In the weeks leading up to the start of the New Orleans Saints’ 2009 training camp, NewOrleansSaints.com will take an inside look at some interesting facts and figures of various high-profile players on the Saints’ roster. This is part three in the series. DEFENSIVE END WILL SMITH Height: 6-3 Weight : 282 NFL Experience in 2009: 6th Season Years with Saints: 6th Season College: Ohio State...
Height: 6-2 Weight: 243Age: 25 Born: January 21, 1984College: MichiganExperience: 3rd Season 2008 Season - After the blow of losing Jonathan Vilma to a season ending injury in 2007, rookie David Harris stepped in and mopped up for the rest of the season playing extremely well. With high expectations in 2008 and a new DT in [...]
At the fifth annual Irie Weekend benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami, we can expect some reliable celebrity appearances by people with actual talent -- unlike a bloated Kevin Federline, who kept us waiting a few years back. Look for Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, Alonzo Mourning, Jonathan Vilma, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, Akin Ayodele, LMFAO and others. Nowhere on that list do we see any...
We continue on now with our all-time Saints team selection process and come to the linebacker position. But this is an interesting point in our quest for the best. We all know that as a unit, the Dome Patrol was the greatest linebacking corp in NFL history and they didn't achieve such great success without the marvelous play of Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Vaughan Johnson and Pat Swilling. We can also...
Will it ever stop? The Sporting News , in its wisdom, has seen fit to rank the best players in the NFL by various positions. On defense, that doesn't leave the Saints with many chances to cop a high ranking. Except, of course, when it comes to Jonathan Vilma. He may not be the best middle linebacker in the NFL...but surely he's in the top 5? No? Well, top 10 for sure. No? Top 15? No? Does he even make...
In part 3 we will take a look at the linebackers. Next will be the secondary. Last year we found our defensive leader when the Saints traded for Jonathan Vilma, and the Saints were very smart to sign him to a 4 year deal to keep him around. Middle Linebacker: Vilma is our unquestioned [...]
Just a reminder on the picks that the Jets have six picks over the seven rounds in the draft this weekend: 1st: 17th2nd: 52nd3rd: 76th (New Orleans - Jonathan Vilma trade)5th: 115th (Redskins - Pete Kendall trade)6th: 193rd7th: 228th
Linebacker Jonathan Vilma will welcome his former team, the New York Jets into his new home, the Superdome, in Week 4. Rex Ryan’s new-look Jets defense will be tested. The Saints lost both matchups with the Panthers last season, meaning they’ll have this division matchup at home in Week 9 circled ahead of time. Tom Brady will [...]
Liberian immigrant Sekou Sakor, one of the men killed in a Long Island condo belonging to ex-Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma, had links to a crew of Philadelphia con men, sources said.
Police are looking for a cousin of a former Jets linebacker in connection with two murders . Investigators suspect a cousin of Jonathan Vilma, who now plays for the New Orleans Saints, has been using in Vilma's unoccupied Westchester County condo, where two men were apparently killed. The victims were believed to be involved in a "black paper scheme": Con men tell gullible people that smuggled...
One of my dear friends in the field wrote this a while back, but the striking imagery remains. (Seattle Times) Two slayings linked to condo of Saints Jonathan Vilma. There is no indication Vilma is involved. (NOLA) John Calipari is the 22nd University of Kentucky head coach. (Kentucky Kernel) Calipari’s class was said to rival the Fab Five [...]
Former New York Jet Jonathan Vilma Tuesday found his Long Island condominium in the middle of a double murder investigation, with detectives trying to find out who had access to the home where police suspect two men were shot dead last week for pulling an Internet scam.
Authorities are determining "whether two Bronx immigrants were executed in former Jet linebacker Jonathan Vilma's million-dollar Long Island condo," the Post reports . Last week, two "bullet-ridden bodies" were found in Brooklyn and Queens. The Daily News says , "The killings may have been sparked after a [Bronx] apartment...was robbed by a crew of gun-wielding men who stole...
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