Nothing’s shocking: In the wake of the devastating penalties levied against the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday for carrying out a bounty program, one question arose: Who told the NFL about it? As The Los Angeles Times reports, Former NFL defensive tackle Warren Sapp says he knows. Sapp took to Twitter on Wednesday and said it was former Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey. But Shockey denied the allegation today, telling Yahoo Sports, “It’s reckless, it’s careless, it’s hurtful to me and the great time I had with the Saints. Sean Payton is a father figure to me. I would never do that to him or to the Saints.” Sapp maintained that it was Shockey during an interview late Wednesday on the NFL Network, saying: “I was sitting in the production meeting getting ready for the day, and my source informed me that Jeremy Shockey was the snitch initially. So I went with that. I trust my source unequivocally because he is right on top of the situation.”
Showing out: Approximately 25 former LSU Tigers eligible for the NFL draft took part in the league’s Pro Day today, working out for scouts, coaches and executives at the Tigers’ facilities. LSUsports.net has been keeping track of how each player is doing throughout the day. Final workouts and interviews were to take place by 2 p.m., and you can see how everyone fared via LSUsports.net here.
What’d I say: New York Jets legend Joe Namath didn’t mince words about his old club trading for Tim Tebow from the Denver Broncos when USA Today dialed him up earlier today. “I think it stinks,” says the Pro Football Hall of Famer in a telephone interview. The Jets’ embrace of Tebow, their excitement over him running a Wildcat offense, and their previous dalliance with Peyton Manning before he signed with Denver, can’t help but undermine incumbent starting QB Mark Sanchez, says Namath. If he were in Sanchez’s cleats, he says, he would not be happy about being pulled from the field at critical moments for Tebow this season. “That’s not a pat on the back. That’s a slap in the face. … If I were there, I’d be pissed off about it. But still go to work and try to make things work. But not be happy about it,” he says. Read the full story here.
