NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[Drathdon]

Guido, you know as well as I something happened. You can play it off as a joke gone too far, an off-handed comment not meant seriously, whatever. I'm sure it was not as severe or organized as the NFL wanted to present it to be (and had reason to think it was). But the fact remains, the players are going to claim innocence, regardless, until they can't. Vilma seems to think there is no way to prove it happened in a way that makes him look bad, if at all. Odds are, unless there were hidden cameras, he's probably right, which is why he is so vehement about being innocent. However, if you read every statement made, there is the clear underlying current of doubt that they have. It's always "why don't they show us the evidence they have," which may seem to you to be their attempts to clear their name. But again, every defense attorney knows you get what they have, and then build your case to shoot what they have down in order to prove your innocence... because you cannot prove innocence until you know what they have on you. That, my friend, is the actions of getting a guilty man off. Evidence never matters unless something exists (or might exist) that threatens your case.

It's a slight subtlety that most ignore, but it is clearly on display here. No one innocent needs to see what evidence there is, because nothing can harm them. All these months, the whole conversation has only been about what evidence the NFL has, and why they won't turn it over. Defense attorneys get paid well to know how to do what they do well, and it is not the art of getting the innocent off... they can defend themselves. The more lawyers, motions filed, and legal activity usually belongs to the guilty.

But, hey. Enjoy spinning it however you want. I remember how in denial I was about Vick and fake bottles, Ron Mexico, and dogs too. It's hard to take off the blinders of a fan, and even harder to not believe the work of a good Defense Attorney you want to believe.