The Bleacher Report, and he posted as proof a picture of a text message exchange between Shockey and Payton, during which Payton says “I know you had nothing to do with that stuff [Sapp] said.”
Read the full release of the NFL’s discipline against the Saints here.
... written by Joe LeBlanc , March 22, 2012 - 08:46 pm
If I were Payton, I would demand to know who snitched.
... written by Dudley E. LaBauve, III , March 23, 2012 - 01:18 pm
I'm sure the NFL Commissioner will receive a warm welcome to the Superbowl in NEW ORLEANS this upcoming season! Somehow the Saints must make to the big game!
... written by Michael A. Moss , March 24, 2012 - 03:44 pm
Shockey is da RAT! And you can book DAT!!
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The NFL handed the Saints unprecedented punishments Wednesday following a two-year investigation into the Saints’ bounty system, which found that Saints defensive players, under the direction of former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, were given incentive pay for injuring players from opposing teams. 
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